The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a pair of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits demanding the release of federal documents confirming the endangered status of the northern swift fox. For Immediate Release, January 16, 2014 Contact: Amy Atwood, (503) 504-5660 (image via Wikipedia) Lawsuit Filed to Force Release of Documents on Keystone XL and […]

Senate candidate Shane Osborn mocked special needs kids on Thursday, in a tweet that called a bill under consideration in Washington a “short bus to nowhere” — a derogatory reference to the shorter school bus equipped with wheelchair and disabled access often used to transport special needs kids to school. In his criticism of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, […]

As the Chamber of Commerce releases their energy “policy” today and renews their call to overturn the crude oil export ban, here is what you need to know about the consequences of doing so, and Big Oil’s motivations in advocating for a policy reversal. A report on the crude oil export ban and why it […]

The Texas Supreme Court has ordered TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 in the lawsuit filed by landowner Julia Trigg Crawford against the Keystone pipeline operator. The justices are weighing arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. “As we await a Nebraska ruling from Judge Stacy regarding the eminent domain and pipeline routing process […]

As we ring in the New Year, and mark year five of our fight to stop the Keystone Export Pipeline, it’s a good time to remember the myths TransCanada keeps telling the press and public in their attempt to mislead Americans about the pipeline being in our national interest. In the end, that is the […]

(The Global Post video news story below features Nebraska rancher Suz Straka Luebbe, who is also one of the three landowner plaintiffs currently challenging the unconstitutional Keystone XL routing process in Nebraska. Read about the ongoing lawsuit here.) Calamity Calling: Heartland Under Threat from GlobalPost on Vimeo. Calamity Calling: Weird weather hits America’s breadbasket  by Erik […]