Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries -- a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 05.24.2012
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Canada under the Great Plains filed a lawsuit Wednesday challen...
Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.22.2012
Despite all the industry hype over jobs and purported energy security benefits from building the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a new report shows the mammoth Canadian tar sands pipeline will cut the amount of gasoline produced in the U.S. and jack up gas prices for American drivers.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.22.2012
WASHINGTON -- The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday released a report dispelling the myth that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline ...
Ellen Gill | Posted 05.21.2012
So, Bob Dold managed to vote against the environment seven (7) times in 2011 and 2012 and voted with his party 7 out of 11 times on the environment, but going up on a bucked lift impressed the Lake County New-Sun.
AP | Posted 05.17.2012
ALBION, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's hearings on the new proposed route for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline from Canada are drawing big crowds. ...
David Morris | Posted 05.15.2012
The Hoover Dam and the interstate highway system were built by the people for the people. The Keystone XL pipeline is proposed by a private company for private gain.
Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.15.2012
When politicians and K Street lobbyists peddle the $7 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you can bet the red meat rhetoric about jobs and national security -- fanciful charges according to independent analysis -- is straight out of the game plan from DC's most popular blood sport; trolling for petro dollars.
Bill McKibben | Posted 05.11.2012
But the debate continues -- in fact, House leaders are busily trying to fasten automatic approval of the Keystone Pipeline, the biggest straw into the pipelines yet, onto a must-pass transportation bill.
Tim Profeta | Posted 05.11.2012
The U.S. Department of State has received a new application from TransCanada to ship crude oil via a proposed pipeline running from the Canadian border to existing infrastructure in Nebraska.
The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.08.2012
Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), the 20-term incumbent facing a surprisingly competitive race in California's 15th congressional district, drew headlines r...
Reuters | Posted 05.08.2012
* Endless debate on projects is unacceptable - minister * Environmental measures included in omnibus budget bill * Oppos...
AP | Posted 05.07.2012
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett supports building the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada wants to build to carry Canadian oil south...
Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.04.2012
The Keystone XL pipeline has become a red-hot lightning rod for politicians pushing Big Oil's misinformation campaign of hugely inflated jobs numbers and their specious arguments about national security. The truth is this is about oil industry profits and political gamesmanship, pure and simple.
Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012
* TransCanada submits Presidential permit application * Company to outline new Nebraska route later * Pipeline was put o...
Abby Huntsman | Posted 04.30.2012
Congress isn't actually addressing the underlying structural issues that are impeding economic growth, global competitiveness, and national security. Instead, they are looking for incremental, "quick fix" legislation to placate constituents.
Reince Priebus | Posted 04.30.2012
Apparently the only job President Obama thinks about when he hears "Keystone XL" is his own. Never mind the jobs it would create.
Tom Weis | Posted 04.30.2012
Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.
Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.24.2012
Critics of U.S. domestic energy policy are trying to maneuver the Keystone XL oil pipeline past the Oval Office, but in the long shadow of the Keystone XL pipeline project are a series of domestic oil pipelines that could make Keystone redundant by the time it goes into service in 2015.
Tom Weis | Posted 04.23.2012
Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries -- a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!"
Michael Greenberg | Posted 04.23.2012
Cultural elitism is unfortunately still a prevalent force, and Keystone XL is just one example out of many of America disrespecting less-developed parts of the world to meet its hunger for power.
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.21.2012
WASHINGTON -- Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education as he pr...
Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.19.2012
The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency is not just killing jobs these days -- it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light on the political motivations behind the agency's actions.
HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.18.2012
As the House of Representatives votes on an extension to its transportation bill Wednesday, environmental advocates are crying foul on an amendment th...
Reuters | Posted 04.19.2012
* Wednesday vote is fourth for House on pipeline * White House has threatened to veto bill * Rep Lee Ter...
Tom Weis | Posted 05.29.2012