Tag: oil pipelines

“I will do everything I can to stop Keystone XL and DAPL.”

Trump claims that pipelines will create more energy security for Americans, but will the oil even be used domestically?

While Energy Transfer Partners representatives have touted the pipeline as a boon for Louisiana’s economy, its permit application indicates that it will create only 12 new permanent jobs.

Opponents of the pipeline say it could wreck the region's fragile ecology, damaging the basin and destroying Louisiana’s multi-million dollar crawfish industry.

Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.

The deck now stacked against those who have spent years fighting against Keystone XL.

After 35 years of fighting for the cancellation of nearly 50 oil and gas leases, Montana’s Blackfeet tribe scored an unexpected victory when Devon Energy voluntarily backed out of their claims.

Last year, the EPA spilled massive amounts of gold mining waste into the Animas river near the Navajo Nation reservation, turning the entire river yellow. Now, the Navajo is suing the government for on-going damages to their health and the environment.

Local news have mentioned the event, but mainstream media outlets have ignored news of the spill.

Activists successfully shut down five pipelines across the U.S. that deliver tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada.