oil spill
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Return of the Monster Tar Balls!!
The scariest horror movies end with a hint that the killer or monster, though defeated, isn't dead and will rise again. With tropical storms sweeping through the Gulf, coastal residents are finding that zombie residues of the BP oil spill are coming out of their lairs to re-terrorize beach-goers, boaters, and the fishing industry. Tides hustled up by tropical storms are bringing oily residues, tar mats, and tar balls onto the beach. It's as bad as it sounds. Check out these pictures that NRDC collected — if you want to brave the sight of oozy, giant, black tar creatures.
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How to save 20,000 oiled penguins
Dyan deNapoli (who apparently goes by the moniker "The Penguin Lady," which is awesome) was very, very put out by a suggestion during the Gulf Coast oil spill that oiled birds should be killed because they're going to die anyway.
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TransCanada says Keystone XL will be ‘safest pipeline in the U.S.’
The existing pipeline has seen 12 spills in one year, but the company reassures citizens that Keystone XL will operate with a "high degree of safety."
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Mark Ruffalo wants you to fight the tar sands
Actor Mark Ruffalo explains why you should join him and thousands of others in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20.
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Critical List: A second leak in Shell's North Sea rig spurting oil; Chinese protest chemical factory
A second leak at the Shell oil platform in the North Sea is proving harder to stop than the first.
A Chinese protest against a chemical factory was one of the largest in three years -- at least 12,000 people -- and may herald a shift towards more public action in the country.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is exchanging ideas with leaders in Rio about greening their cities. -
After North Sea oil spill, Shell plans to continue Arctic drilling
The Interior Department acknowledges the effects of climate change in the region but approves more drilling for fossil fuels there.
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Critical List: Shell spills oil in the Arctic; the Northwest Passage opens
A Shell oil platform in the Arctic is leaking oil. The company won't say how much but will say that the spill is under control.
The Interior Department is looking into treatment of Arctic scientist Charles Monnett, who is under investigation for his work on polar bears.
Why real world fuel efficiency is so much lower than fuel efficiency standards. -
Critical List: Wind turbines get bigger and better; tree-killing fungi are thriving
Wind turbines are becoming bigger, more efficient, and more powerful.
Drilling in the Arctic is not such a hot idea, as any spill will be tricky to clean up.
The Southeast is the only region in the country that hasn’t put renewable energy mandates in place. -
Critical List: Shell can drill in the Arctic Ocean; tar sands rebranded as 'ethical oil'
Better get that Alaska cruise in now: Shell will be drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer.
The U.N. says it will take $1 billion and more than 25 years to clean up all the oil Shell and other companies have spilled in the Niger Delta. (But we're sure there will be no problems whatsoever in the Arctic Ocean … )
Conservatives in Canada call tar-sand oil "ethical oil" because it comes not from evil places like Venezuela or Saudi Arabia but from Canada -- "the boy scouts of the world," says the guy who came up with "ethical oil." (Maybe he’s trying to earn his greenwashing badge?)