Environment

TransCanada – the same company behind the Keystone pipeline – said the explosion has been contained and an investigation is underway.

“Proponents of the law insist Washington State has a legitimate public interest to protect its citizens from oil train fires and explosions, but in the context of the transportation of crude oil by rail, a State cannot use safety as a pretext for inhibiting market growth or instituting a de facto ban on crude oil by rail within its borders.”

"The coming together of these two is a marriage made in hell – bad for farmers, bad for consumers, and bad for our countryside."

Despite the flawed state decision, three federal lawsuit challenges to pipeline project continue to proceed.

For those of you who don’t know, Monsanto is one of the wealthiest multinational corporations in the world and is also one of the most ruthless. But they have a false image of innocence.

The recycling myth explained.

The administration allowed DAPL to continue pumping oil despite lacking a key federal permit.

The foundation can now begin large-scale trials of passive plastic capturing technology in the Pacific Ocean.

"Exxon built a facade to deceive investors into believing that the company was managing the risks of climate change regulation to its business when, in fact, it was intentionally and systematically underestimating or ignoring them."

“It’s time the state put our lives first, not the interests of the oil and gas industry.”