fossil fuels are never good, but coal from Wyoming that in all likelihood is mined by certified Evil Motherfuckers Peabody Energy ? come on Oklahoma, we gotta do better
A massive new pipeline that will carry hydrofracked gas is being constructed in New York City. The pipeline, built by subsidiaries of Spectra Energy, will carry the gas from the Marcellus Shale, a bed that lies under Pennsylvania and New York State, into New York City’s gas infrastructure. Naturally, the construction of such a pipeline, carrying controversial highly pressurized gas, has been met with resistance.
In the spring of 2012, Occupy the Pipeline emerged, raising health and safety concerns about the pipeline.
For starters, the group states the Marcellus shale has seventy times the average radioactivity of natural gas and possesses extremely high radon content. Worse, monitoring radon content doesn’t appear to be a priority for federal regulators. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stated radon risk assessment is “outside their purview.” High radon levels have been linked to increases in the risk of lung cancer among non-smokers.
” —My latest at The Nation (via allisonkilkenny)
- Student-Loan Debt.
- Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance.
- Schools That Educate for Compliance and Not for Democracy.
- “No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top.”
- Shaming Young People Who Take Education—But Not Their Schooling—Seriously.
- The Normalization of Surveillance.
- Television.
- Fundamentalist Religion and Fundamentalist Consumerism.
(Source: filmsforaction.org, via liberationorstarvation)
Guatemalan president Otto Perez announced the move in an effort to quell protests targeting the mine belonging to Canadian miner Tahoe Resources Inc. Two people have been killed in the demonstrations. The company’s security guards shot and wounded six demonstrators on Saturday, said Mauricio Lopez, Guatemala’s security minister. The next day, protesters, who say the Escobal silver mine near the town of San Rafael Las Flores will contaminate local water supplies, kidnapped 23 police officers, Lopez said. (via Guatemala cracks down on anti-mining protests - Americas - Al Jazeera English)
Above is a shot of me in the early spring before the Quaking Aspens have budded. Below is a big clear-cut section of one of my fingers along the ridge. Already I’d estimate there’s 30-40 clear-cut acres making way for tar sands and oil shale development.
Only y’all can save me.
(via resistkxl)
Why You’re Broke, the Environment’s Trashed, and Wars Drag On
How corporate power is ruining your life, explained in animated GIFs
This is really good.
Really good and really sad.
This is very informative! A good read with nicely matching GIFs ;)
Tuesday’s spill occurred 200 miles north of Mayflower, Arkansas, where about 5,000 barrels of crude spilled from the Pegasus pipe into a residential area on March 29, prompting a giant clean-up operation that is still ongoing. The Mayflower spill stoked a fractious national debate about the effect of shipping increasing amounts of tarry Canadian crude across the United States, including through residential areas and in aging pipelines.
Facebook Bans Ad Criticizing Mark Zuckerberg’s Pro-Keystone XL Stance
Yesterday it emerged that Facebook has rejected an advertisement by CREDO Mobile criticizing the actions of Fwd.us, the political group started by Zuckerberg and others in the tech industry.
(via resistkxl)
