Whistleblower Evan Vokes Calls TransCanada Corp’s Business Practices “Organized Crime”
Testifying before a Canadian Senate committee last week, a former TransCanada Corp. employee turned whistleblower described unsafe business..
Energy
If All-Electric Cars are Catching on, Why Hasn’t Toyota Joined the Race?
In Obama’s 2009 State of the Union speech, he called for a million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015. That was the goal..
California’s Troubled San Onofre Nuclear Plant to Permanently Close
A controversial and troubled California nuclear power plant that was leaking radioactive steam will be permanently closed, its operator..
Tens of Thousands of Japanese Protest Against Nuclear Power in Tokyo
Tens of thousands of Japanese rallied in their nation’s capital on Sunday to protest government plans to resume nuclear power..
Indigenous Resistance Grows Strong in Keystone XL Battle
Crysbel Tejada and Betsy Catlin, Waging Nonviolence On cloudy days, heavy smoke fills the air of Ponca City, Okla., with grey smog that..
Explosion, Fire at Marathon Detroit Tar Sands Refinery
A massive explosion has been reported at a tar sands oil refinery in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday afternoon, prompting a mandatory..
‘The Moral High Ground’: San Francisco Supervisors Vote for Fossil Fuel Divestment
San Francisco’s governing body voted on Tuesday to approve a resolution urging the city’s retirement system to stop investing..
For 8th Straight Year, CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program Keeps Hundreds of Thousands of Needy Americans Warm
For the eighth straight year, Venezuela’s state oil company is donating free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of needy Americans...
Islamic Militants Kill 3, Kidnap 41 Foreign Workers– Including 7 Americans– at In Amenas Gas Field in Algeria
The first blowback from France’s military intervention in Mali’s civil war has come in the form of three dead and 41..
Sandy Volunteer John Applewhite Suffers Broken Jaw, Cheek in Brutal Mystery Attack
A volunteer lineman from Florida who traveled to New York to help get the lights back on after superstorm Sandy had his lights punched out..
