The Last Battle

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 29, 2019 If we do not join with the Cree and other indigenous peoples to halt oil extraction from tar sands, it will be “game over” for the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Shrinking Oil Industry

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network May 16, 2017 Many of the oil services companies employed when new fields are developed have been laying off workers, and oil companies have been taking write-downs of their assets. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Activist Unrepentant After Being Charged in #ShutItDown Pipeline Protest

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Oct 22, 2016 "My actions of walking across a field and cutting a fence chain are inconsequential and excusable compared to the ghastly effect of continuing to burn tar sands oil," said Ken Ward. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dakota Pipeline Struggle Between the ‘People’ and the ‘Powerful’ Remains Underreported

By Jerome Irwin Oct 1, 2016 DAPL should be a seminal issue in the 2016 presidential election, as it relates to the larger issue of climate change, but all we hear from the mainstream media are crickets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Who Can Follow This Climate Leader?

By Emily Schwartz Greco / OtherWords Nov 13, 2015 President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline while backing increased production of oil, gas and coal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Rejects Keystone XL: This Is Big … and Just the Beginning

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2015 Just a few years ago, insiders and experts wrote us off and assured the world Keystone XL would be built by the end of 2011. Together, ranchers, tribal nations and everyday people beat this project back, reminding the world that Big Oil isn’t invincible -- and that organized people can win over organized money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2015 UPDATED: After seven years of deliberation, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why an Oil Glut May Lead to a New World of Energy

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Aug 14, 2015 While most oil-company executives continue to insist that a turnaround is sure to occur in the near future, some analysts are beginning to wonder if oil's diminished profitability doesn’t actually signal a fundamental transformation of the industry. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Magical Mystery Tour of American Austerity Politics

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Jun 10, 2015 Numerous cities and school districts in Michigan are now run by single, state-appointed technocrats. This arrangement not only strips residents of their local voting rights but also gives appointees of the state's austerity-promoting governor the power to do just about anything, including dissolve the cities themselves, all in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Alberta Elects Government Opposed to Keystone XL Pipeline (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 7, 2015 The survival of the controversial pipeline project is cast further into doubt with the election of a left-wing government in Canada’s wealthiest and most conservative province. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Talking to Edward Snowden Is the Next Best Thing to Sex, Says John Perry Barlow

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The poet and activist says his friend Edward Snowden's mind "is like cool, clear spring water." Also: Robert Scheer on President Obama's immigration overhaul, Keystone XL dies in the Senate, and Kasia Anderson breaks down the Bill Cosby rape allegations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keystone Pipeline Passes House, One Vote to Go in Senate

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 15, 2014 The Obama administration has been considering whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline for six years, a delay tactic that has Congress -- the current, pre-GOP-wave, lame duck Congress -- very close to going over his head. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )