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Six Quiet Climate Villains
By Escape The Illusion on August 2, 2010 | No Comments
By Rebecca Boyle. If you’re reading PopSci, you probably already know all about the latest efforts to offset carbon dioxide emissions, engineer clean building materials and combat pollution from traditional energy sources like coal and oil. But you may be less aware of the more insidious clim... -
Judges in Drilling Moratorium Case Tied to Oil Indust...By Escape The Illusion on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
After a federal judge nullified the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore oil drilling, federal lawyers have turned to a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit appellate court to get the ban reinstated. But two of the three judges set to hear the federal government’s appeal have owned s... -
EPA: 1M gallons of oil may be in Mich. riverBy Escape The Illusion on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
EPA says 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled in Mich. river, governor criticizes cleanup. Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled into a major river in southern Michigan, and the governor is sharply criticizing clean-up efforts as “wholly i... -
Big Oil Makes War on the PlanetBy Escape The Illusion on July 20, 2010 | No Comments
By Ellen Cantarow. Our addiction to oil is now blowing back on the civilization that can’t do without its gushers and can’t quite bring itself to imagine a real transition to alternative energies. If you live on the Gulf Coast, welcome to the real world of oil — and just know tha... -
Air-Conditioning Is Terrible for the Earth — He...By Escape The Illusion on July 13, 2010 | 2 Comments
Source: AlterNet We live in a society that has been built around the idea of energy-intensive cooling. Here are some easy ways you can stay cool and cut your summer energy consumption. This story was written by Stan Cox, Priti Gulati Cox, Chris George, Dani Moore, Sheila Stewart and John Stewart... -
Package bomb goes off at Houston oil executive’s ho...By Escape The Illusion on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Stephen C. Webster. Pipe bomb disguised as chocolates sends woman to hospital. A seemingly anonymous gift left on the front porch of a Houston home owned by an oil company executive has the city’s affluent population of oil profiteers on edge this weekend, after that package exploded and seriou... -
Survivor: Leak Ignored for Weeks Prior to Oil Rig Exp...By Escape The Illusion on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
Survivor says a dangerous leak was spotted on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig weeks before it exploded and not repaired. ... -
First Nations tribes and Gulf residents targeted by a...By Escape The Illusion on June 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
By Monica Davis. There are a lot of ambulance chasers taking advantage of the Gulf Oil blow out. A Canadian First Nation organization doesn’t plan to join them. An anti-pipeline Canadian First Nations group turned down a free trip to tour the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe are. C The Coa... -
4 Ways BP and Officials Are Working to Suppress the O...By Escape The Illusion on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
From intimidating reporters to trying to enforce no-fly zones, there seems to be a concerted effort to block public access to information. With BP’s oil gusher in the gulf approaching two months, public anger is approaching the boiling point. When will the oil spilling into the gulf be stoppe... -
Obama on BP Oil Spill Disaster June 15, 2010By Escape The Illusion on June 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office with the latest on the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. ...
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