GMO's Top Communications Stories of 2013

Here are the Green Market Oracle's (GMO) top communications stories for 2013 organized under the headings of the 20 most important related subjects.

This assemblage of 107 articles is comprised of stories that address journalism, successes, gratitude, narratives (religion), awards (organizations and individuals), environmental activism, human rights, the Arctic 30, Earth Hour, Earth Day, the Climate Reality Project, Nelson influential people (Mandela, Martin Luther King, Margaret Thatcher), American attitudes, marketing, greenwash, youth, and women.


Journalism

Anti-Science Journalism Helped to End Progressive Climate Governance in Australia
Popular Media is to Blame for Inaction on Climate Change
Video - Homage to Environmental Pioneer Rachel Carson
Climate Scientist Susan Solomon's heartening Look at Environmental Successes
The Death of Mikhail Beketov and Environmental Journalism in Russia

Success Stories

2013 Year End Review: US Environmental Success Stories
Environmental Success Stories: Mercury, SLCPs and Many More
Video - NRDC Environmental Victories in 2013
Video - Al Gore on Climate Change: "We are Going to Win We are Going to Fix This"
SNAP: An Important New Conservation and Human Development Collaboration

Gratitude

Environmental Gratitude and Ecological Advocacy
A Holiday Infused with Environmental Gratitude
Video - Thank You for Taking Action to Save the Climate!
Video - Gratitude for Nature (2011): Documentary Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg Tedx
Video - Nature's Beauty: Life is a Gift and the Only Appropriate Response is Gratefulness

New Narratives and Religious Perspectives

The Power of Storytelling: Lessons in Consumer Engagement
Making the Environment Everyone's Concern
Video - Indigenous Vs. Western: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
What we can Learn as we Reflect on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Video - Changing the Narrative to Change the World
Video - Narratives on Carbon Pollution: Are Individuals to Blame for Carbon Pollution?
Video - Making People Care About Climate Change: The Psychology of Risk Perception
Video - It's all in our heads: The psychology of sustainability
The Symbolism of Easter in an Ecological Context
Pope Francis the Environmentalist

Award Winning Businesses and Organizations

2013 Cleantech Open Cleanie and National Sustainability Award Winners
Winners of the 2013 Green Supply Chain Awards
2013 Global Excellence Project of the Year Award Winners
2013 SEAD Global Efficiency Medal for Computer Monitors
Smooth Criminals Win Corporate Responsibility Honors
US Fish and Wildlife Service Awarded 1st Place in International Diversity Award Competition
APSUS a Finalist in Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards
Enter the 2013 Annual Ethical Corporation Awards

Award Winning Individuals

2013 Brownfield Renewal Person of the Year Award
2013 Green Star Awards for Environmental Emergency Heroes
2013 Brower Youth Awards
2013 WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal
Volvo Environment Prize Goes to Chinese Climate Scientist for his Work on Extreme Weather
2012-2013 Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Environmental Activism

A New Environmental Movement Breeds Hope for the Future
Environmental Advocacy Making the Environment Everybody's Concern
What Americans Need to Understand about Environmental Activism on World Environment Day
Turkish Environmentalists Spark National Protests
World Water Week Raises Awareness through Gamification

Human Rights

Human Rights Day (December 10): Climate Change
The UN Connects Human Rights and Climate Change
World Bank on Human Rights and Climate Change
Canadian Sheila Watt-Cloutier the World's Leading Voice on Arctic Climate Impacts and Human Rights
Former Irish President on Development Goals, Climate and Human Rights
A Policy Perspective on Climate Change and Human Rights
What is Environmental Migration and Who are Climate Refugees
Climate Change Exacerbates Social Tensions and Causes Conflict
Sustainable Development Goals to Follow Millennium Development Goals
Environmentalists Continue to be Murdered or Silenced by Courts All Around the World
 
