Sen. Ed Markey gives campaign money to corporate Dem Patrick Murphy over progressive champion Alan Grayson. I am writing to express my disappointment in Senator Ed Markey (MA-D)’s recent financial support for Congressman Patrick Murphy … [Read more...]
Delusional, Climate-Killing Keystone XL “Centrism”
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that would short-circuit the safety and environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, overruling sound science with polluter politics. The Boston Globe editorial board has a … [Read more...]
“Keystone isn’t any normal pipeline”
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has a post by that title up on DailyKos today. Here's an excerpt: Beyond Keystone’s costs to our economy and health is the real cost of failing to lead the charge on climate change. Last year, President … [Read more...]
On Keystone XL, Will Obama & Kerry Follow Bush-Cheney Path?
President Obama talks a lot about standing up to the industrial carbon polluters disrupting our climate. So why does he act like the decision on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline - a carbon bomb & one he doesn't have to beg Congress to … [Read more...]
Brookline Passes Landmark Resolution Against Tar Sands
The fight against tar sands isn't just about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline out west - it's also about the push for smaller tar sands pipeline projects across the country, including one Exxon Mobil & Enbridge are trying to sneak … [Read more...]
Gabriel Gomez is Completely Incoherent on Climate & Energy
Gabriel Gomez, the Republican opponent of Democrat Ed Markey in the U.S. Senate special election to fill John Kerry's seat in Massachusetts, is working hard to be all things to all people, and nowhere is that more evident than his positions … [Read more...]
Will the Next Major Tar Sands Spill be in New England?
Homes evacuated. Chemicals fouling the air. Wildlife soaked in tar sands oil. Could it happen in New England? I traveled to Arkansas last week to monitor wildlife impacts of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline rupture for the … [Read more...]
Climate and Occupy Activists Join Forces to Announce New Grassroots Campaign in Response to Scott Brown Corruption Scandal
More than 60 protesters gathered today to announce the launch of a new grassroots anti-corruption campaign in response to Sen. Brown’s co-sponsorship of a bill to force through the Keystone XL Pipeline just last week. The campaign, a … [Read more...]
On Holding Down The Conversational Fort, Or, Jobs, Republicans, And Hooey
As the next Congressional fight over payroll tax extensions and unemployment benefits and pipelines gets set up in the next few weeks for either its final chapter or to be kicked down the road a bit farther, one or the other, you’re going … [Read more...]