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TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Fracking in National Forests
Environment  (tags: Exxon oil spill, politics, protection, ecosystems, environment, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, news, oil, society, money, politics )

Cal
- 4 days ago - petitions.moveon.org
We urge you to do everything in your power to stop oil and natural gas drilling in our National Forests.
55 comments
ExxonMobil Pipeline Bursts On Blackfeet Reservation in Montana   video
Environment  (tags: oil spill, pipelinebreach, tar sands, Blackfeet Reservation, toxic contamination, poisoned earth, poisoned water, oil, fossil fuels, climate change, ExxonMobil, indigenous rights, First Nations, apitalism, profit vs human survival, people vs corporations )

Brian
- 42 days ago - youtube.com
Is it any surprise that Big Oil and Big Media co-conspire to hide these disasters from the public? This massive oil spill has contaminated the Cutbank River. Exxon has apparently done much less than possible to even begin to clean up the site.
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ExxonMobil Pipeline Spill Triggers Lawsuit
Environment  (tags: Exxon oil spill, politics, protection, ecosystems, environment, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, news, oil, society, money, politics )

Cal
- 45 days ago - csmonitor.com
Two Arkansas women sue ExxonMobil after its Pegasus pipeline ruptured, spewing oil onto lawns and roads. The $5 million class-action suit charges the pipeline spill has permanently diminished their property value.
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After Shell Fiasco, Oil Companies Acknowledge Hazards of Arctic Drilling - TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: arctic, arctic drilling, arctic ocean, coast guard, norway, oil, oil drilling, oil spills, salazar, shell, statoil )

Judy
- 54 days ago - switchboard.nrdc.org
Oil giant Shell has reaffirmed its plans to drill there in the future -- and the Obama Administration appears willing to let them. Tell new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to put the Polar Bear Seas permanently off-limits to Big Oil!
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Ecuadorean Tribe Will 'Die Fighting' to Defend Rainforest (See Action in Comments)
Environment  (tags: Amazon, Ecuador, raingorest, Jasuni National Park, Petroamazonas, oil, indigenous, exploitation, Kichwa tribe, Vandana Shiwa )

Angelika
- 73 days ago - guardian.co.uk
In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history of Amazon forest conservation, an indigenous community of about 400 villagers is preparing to resist the Ecuadorean army and one of the biggest oil companies in South America.
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Stop Deep Sea Oil ACTION LINK
Environment  (tags: deep sea drilling, oil, Anadarko, New Zealand )

Nancy
- 82 days ago - care2.com
Texan oil company Anadarko intends to conduct high risk deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters and could begin prospecting this year. Take action today to protect New Zealand from deep sea oil drilling.
50 comments
100% of Electric Capacity Added in U.S. Last Month Was Renewable
Environment  (tags: energy, electric capacity, megawatts, 100%, renewable, clean energy, clean energy vs dirty energy, fossil fuels, oil, coal, natural gas, climate change, environment, destruction, extinction, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission )

Brian
- 85 days ago - grist.org
"That's right: Every single megawatt of new generating capacity added in the U.S. last month was renewable. Every single one."
19 comments
Mr. President: End Arctic Drilling Now
Environment  (tags: conservation, Arctic, oil )

Frans
- 86 days ago - signon.org
In Shell's first year of trying to drill in the Arctic, it had a ship and an oil rig run aground, had to move an oil rig because of an approaching iceberg the size of Manhattan, and had problems getting federal safety inspectors ......
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ACTION ALERT: LET CONGRESS KNOW: HANDS OFF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Environment  (tags: action alert, sign the petition, environmental programs, budget talks, fiscal cliff, republicans, austerity, obama, democrats, dirty energy, coal, oil, natural gas, tax breaks, environment, programs, funding, cut )

Brian
- 157 days ago - soe.salsalabs.com
"Congress could reach a deal on the national budget crisis soon. But if Big Oil and Big Coal get their way, funding for some of our most important environmental programs could get slashed, all while dirty energy companies keep getting unfair tax breaks."
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NASA Climate Expert James Hansen: The Future Is Now--and It Is Hot
Environment  (tags: climate change, government inaction, corporate corruption, pollution, fossil fuels, addiction, oil, tar sands, pipeline, coal, natural gas, disasters, hurricane Sandy, Katrina, droughts, floods, heat, crop loss, rising oceans, acidification )

Brian
- 179 days ago - yesmagazine.org
"Climate change is already increasing the likelihood of weather extremes--like the droughts and heat waves like we've seen in recent years--according to a new report by one of NASA's top climate scientists."
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Greasing the Wheels: An Ebay for Cooking Oil Could Help Tap Underused Fuel
Environment  (tags: oil, recycled oil, stay green oil, conservation, energy, money, business )

Nancy
- 254 days ago - good.is
With StayGreen Oil, consumers and vendors now can access the first ever online marketplace for recycled oils. The Florida-based company launched a private beta version of its website in August, and plans to expand to the general public in October.
9 comments
STOP SHELL - Save the Arctic
Environment  (tags: shell, arctic, oil )

Juliette
- 377 days ago - greenpeace.org
We are just 50,000 signatures away from the goal of half a million! We need to keep Shell out of the Arctic - keep one place on Earth not destroyed by humans!
48 comments
Africa: Oil Exploitation, the Environment and Crimes Against Nature
Environment  (tags: africa, oil, oil spills, desecration of nature, wildlife, environment, ecosystems, destruction, forests, water, habitatdestruction, energy, endangered, trees, Sustainabililty, protection, habitat, animals, conservation, politics )

Xil
- 423 days ago - vanguardngr.com
"As the incessant spill occurs, it spreads into farmlands and water bodies. The toxic crude seeps into the ground and is taken up by the plants' roots.Land is viewed as the abode of our ancestors from where they oversee our lives, it is also a god and we
14 comments
Restore and Protect the Gulf of Mexico ACTION
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat destruction, toxins, drilling, oil )

Nancy
- 446 days ago - secure3.convio.net
It is high time that Congress and the White House do their part to implement the needed changes to help restore and protect a healthy Gulf. Use the form below to call on our elected officials to take action for the Gulf of Mexico.
20 comments
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline!
Environment  (tags: keystone, pipeline, kxl, tar sands, oil, pollution, environmental damage, Senate, Republicans, greenlighting the pipeline, take action now, 350.org )

Brian
- 465 days ago - act.350.org
Right now, the Senate is considering legislation to resurrect Keystone XL, overriding President Obama's rejection of the pipeline, and greenlighting construction of this disastrous project. Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline!
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