Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
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NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Naomi Klein’s TED Talk: “Addicted To Risk”
Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Naomi Klein’s TED Talk: “Addicted To Risk”
Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Toothpaste More Dangerous Than Fracking, "Expert" Says
strawman-argument.jpg It's okay, people. We've been blowing this whole fracking thing way out of proportion. Dr. Barry Stevens of To-Be-Determined America sets the record straight in hopes that we'll re-align our focus and concentrate on the real issues at hand, which, by the way, is not fracking (Spoiler Alert: it's
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: 2008 Shell Nigeria Oil Spill 60 Times Larger Than Originally Claimed
shutterstock_88735852.jpg Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) dropped a bombshell early this week, unveiling documents pertaining to the Royal Dutch Shell Oil 2008 Bodo oil pipeline spill. The documents indicate that the Shell spill released 60 times the amount of oil Shell had originally reported in
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
For Earth Day, this prayer is reposted from May 13, 2010, nearly a month after the BP oil gusher started spewing oil into the beautiful Gulf of Mexico: T. Thorn Coyle blogs at Thorncoyle.com on her thoughts on practice, philosophy, politics and love. She wrote A Prayer For My Beloved
Continue reading350 or bust: Have We Learned Anything Yet?
It was two years ago today that the sea-floor started gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which was working on a BP oil project. Tragically, the explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others. It started a flow
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