Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution
"They're coming to get you Barbara..." Those are some of the last words we hear from an unfortunate victim early in "Night of the Living Dead." With creeping doom and danger sprouting up all around them, a pair of siblings...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
Things looked pretty rosy in Alberta last summer when oil was trading for $140/barrel. Investments flooded in from folks all over the world eager to stake their claim on the Canadian province's cash cow: tar sands. Sure, there were...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution
There has been an eerie silence in Indiana as two branches of state government have steadily whittled public protections down to the nub in recent weeks. That is a frightening prospect in a state that contains one of the...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman
Canada is the leading provider of oil to the US. But sadly, a growing percentage of that petroleum oozing south comes in the form of goop from Alberta's tar sands mines, most of which makes its way to the Great...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution
The Chicago Tribune celebrated their new layout with another great story from environmental reporter Michael Hawthorne splashed across the newly-designed front page. The article shines a light on EPA pollution data that has gotten short shrift. The U.S. Environmental Protection...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Solving Global Warming
James Brown famously exclaimed “Give the drummer some…”BP could learn a lot from the late, great, Godfather of Soul.Last week was a very good one for the British oil giant. Tuesday, BP announced that they had brought in a jaw-dropping...continued→
