- Koch Brothers Could Make $100 Billion if Keystone XL Pipeline Approved
- British Gas rakes in £20m profit from overestimated bills, says whistleblower
- Oil Spill in North Dakota Raises Detection Concerns—"A Tesoro Logistics pipeline that ruptured in North Dakota spilled more than 865,000 gallons of oil, one of the largest inland oil pipeline accidents in the United States." Not only that, North Dakota recorded 300 oil spills in two years without notifying the public. NYT
- Oil Companies Are Sued for Waste of Natural Gas—"Owners of mineral rights filed 10 suits to obtain royalties lost when the natural gas produced in oil drilling in North Dakota is burned." Also preventing natural gas from flooding the market and reducing prices. NYT
- Former Judge Testifies to Taking Bribes to Write Rulings Ordering Chevron to Pay Villagers $19 Billion
- Canada: New environmental review rules anger oilsands critics—"Many oilsands projects will not have their potential environmental impacts reviewed by the federal government under updated rules announced today, environmentalists warn."
- Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm—"The billionaire industrialist William I. Koch has donated about $5 million fighting Cape Wind, a vast wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound." Clean energy? Hah. NYT
- 'Gasland' director: Obama is AWOL on fracking Politico
- Wyo. high court to hear fracking disclosure suit—Can companies hide the shit they're shooting underground?
- Terminology used by fracking advocates purposely misleading
- Scotland to block fracking on environmental grounds
- Mi'kmaq Warrior risks losing leg after being shot by RCMP rubber slug in Thursday's cop attack.
- Air pollution a leading cause of cancer - U.N. agency
- Taking out the rivers' trash, one piece at a time
- Material Remains: The Perpetual Challenge of Garbage
- Why We Don't Care About Saving Our Grandchildren From Climate Change—"A new study shows that human beings are too selfish to endure present pain to avert future climate change. That's why we need win-win solutions now."
- Gambling with Civilization by Paul Krugman—"The future is uncertain, a reality acknowledged in the title of William Nordhaus's new book, The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World. Yet decisions must be made taking the future—and sometimes the very long-term future—into account."
- Fox News defends global warming false balance by denying the 97% consensus
- Gore Says U.S. Likely to Beat 'Inadequate' Carbon Target
- Iowa scientists: Climate change affecting farming
- Climate change is 'absolutely' linked to wildfires, says UN chief
- Climate Change Aids Toxic Slime's Advance
- IPCC's New Estimates for Increased Sea-Level Rise
- The ocean is broken—"A Newcastle sailor's trip across the Pacific Ocean after the Japan tsunami was frighteningly similar to a nightmare."
- Lionfish infestation in Atlantic Ocean a growing epidemic
- In China, victory for wildlife conservation as citizens persuaded to give up shark fin soup WaPo
- 13 Vietnamese arrested in Philippines over sea turtles
- Dolphin Slaughter Fueled by Illegal Shark Trade
- Over 100 rhinos poached in South Africa in past month
- Texas hunters pledge to save endangered black rhinos by killing one
- Poachers kill 300 Zimbabwe elephants with cyanide
- Another jumbo poisoner jailed for 15 years
- Bob Barker pays nearly $1 million to rescue 3 elephants
- Anti-NSA rally attracts thousands to march in Washington
- NSA surveillance: Merkel's phone may have been monitored 'for over 10 years'—"As German officials prepare to travel to the US, Der Spiegel cites a previously secret NSA document."
- NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011
- Sweden signs up to UN plan to curb US spying
- U.S. tapping Stephen Harper's phone? Unlikely, says intelligence expert
- ACLU: Lavabit 'fatally undermined' by US request for encryption keys—"Rights group files briefing in defence of founder Ladar Levison and says government's demands 'unreasonably burdensome.'"
- 7 alternative search sites that respect your privacy
- Aaron's agrees to stop spying on computer renters
- Mozilla's Lightbeam tool will expose who is looking over your shoulder on the web
- Researchers Flag Security Flaws In New LinkedIn Offering—"LinkedIn's new 'Intro' tool could be a security nightmare waiting to happen, researchers warn."