The Arctic 30

Russian Duma to Free the Arctic 30
Video - Russian Special Forces Assault on The Arctic Sunrise
Video - Greenpeace Global Day of Action to Free the Arctic 30
Neatherlands Seeks Release of the Arctic 30 Through ITLOS
Greenpeace Crew Arrested in the Arctic by Russian Agents
Video - Show Your Support for the Arctic 30 on October 5: Defending the North is Not a Crime
Russia Drops Piracy Charges Against Arctic Protestors
Video - The Arctic is Under Threat from Shell and Gazprom
Video - Greenpeace Confronting Russia's Arctic Oil Exploration
The Race to Exploit the Arctic's Resources Ignores the Costs
Why the Fate of the Arctic Should be of Concern to Us All
The Arctic's Dangerous Combination of Environmental Toxicity and Genetic Vulnerability
Russia Lining Up Investors for Arctic Drilling
Global Warming Exposes Resources but Arctic Meeting Leaves Some Out in the Cold
Video - The Global Implications of Rapid Climate Change in the Arctic

Earth Hour

Video - Business supporting Earth Hour
WWF's Earth Hour Playbook for Business
Video - Indian environmentalist and CEO Shares his Support for Earth Hour
Earth Hour: Tangible Action Beyond the Symbolism
WWF's Earth Hour 2013: Why You Should be Part of It!

Earth Day

The Historical Roots of Earth Day and its Relevance Today
Infographic - Chronological History of Earth Day in the US
The Business of Earth Day Greenwashing
Video - Earth Day 2013
Video - Earth Day 2013: The Face of Climate Change

The Climate Reality Project

Climate Reality Leaders Program Graduate in Action (Susan Pacheco)
Training With Climate Reality
Climate Leaders Training Program in South Africa
24 Hours of Reality the Cost of Carbon

Nelson Mandela

The Climate Movement's Debt of Gratitude to Nelson Mandela
Video - Mandela's Inspirational Words Call Us to Come Together for Climate Justice
Nelson Mandela: In His Own Words
Video - Hamba Kahle Mandela to Nelson Mandela: With Our Deepest Gratitude
Nelson Mandela: "It Always Seems Impossible Until it is Done"
Video - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (PBS Frontline)
Video - Nelson Mandela: Biography

Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights and Environmental Issues in America
Interview with Former Green Jobs CzarSteven Chu is Leaving his Post as Energy Secretary
A Parting Letter from Energy Secretary Chu

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was a Supporter of Climate Science and an Advocate of Global Emissions Reductions
Video - The Late Margaret Thatcher's Views on Global Warming

American Attitudes on Climate Change

Except for Republican Members of Congress Climate Deniers are a Rare Breed in America
Infographic - Growing Belief in Global Warming by State (Even Among Republicans!)
Study Shows Americans Would Act on Global Warming if they were Urged to do so by People they Like and Respect

Marketing

New FTC Green Guidelines for Marketers
Five EV/Hybrid Product Marketing
Office Depot's Back to School Marketing

Greenwash

The Business of Earth Day Greenwashing
Ford Motor Co.: Green or Greenwashing?
Toshiba's Greenwash Fiasco
SourceWatch on Greenwashing: Definitions, Allure and Detection
Video - Greenwash Coverage from TerraChoice: The Seven Sins (CBC Newsworld) 

Youth

Young Reporters for the Environment
2013 Brower Youth Awards
Adolescent Pregnancy on World Population Day 2013

Women

Celebrating Female Environmentalists on Women's Day
Video - Women and Climate Change

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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GMOs Top Political Stories of 2013

Here are the Green Market Oracle's (GMO) top political stories for 2013 organized under the headings of the 20 most important related subjects.

This assemblage of 170 articles is comprised of stories that address the environmental efforts of US President Barack Obama (including his climate action plan and executive orders), US government standards (EPA and DOE),  US legislation and law, the Republican party, the US shutdown (debt ceiling), cities, communities, sustainable development, the UN and the COP process, the Arctic, Canada, Europe (Germany and the UK), China, Russia, as well as indigenous and aboriginal people.

US President Barack Obama

The Obama Administration's Climate Action (Spring - Summer 2013)
Will Obama's Actions Match his Words?
President Obama's Clean Energy Trust Fund
Obama Resurrecting Nixon to Advance Environmental Policy
Green Excerpts of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address
Hopes for Environmental Action in President Obama's Second Term
President Obama's Victory Speech: "The Best is Yet to Come"
President Obama's 2013 Inaugural Address: "We Will Respond to the Threat of Climate Change"
Green Inauguration of President Obama: "Faith in America's Future"
Senate Endorses Obama's Pick for Secretary of State
Obama Says the Number of Keystone XL Jobs are "Negligible"
Obama Refutes the Keystone XL's Economic and Jobs Benefits

Obama's Climate Action Plan

Video - President Obama's Historic Georgetown University Speech on June 25th 2013
Reaction to President Obama's Historic Georgetown University Speech
Infographic - President Obama's Climate Action Plan
Full Transcript of President Obama's June 25th Georgetown University Address on his Climate Action Plan
President Obama Climate Action Plan (Full Document)
Video - President Obama's Climate Action Plan
Obama's Speech Signals the End of the Debate on Climate Change and the Dawn of Consorted Action
Obama Reigning in Emissions from Existing Coal Power Plants, Transportation, Homes While Advancing Renewable Energy
President Obama's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
President Obama Set to Unveil a National Climate Change Mitigation Strategy
Video - White House Announces President will be Unveiling a National Climate Change Strategy

Obama's Executive Orders

Obama Increases Federal Renewable Energy Adding to His Climate Action Plan
President Obama's Green Executive Orders
Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
Executive Order 13626: Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency
Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
Obama Signs a Climate Change Resilience Executive Order

US Government Standards (EPA and DOE)

Environmental Protection Agency's New Carbon Limits for Power Plants
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy's Message to Employees
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Fracking
EPA Chief Forced Out By Dirty Industries and Anti-Environment Republicans
Accomplishments of the Outgoing EPA Head Lisa Jackson
Organizations Leading the EPA's Annual Green Power Partnership (2013)
DOE to Revise Commercial Energy Efficiency Standards

Legislation and Law

Comprehensive Summary of US Green Legislation
New Tool Tracks State Energy Legislation Across the US
Video - Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker
New Jersey Supreme Court Ruling Undermines Enforcement of Wetlands Protections
Comprehensive Climate Legislation in the US this Spring?
The Shaheen-Portman Energy Efficiency Bill: Jobs, the Economy and Action on Climate Change
Video - Energy Efficiency Win-Win in the Shaheen Portman Bill
Five Groups Urging Support for Energy Efficiency Bill
Supreme Court to Review the EPA's Right to Limit GHGs

The Republican Party

Except for Republicans in the House of Representatives Climate Deniers are a Dying Breed in America
Republicans Have Painted Themselves into a Corner on Climate Change
Congressional Inaction on Climate and Energy Legislation in 2013
The US House of Representatives Anti-Environment Voting Record in 2013
House GOP's Climate Denial Circus of Lies
Video - House Hearings on Climate Change from Rep. Mark Takano
Video - House Hearings on Climate Change Opening Remarks
Government Shutdown: Environmental Impacts and Republican Extortion
Republican Controlled Subcommittee on Energy to Hold Hearings on Climate Change

US Shutdown and the Debt Ceiling

Discussion - The Other Debt Ceiling: Using Finance to Balance Our Environmental Budget
Government Shutdown: Environmental Impacts and Republican Extortion
The Koch Brothers and the Government Shutdown
Gore on the Government Shutdown and Climate Change: Congress is Pathetic
Republicans Shut Down Government Again Impacting the Economy and the Environment
Government Shutdown Adversely Impacts the Environment, Energy and Climate Research
Government Shutdown Threatens America's Natural Resources

Cities

Kitchener/Waterloo's Climate Change Action Plan
Infographic - Timeline for Cities to be Impacted by Climate Change
Video - 10 Sustainable Solutions Changing our Cities
Sustainable Cities: Business Opportunities from Resource Efficiency in Urbanization
Cities Day: High Level Segment of COP19/CMP9
Flooding from Climate Change will Submerge 1700 US Cities by 2100
Guide - Green City Philosophy

Communities

Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities
NRDC: Top Community Sustainability Initiatives
WWF-Canada's Green CommUnity School Grants Program
Building Gateways to the Green Economy: Green Community
Three Birds Renewable Energy Education
Promised Land: A Review
Video - Defend Our Climate Defend Our Communities

