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Empresa canadiense de oleoductos cancela intento de eludir normas de seguridad
Washington, D.C. – As reported by Senator Jon Tester, TransCanada, the Canadian firm seeking approval from the Obama administration to build a massive new tar sands oil pipeline into the Un…
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El derrame de Kalamazoo pone de relieve los peligros del oleoducto de arenas bituminosas propuesto desde Canadá hasta la Costa del Golfo.
Washington, D.C. — This week, a pipeline carrying oil from Canada into the U.S. ruptured, spilling more than a million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Crews are attem…
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El proyecto de ley del Senado sobre el derrame no aborda las causas fundamentales de la tragedia petrolera del Golfo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this afternoon unveiled a draft outline of a pared-down oil spill bill after officially abandoning a broader attempt to address our…
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El Congreso desmerece las alternativas de transporte limpio y perpetúa la adicción estadounidense al petróleo
Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved transportation funding legislation that provides insufficient funding for Amtrak and high speed rail (HSR) projects. The bill provides $1.96…
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Manifestación en el Capitolio conmemora el tercer mes del desastre petrolero de BP
Washington, D.C.-A broad coalition of public interest, faith, and environmental groups-joined by Gulf Coast residents directly impacted by the Gulf oil spill-marked today’s…
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La tapa del pozo petrolero no es el fin de la historia
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to reports that the well that has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20 has…
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Jornada nacional de acción condena el peligroso y contaminante oleoducto canadiense
Washington, D.C. – Clean energy advocates, landowners, and indigenous activists are uniting today to condemn a proposed pipeline that would bring toxic tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. in…
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Grupos ambientalistas piden al Congreso que acabe con los subsidios al etanol para las grandes petroleras
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth and Clean Air Task Force are calling on Congress to let the Volumetric Ethanol Excise T…
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El senador Kerry se compromete a seguir la capitulación con un compromiso
Washington, D.C.—After a White House meeting focused on climate and energy legislation today, Senator John Kerry offered the following, concise summary of Senate Democrats’…
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El senador Landrieu fue nombrado por BP Ten como uno de los principales receptores de dinero de las grandes petroleras.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth last week launched a campaign…