- 'Neil Young Lies' Is Pro-Oil Propaganda at Its Worst
- The anti-fracking activist barred from 312.5 sq miles of Pennsylvania
- David Cameron pledges to rip up green regulations—"Prime minister says plans to scrap or amend more than 3,000 regulations will save businesses £850m a year."
- Australia Permits Dredge Dumping Near Great Barrier Reef for Major Coal Port NYT
- Yukon Government Opens Vast Wilderness to Mining—"Indigenous leaders, conservation groups vow legal challenge."
- Approving Keystone XL could be the biggest mistake of Obama's presidency
- State Department Says Keystone Pipeline Will Create Just 50 Jobs
- Obama's still not ready to approve Keystone—"Obama's top aide says more input is needed before the president makes a final decision on the pipeline." Salon
- WV Senate Committee Votes To Weaken Water Quality Standards
- West Virginians say they don't fault coal industry for water crisis
- War of words arises on MCHM flushing—As it "might not have effectively eliminated Crude MCHM and other toxic chemicals from plumbing systems in homes and businesses...."
- After Chemical Spill, West Virginia Couple Says Their Chickens Laid Blue-Tinted Eggs That Smell Like Licorice
- This Modern World: States of Emergency—"If the water for 300,000 people were poisoned by terrorists, it would be a national emergency."
- Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections—"A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal regulator effectively buried for several years about a rupture on a trouble-prone TransCanada natural gas pipeline."
- TransCanada natural gas pipeline explodes near Winnipeg—"No injuries reported; comes as pipeline safety is under scrutiny ahead of Keystone XL decision."
- Train carrying fuel oil derails, spills in Mississippi
- Duke Pipe Break Causes Ash Release Into North Carolina River
- Mining Tar Sands Produces Much More Air Pollution Than We Thought
- How the Feds Are Ripping You Off To Benefit Big Coal
- Renewable Energy Is 'Stalinist' Mandate, Says Ohio Legislator
- Facebook Saved Over A Billion Dollars By Building Open Sourced Servers
- Right-wing Republicans Launch Assault on Endangered Species Act
- A record 1,004 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2013
- Hong Kong to Incinerate Huge Ivory Stockpile
- Pesticides halve bees' pollen gathering ability, research shows
- Monarch butterflies drop, migration may disappear
- Black bear accidentally mulched by oil and gas company—"An Apache contractor ran over a hibernating bear den while clearing land near Fort Nelson, B.C."
- Dead dolphins: Peru's beaches littered with hundreds of dead dolphins – again—"More than 400 dead dolphins were found in northern Peru in January. In 2012, more than 870 dead dolphins were found in the same area, and the cause of death was never determined."
- Albania's hunting ban to protect species—"Albania says it will ban all hunting for two years to protect animals threatened with extinction."
- Zhejiang firm the world's largest shark abattoir, says WildLifeRisk—"Zhejiang plant 'processing hundreds of endangered specimens a year.'"
- America's health craze for fish oil is wiping out the world's rarest shark
- Mexico is Saving Sharks While Australia Kills Them
- Prince Charles finds climate-change denial most unbecoming—"Doubters of man-made global warming a 'headless chicken brigade,' Charles says."
- 24 House Republicans Just Voted To Deny The Reality Of Climate Change
- xkcd on the Cold Truth About Warming
- A Win for the Climate Scientist Skeptics Compared to Jerry Sandusky
- Dirty tactics: The story behind the Drax 29—"A group of climate activists have had their convictions for hijacking a coal train quashed after revelations about the extraordinary role of undercover police."
- The Changing Climate Is Killing Baby Penguins
- Drought-hit California unable to supply state water
- Report: FDA Documents Show Decade of Unsuccessful Attempts to Control Farm Antibiotics
- Congress: Keep Chinese-processed chicken out of the U.S.—"The USDA is entrusting our poultry to the country with one of the worst track records for food safety." Salon
- Feds suspend NJ slaughterhouse; cruelty alleged
- China-Japan poisoned dumplings: Chinese man jailed
- Japan food pesticide scare: Factory worker arrested
- Feds: NSA 'Probably' Spies on Members of Congress—"The admission is hardly surprising, but expect lawmakers to feign outrage anyway."
- The first congressman to battle the NSA is dead. No-one noticed, no-one cares.
- Patriot Act author: Absent reform, we'll halt bulk metadata program renewal—"Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has said vast data dragnet is 'unbounded in its scope.'"
- The New Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous — And for All of Us—"Whether you agree with the activities of Anonymous or not -- there are many shades of gray around using DDoS attacks as a protest tactic -- the salient point is that some governments now seem to be using their very tactics against them. The key difference, however, is that those involved in Anonymous can and have faced their day in court for those tactics while governments remain unchecked. And that power differential makes all the difference."
- US ambassador: Merkel phone tap was stupid
- Digital Independence: NSA Scandal Boosts German Tech Industry—"The German IT sector is hoping to profit from trust lost in American technology firms in the aftermath of the NSA spying scandal. But critics warn that plans to create a European routing system could affect the openness of the Internet."
- Guardian reveals threats of imprisonment and closure over Snowden leaks
