Compass

Interior Department Slows Snake Oil Project: Puts Damper on Shale Oil Exploitation in 3 Western States 4 Feb 2012, 12:28 am

I clearly remember the Sunday headline in early May 1982. “Exxon Abandons Oil Shale Project” was the exact wording, followed by a story that told how at least 2,200 workers had just received their pink slips from a project that…

Source: Compass | The Sierra Club

Big Myths, Mini Ice Age 3 Feb 2012, 7:10 pm

Climate deniers can’t get their stories straight. They’ll say the world is warming, but it’s not due to human activity. Then they’ll say the world is cooling. Or rather, it was warming but now it’s cooling, so don’t worry. Meanwhile,…

Source: Compass | The Sierra Club

The Sierra Club and Natural Gas 3 Feb 2012, 12:06 am

This article originally appeared on Coming Clean. Have you ever had to turn away millions of dollars? It sounds crazy, but here’s why the Sierra Club chose to do exactly that. In 2010, soon after I became the organization’s executive…

Source: Compass | The Sierra Club

House Transportation Bill: Don’t Think it Can’t Get Worse… 2 Feb 2012, 4:32 pm

“Don’t think it can’t get any worse, because it can.” Flip Saunders, former Washington Wizards head coach, said that just before getting fired after starting 2-15 in this year’s NBA season. He might as well have been talking about the…

Source: Compass | Heather Moyer

Keeping the Herd Out of the Gulf 1 Feb 2012, 9:54 pm

When most people think of the work that has yet to be done as the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster approaches, they envision black beaches, dying trees, and distressed marine life. Now a new noise is gaining volume…

Source: Compass | The Sierra Club

NY Natural Gas Activists Rally for Better Drilling Safeguards 1 Feb 2012, 4:37 pm

Rally go-ers in Albany, NY. Photo by Jessica Riehl. On January 23, 2012, more than 800 New Yorkers descended on the New York State Capitol for the 2012 Hydro-Fracking Day of Action organized by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra…

Source: Compass | Heather Moyer

Why Is the State Department Pushing Coal on a Tiny Eastern European Country? 31 Jan 2012, 7:22 pm

That’s the question we have been asking the U.S. Government over and over, after discovering their steadfast support for plans to build an extremely expensive, extremely dirty coal plant in Kosovo. We first sounded the alarm over this project months…

Source: Compass | Heather Moyer

The Public’s Verdict? Clean Cars Are More Popular than Oprah. Well almost… 27 Jan 2012, 8:26 pm

After a week of public hearings in Detroit, Philadelphia and San Francisco, we can safely say that cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks are a popular commodity. More than 500 people, including concerned citizens, public health officials, veterans, small business…

Source: Compass | Heather Moyer

Arkansas Gets a Gust of Wind Energy 26 Jan 2012, 12:08 am

Beyond Coal organizer Glen Hooks stands with a turbine signed by community members. Not one month into the new year and we are already enjoying exciting energy developments out of North Carolina, Georgia, and now Arkansas. Southwestern Electric Power Company…

Source: Compass | The Sierra Club

Calling Foul on Big Oil 25 Jan 2012, 8:35 pm

Hundreds of pairs of ears are still ringing from the sound of whistles blowing on the West Lawn of the Capitol yesterday afternoon, as protesters dressed as referees to call foul on the pipeline of money flowing between Big Oil…

Source: Compass | Heather Moyer