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Warren Buffett, the third wealthiest man on the planet (net worth: $44 billion), often referred to as the "Oracle of Omaha," is the target of a May 5 acti…

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It's the multi-pronged fight that never seems to end.
The Alberta Tar Sands have been near the forefront of the North American energy and climate debate, thanks in…

Cushing .jpg It's the multi-pronged fight that never seems to end. The Alberta Tar Sands have been near the forefront of the North American energy and climate debate, thanks in large part to growing public concern and grassroots e…

Charles Pierce traces those “environmental extremists” to Nebraska.
What gets lost in all of…

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On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway,…

Warren Buffett Barack Obama.png On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly from President Barack Obama…

Newt Gingrich, yesterday. “He recently vetoed the Keystone pipeline. Now, think about it! He did it…

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Damned if we do, damned if we don't – this is the CliffsNotes version of the ongoing Keystone XL pipeline debate. President Barack Obama recently h…

NA-Pipeline-Map-Theodora.png Damned if we do, damned if we don't – this is the CliffsNotes version of the ongoing Keystone XL pipeline debate. President Barack Obama recently halted TransCanada's proposed Keystone X…

The winner of the South Carolina primary shouts out the Prime Minister.
“What Prime…

There are plenty of myths to debunk on both sides

There is a real difference between the prime minister Harper was criticizing in 2002 and the one he has become in 2012

As the internet reacts to the State Department's bold decision to deny the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, you're likely to come across the moans and cries of the stumbling Goliaths of Big Oil.  Having lost the Keystone XL battle, the …

As the internet reacts to the State Department's bold decision to deny the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, you're likely to come across the moans and cries of the stumbling Goliaths of Big Oil. 
Having lost the Keystone XL battle, the …

Screen shot 2012-01-18 at 10.14.20 AM.png Twitter is ablaze with the news that the State Department will announce today that the original TransCanada presidential permit application is dead in the water. Details are murky, so stay tuned for more, bu…

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Twitter is ablaze with the news that the State Department will announce today that the original TransCanada presidential permit application is dead in th…

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So reports the Washington Post. With an asterisk….

Wait a minute! Hang on! Didn’t we celebrate that President Obama announced that the Keystone XL permit decision (whether or not approve TransCanada’s application to build a mega pipeline to transport dirty tar sands oil from northern Alberta to the …

By David Ljunggren | Reuters OTTAWA (Reuters) – On the eve of public hearings into a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to the Pacific Coast, the Canadian government lashed out on Monday at what it said were foreign-funded radical groups opposing the project. The comments by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver were another [...]

Back in August, DeSmogBlog’s own Emma Pullman co-produced a startling infographic about how the first section of TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline system was “Built to Spill,” with a dozen spills recorded in the pipeline’s f…