Koch Brothers Stand to Make $100 Billion From Keystone Pipeline

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 22, 2013 Through their investments and various subsidiaries, Charles and David Koch could make a fortune from the transcontinental oil pipeline, contrary to previous Koch claims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oil and Honey

By Curtis Brainard Oct 18, 2013 "I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir, "Oil and Honey," an endearing account of his reluctant rise to leadership."I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The GOP ‘Sabotage of Democracy’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 7, 2013 "Despite what they say," journalist Bill Moyers says in his weekly essay, "Obamacare is only one" of the targets of the Republican-led government shutdown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Outlines Climate Change Plan, Weiner Leads Comeback Race, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 26, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including PolitiFact considers possible outcomes for Wednesday's Supreme Court same-sex marriage decisions and "The Daily Show's" John Oliver takes aim at the media and the government over whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Keystone XL Pipeline: The ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Apr 9, 2013 Why take a look at the history of gay rights in the context of the climate struggle? Because the hardest part of the Keystone pipeline fight has been figuring out what to do about the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

An Interview With AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 Trumka recently spoke with The National Memo about the sequester's automatic budget cuts, the danger of cuts to Social Security, the Keystone XL pipeline, immigration reform, President Obama and how to defend labor in an era of attacks on the right to organize. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Power to Act on Warming

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 26, 2013 The test of President Obama's seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It's whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants -- one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions -- to the ashcan of history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Activists Hold Major Rally, Demand Obama Reject Keystone Pipeline

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 Organizers of Sunday's "Forward on Climate" rally and march claim the estimated 35,000 activists who descended on Washington, D.C., to demand the Obama administration take action on the critical issue of global warming constitute the largest turnout ever for a climate rally. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Feb 12, 2013 In the near future, President Obama is expected to give construction on the Keystone XL pipeline a definitive thumbs up or thumbs down. The decision he makes could determine the fate of the Canadian tar-sands industry and, with it, the future well-being of the planet. If that sounds overly dramatic, let me explain. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Secretary of State Favorite Has Major Stake in Canadian Tar Sands

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 1, 2012 It turns out that Susan Rice, President Obama’s apparent favorite for the next secretary of state, has financial investments in more than a dozen Canadian oil companies and banks that stand to profit from the growth of the North American tar sands industry and the operation of the proposed multibillion-dollar Keystone XL pipeline. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Nov 15, 2012 There is no debate on climate change in Germany, where architects of the clean energy movement estimate that from 80 percent to 100 percent of the country's electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Arrested During Keystone XL Pipeline Protest

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 1, 2012 The Green Party candidate was detained by authorities and charged with criminal trespassing Wednesday after she tried to deliver supplies to demonstrators in Texas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )