by Nelson Bailey | Mar 22, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
The financial giant is the first of a group of 17 banks to divest from the loan that financed the pipeline as the embattled project is set to begin transporting oil. The financial giant ING has sold its stake in the $2.5bn loan financing the Dakota Access pipeline,...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 20, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmental groups are going ahead with their challenge to permits for the Mariner East II pipelines, despite the denial of their petition to halt construction. The pipelines, being built by Sunoco, will carry highly flammable, natural-gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 17, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 11, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Members of Indian tribes from across the country began to arrive in Washington Tuesday for four days of protests, prayer and demonstrations to assert rights and raise awareness of issues affecting American Indians. The Native Nations Rise movement will bring a teepee...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 8, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Democratic Party’s primary for governor is June 13th, and you need to register to vote by May 19 to cast a ballot. You need not register Democrat to participate. Former Congressman Tom Perriello and current Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are the candidates, and...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Politics of energy
Big Oil’s lies about the existential risk posed by its product are now catching up with the industry and threatening profits. For the first time, one of the major publicly owned fossil fuel companies admitted publicly to investors that climate change lawsuits poses a...
