TransCanada Has Already Had To Fix 125 Dents And Sags In Southern Keystone Pipeline

TransCanada Has Already Had To Fix 125 Dents And Sags In Southern Keystone Pipeline: Synthetic crude oil hasn't yet entered the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, but a report released Tuesday by non-profit consumer rights group Public Citizen says the pipes are already bending, sagging and peeling to the point of a possible spill or leakage of toxic tar sands.

Ex-Prime Minister: Creating Nuclear-Free Japan Would Be 'Magnificent, Fantastic' | Common Dreams

Ex-Prime Minister: Creating Nuclear-Free Japan Would Be 'Magnificent, Fantastic' | Common Dreams
"Sitting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should follow the lead of the Japanese people by immediately abandoning nuclear power in the country, closing the existing plants and switching to safer and cleaner renewable energy options, urged two of Japan's former prime ministers on Tuesday."

Just Eat It: Big Money Spends Millions to Convince Washington It's None of Our Business What We Put In Our Mouths | Common Dreams

Just Eat It: Big Money Spends Millions to Convince Washington It's None of Our Business What We Put In Our Mouths | Common Dreams
"food, biotech and agribusiness giants barraged voters with ads and mailers to convince them labelling would raise prices and overwhelm their wee brains with too much information about what it is they're putting in their and their children's bodies"

National Geographic Maps Our Coastline After We Melt All Earth’s Ice, Raising Seas Over 200 Feet

National Geographic Maps Our Coastline After We Melt All Earth’s Ice, Raising Seas Over 200 Feet: The best science suggests that on our current CO2 emissions path, by 2100 we could well pass the tipping point that would make 200+ feet of sea level rise all but unstoppable -- though it would certainly take a long time after 2100 for the full melt-out to actually occur.

Stop Being 'Reasonable' With These Global Warming Enablers

Stop Being 'Reasonable' With These Global Warming Enablers
"First of all, let's get the terms straight. They're not climate change "deniers". They're climate change enablers.And I don't care if they're sincerely misinformed Christianists, Teabaggers, plutocrats or just stupid. Stop treating them as if they might have a point. They don't."

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change | The Nation

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change | The Nation
"It seems these days that whenever Mother Nature wants to send an urgent message to humankind, it sends it via the Philippines. This year the messenger was Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda."

The Untold Story Of The Dangerous New Experiment Coal Companies Want To Bring To America

The Untold Story Of The Dangerous New Experiment Coal Companies Want To Bring To America: On Nov. 14, the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council will review Linc Energy’s application for a “state research and development” license to drill thousands of feet into Wyoming’s portion of the Powder River Basin.

California Headed For Driest Year On Record

California Headed For Driest Year On Record: San Francisco received no rain in October and only 3.95 inches of precipitation since January.

We Have the Renewable Energy We Need to Power the World—So What's Stopping Us? | Alternet

We Have the Renewable Energy We Need to Power the World—So What's Stopping Us? | Alternet
"The environment is one bad news story after another. The Pacific Ocean is warming at a rate faster than anything seen in the last 10,000 years and we may have the warmest Arctic in the last 120,000 years. We’re told to brace for more and worse droughts, floods, heat waves, and storms. Coastal communities may disappear from rising seas, entire island nations are going under. If that all weren’t bad enough, there is a global wine shortage.

The bright side is that we aren’t being blindsided by an unknown enemy: Our relentless burning of fossil fuels is the big thing pushing us toward the brink."

New Apple Plant Will Run Entirely On Clean Energy

New Apple Plant Will Run Entirely On Clean Energy: The tech giant's new facility in Arizona will bring a manufacturing boost to the state, creating 2,000 jobs, all without requiring additional energy from Mesa.

Expert: Typhoon Haiyan 'Off the Scale'

Expert: Typhoon Haiyan 'Off the Scale'
"Hugh Willoughby, professor of meteorology at Florida International University, says Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed the Philippines, is so powerful that instruments can't measure it's force. (Nov. 8)"

In Unprecedented Move, Spent Fuel Rods To Be Removed from Fukushima Reactors - Extended

The 10 Most Toxic Cities in the World | Alternet

The 10 Most Toxic Cities in the World | Alternet
"Toxic pollution can cause serious damage to human health. It’s a known cause of cancer, cognitive impairment, organ damage, and respiratory problems."

Tepco Strives for Milestone at Fukushima With Fuel Removal

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"“The thing that keeps me up late at night is that they’re getting ready to unload the spent fuel in unit 4,” said Friedlander, who spent 13 years operating U.S. nuclear plants"

How A Modest, $12,000 Electric Car Could Be The Future Of The U.S. Urban Market

How A Modest, $12,000 Electric Car Could Be The Future Of The U.S. Urban Market: EcoV's new, cheap, low speed electric vehicles may not sound sexy, but they're well-suited to urban commutes and urban delivery fleets.

Fukushima: In-depth look at potential fallout

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"Nuclear Engineer Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, confirmed that ocean currents are carrying the radioactive water to the West Coast."

Exposed: Canadian Oil Industry's War Against Carbon Curbs | Common Dreams

Exposed: Canadian Oil Industry's War Against Carbon Curbs | Common Dreams
"Internal documents exposed publicly Friday have pulled back the curtain on the Canadian oil industry's war against carbon-curbing regulations in a bid to protect its profit margin over the planet."

Texas Homeowner Battles $3 Million Defamation Lawsuit For Exposing Fracking Company’s Pollution

Texas Homeowner Battles $3 Million Defamation Lawsuit For Exposing Fracking Company’s Pollution: Steve Lipsky, a Texas conservative homeowner, has found himself at the center of a $3 million lawsuit for defamation from an oil and gas company.

ALEC Forges New Bills for its Polluting Company Members

ALEC Forges New Bills for its Polluting Company Members
"Now, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is working on new model laws to protect its polluting member companies that participate in ALEC’s Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force (EEA)."

World Headed for a High-Speed Carbon Crash | Common Dreams

World Headed for a High-Speed Carbon Crash | Common Dreams
"If global carbon emissions continue to rise at their current rate, humanity will eventually be left with no other option than a costly, world war-like mobilisation, scientists warned this week."

Monsanto Calls Out the Dogs in St. Louis: New Anger, Old Crimes Point to Reparations

Monsanto Calls Out the Dogs in St. Louis: New Anger, Old Crimes Point to Reparations
"The struggle against Monsanto is intensifying as a new awareness emerges that it must make up for the harm it has done."

Mysterious disease turning starfish to 'slime' on U.S. West Coast

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"Scientists are struggling to find the trigger for a disease that appears to be ravaging starfish in record numbers along the U.S. West Coast, causing the sea creatures to lose their limbs and turn to slime in a matter of days."

Philippines Braces for 'One of the Strongest Storms Ever' | Common Dreams

Philippines Braces for 'One of the Strongest Storms Ever' | Common Dreams
"Super Typhoon Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, has sustained winds of 195 mph with gusts up to 235 mph, according to recently updated data from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center."

A New Investment Project Could Point The Way To Renewables For The Global Poor

A New Investment Project Could Point The Way To Renewables For The Global Poor: In taking advantage of renewables, the global poor face the individual equivalent of the initial financing hurdles that often dog larger power plants.

Major Palm Oil Companies Accused of Breaking Ethical Promises | Alternet

Major Palm Oil Companies Accused of Breaking Ethical Promises | Alternet
"Large plantations are destroying forests, damaging wildlife and causing social conflict in Asia and Africa, a new report finds."

Four Reasons why Drilling for Oil in Yasuni National Park Needs to be Prevented | Common Dreams

Four Reasons why Drilling for Oil in Yasuni National Park Needs to be Prevented | Common Dreams
"If you ever wondered where the world's most biodiverse piece of land is, you might have guessed somewhere in the Amazon Rainforest. Well, there is a particular piece of the ever- dwindling-Amazon that takes the trophy for being the worlds richest place for animal and plant diversity: Yasuní National Park, inland Ecuador. However, in this incredible place it is located the largest reserve of heavy oil of this country."

How Does Your State Score On Energy Efficiency?

How Does Your State Score On Energy Efficiency?: For the third year, Massachusetts has taken the crown for most energy efficient state in an annual scorecard released Wednesday.

Handouts For Frackers: The Pennsylvania Plan To Give Drillers $1 Billion

Handouts For Frackers: The Pennsylvania Plan To Give Drillers $1 Billion: Supporters of the fossil fuel industry like to portray expanded drilling as a free market triumph, but in Pennsylvania, taxpayers pick up the bill.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, Stongest Storm On Earth This Year, Heading For Philippines

Super Typhoon Haiyan, Stongest Storm On Earth This Year, Heading For Philippines: Thousands are being evacuated as a super typhoon approaches the Philippines.

Fossil Fuels Receive $500 Billion A Year In Government Subsidies Worldwide

Fossil Fuels Receive $500 Billion A Year In Government Subsidies Worldwide: “If their aim is to avoid dangerous climate change, governments are shooting themselves in both feet,” a report by the Overseas Development Institute said.

Monsanto May Have Won the Battle for I-522, But the Future of Food Is Not Lost | Common Dreams

Monsanto May Have Won the Battle for I-522, But the Future of Food Is Not Lost | Common Dreams
"As national media outlets announced the failure of Washington state’s Initiative 522—a measure that would require labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients—those advocating for the measure paused. The race was still too early to call, they said, despite a nearly 10 percent difference in early results."

Corporate cash sways voters on GMO foods

Nuns Hold Anti-Pipeline Protest At The Kentucky State Capitol

Nuns Hold Anti-Pipeline Protest At The Kentucky State Capitol: “It matters how we treat the Earth, the land, the water and all inhabitants of the Earth,” one of the protesters said Tuesday.

Top Texas Republican Thinks Abortion Caused Global Warming

Top Texas Republican Thinks Abortion Caused Global Warming: David Barton: "A door has been opened and we have said, you know, we embrace a wicked policy. Okay, then I’ll take my hand of protection off your nation, and whap! Here comes storms like we’ve never seen before..."

Record-breaking Greenhouse Gas Levels in Atmosphere: 'Time is Not On Our Side' | Common Dreams

Record-breaking Greenhouse Gas Levels in Atmosphere: 'Time is Not On Our Side' | Common Dreams
"The amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere reached a record high in 2012, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), continuing an upward and accelerating trend which, according to report authors, spells "devastating consequences" for the future of the planet."

Massive Toxic Japanese Tsunami Island of Trash Headed Toward US

Massive Toxic Japanese Tsunami Island of Trash Headed Toward US
"This is the type of radiation whose long term impact is still unknown.  But one can safely say, it is not something that improves the health of Mother Earth or the people who will come into contact with it.  In this case, individuals on the West Coast of North America are potentially endangered by the breakdown of a nuclear power plant in Japan."

Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up | Common Dreams

Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up | Common Dreams
"Preparations to begin the potentially catastrophic decommissioning of the crippled Reactor 4 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant will begin this week with a test run."

Russia, Ukraine Again Block Antarctic Ocean Protections

Russia, Ukraine Again Block Antarctic Ocean Protections: Delegates from Russia and Ukraine effectively borrowed a page from the Ted Cruz playbook.

Hottest September On Record, Fastest Pacific Warming In 10,000 Years, Warmest Arctic In 120,000 Years

Hottest September On Record, Fastest Pacific Warming In 10,000 Years, Warmest Arctic In 120,000 Years: New data and analysis makes clear that greenhouse gases keep warming the planet to unprecedented levels with unprecedented speed. It is time we stopped.

Nations Fail to Save 'Last Ocean' From Exploitation | Common Dreams

Nations Fail to Save 'Last Ocean' From Exploitation | Common Dreams
"For the third time in a row, nations who had gathered to create a plan to protect two massive areas of the Antarctic have failed, leaving a pristine area known as the "Last Ocean" for its abundant and largely untouched ecosystem open to industrial wreckage."

Say Hello To The First-Ever All-Electric School Bus

Say Hello To The First-Ever All-Electric School Bus: 2014 will be the first time U.S. drivers see an electric engine outfitted in the familiar black and yellow of a school bus.

New Executive Order Will Help Communities Prepare for Extreme Weather | Alternet

New Executive Order Will Help Communities Prepare for Extreme Weather | Alternet
"The order will encourage local planners to take the future effects of climate change into account when spending federal money to build infrastructure."

Humankind's Most Dangerous Moment?

The Fight to Take Public Assets Back from Private Control May Be Winning in California | Alternet

The Fight to Take Public Assets Back from Private Control May Be Winning in California | Alternet
"No state has seen more "reverse" privatizations of water resources than California."

Climate deniers find pushback in Nebraska

Eyes of the Nation on Colorado Towns' Fracking Fight | Common Dreams

Eyes of the Nation on Colorado Towns' Fracking Fight | Common Dreams
"In what many are calling the new "ground zero" in the national fight against fracking, the toxic gas and oil extracting process is on the ballot in four Colorado towns where citizens are taking on the heavyweights of the fossil fuel industry."

Study: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Shifts Jet Stream, Driving Deluges In NW Europe, Drought In Mediterranean

Study: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Shifts Jet Stream, Driving Deluges In NW Europe, Drought In Mediterranean: Yet another study finds Arctic sea ice loss can shift the jet stream and alter the climate.

Japan Greenlights 'Perilous' Cleanup at Fukushima's Reactor 4 | Common Dreams

Japan Greenlights 'Perilous' Cleanup at Fukushima's Reactor 4 | Common Dreams
"Regulators with Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the final OK Wednesday for the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to begin to remove the 1300 spent fuel rods from the badly damaged Unit 4 pool, thus initiating a decommissioning process which anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman describes as "humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis"."

Say Goodbye to Your Antibiotics - Truthdig

Say Goodbye to Your Antibiotics - Truthdig
"We’ve reached the limits of medicine’s effectiveness. Thanks to overmedication and the abuse of antibiotics in the agriculture industry, there are infections that can no longer be treated with antibiotics. And there’s nothing left to do except maybe hope for the best."

Campaign To Defeat GMO Labeling In Washington Gets $21 Million From Industry, $550 From Actual People

Campaign To Defeat GMO Labeling In Washington Gets $21 Million From Industry, $550 From Actual People: Human beings who live in Washington have donated .0025 percent of the total funding blitz leveled against the upcoming GMO labeling initiative.

Peer Reviewed Study Shows 14,000 U.S. Deaths from Fukushima

Nearly 300 Oil Spills Went Unreported In North Dakota In Less Than Two Years

Nearly 300 Oil Spills Went Unreported In North Dakota In Less Than Two Years: Nearly 300 oil spills and 750 "oil field incidents" have occurred in North Dakota since January 2012 and none were reported to the public, according to a report released Friday by the Associated Press.

Fukushima’s Radiation Gusher: Could the Entire Pacific Fishery Be Tainted? | Alternet

Fukushima’s Radiation Gusher: Could the Entire Pacific Fishery Be Tainted? | Alternet
"The Seattle Times  reported last October that researchers found small amounts of Fukushima’s cesium in albacore tuna caught off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. The albacore warning followed the May 2012 and Feb. 2013 findings of cesium-contamination in Blue fin tuna caught off California."

Beyond Tipping Point: Global Warming Has Raised Arctic Temps to Hottest in 120,000 Years | Common Dreams

Beyond Tipping Point: Global Warming Has Raised Arctic Temps to Hottest in 120,000 Years | Common Dreams
"Scientists have long known that climate change is warming the arctic at an alarming rate. But new research shows that in some areas—where human-caused climate change has driven temperatures higher than they've been for tens of thousands of years—melting polar ice caps are now beyond any hope of saving."

Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario | Common Dreams

Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario | Common Dreams
"An operation with potentially "apocalyptic" consequences is expected to take place a little over two weeks from now at Fukushima's damaged and sinking Reactor 4, when plant operator TEPCO will attempt to remove over 1300 spent fuel rods holding the radiation equivalent of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs from a spent fuel storage tank perched on the reactor's upper floor."

Fukushima Water Radiation Doubles Overnight | Common Dreams

Fukushima Water Radiation Doubles Overnight | Common Dreams
"Water radiation levels at Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant more than doubled in the span of one night to levels 14,000 times the maximum level for safe drinking water, owner TEPCOadmitted Thursday, setting new records for drainage ditch contamination as toxic spills and heavy rains continue to ravage the crippled facility."

Five Cities That Are Taking Climate Preparation Seriously

Five Cities That Are Taking Climate Preparation Seriously: Cities are taking the lead in climate resiliency, but more must be done to prepare for another Superstorm Sandy-like event.