Sustainable Development

Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development Goals to Follow Millennium Development Goals
UN's Global Development Goals are Important for the US
Studying Sustainable Development Best Practices
European Commissioner for Climate Action Urges Development Banks to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Video - Sustainable Development: CSD Replaced by HLP

United Nations and the COP Process

Climate Change Speech by European Commissioner Hedegaard
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Derail 2013 UN Climate Talks in Bonn
IPCC Second Quarter of the Fifth IPCC Report Leaked 
Sustainable Development Goals to Follow Millennium Development Goals
Debunking Efforts to Undermine the Latest IPCC Report
IPCC AR5 WGl Summary: Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers
Background of the IPCC's Latest Climate Report
The Science in the 2013 IPCC Report: Unequivocal Evidence of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Non-Profit Groups and Scientists React to the Fifth IPCC Report
The Business Community Responds to the 2013 IPCC Report
UN and US Political Reactions to the 2013 IPCC Report
IPCC Charts: Surface Temperatures, Sea Levels and CO2
Greenpeace Report - Dealing in Doubt: A Chronicle of Climate Denial
11th Session of the UNCCD Conference of Parties to Combat Desertification
Video - NASA uses IPCC Data to Project Temperature and Precipitation Increases
Video - Sustainable Development: CSD Replaced by HLPF
Video - New UN Forum to Advance Sustainable Development

The Arctic

Why the Fate of the Arctic Should be of Concern to Us All
Scientists Link Loss of Arctic Sea Ice to Anomalous Weather
Geothermal Heating Accelerating Greenland's Ice Melt
The Race to Exploit the Arctic's Resources Ignores the Costs
More Evidence that Arctic Warming is an Economic and Ecological Time Bomb
White Paper - Oil Spills in Arctic Waters
More Evidence of Historic Arctic Warming: Lake Sediment and Ice Cores
Its Official Arctic Sea Ice is at its Lowest Level in Recorded History
The Arctic's Dangerous Combination of Environmental Toxicity and Genetic Vulnerability
The Dramatic Implications of Melting Arctic Sea Ice
Melting Arctic Ice is Releasing Massive Amounts of Methane
Video - Methane is the Ticking Time Bomb Beneath the Ice
Video - Massive Costs Associated with Arctic Methane
Video - Unlocking Methane in the Permafrost is a Global Warming Time Bomb
Video - I Love Arctic (Greenpeace)
Video - Warming Arctic, Changing Planet
Video - Arctic Warming: Risks for Methane Emissions
Video - Beautiful Arctic: Look at the Awe Inspiring Beauty We Stand to Lose
Video - Richard Branson on the Need to Protect the Arctic 
Video - The Arctic is Under Threat from Shell and Gazprom
Video - The Global Implications of Rapid Climate Change in the Arctic
Video - O' Canada Stand Up for the Arctic and Oppose Climate Change

Canada

Harper Government's Tragic Environmental Record is Cause for National Shame
The Tar Sands Have Higher Emissions Profiles than Previously Thought
Increases in Tar Sands Production Will Guarantee the Worst Impacts of Climate Change
The Tar Sands and IEA's Three Climate Change Scenarios
Conservative Convention Ignores the Environmental Abuses of Harper and His Government
Scientists and Activists Hold US Press Conference on Conservatives' Tar Sands Agenda
Canada's Ruling Conservatives at War with Science
Canadian Conservatives Cut Research Funding but Spend on Fossil Fuel Pipeline
Taxpayers Money to Promote Fossil Fuels Brought to you by Canada's Ruling Federal Conservatives
Canadian Government Uses Security Agencies to Target Environmental Opposition
Canadian Energy Espionage in Support of the Tar Sands
Video - The Tar Sands Give Canada the Worst Climate Record in the Western World
Canadian Implications of Obama's National Climate Strategy
Leading Canadian Economist to Tell Europeans about the Climate Impacts of the Tar Sands
Climate Scientists' Urge Canadian Minister to Back-off Expanded Fossil Fuel Production
Canada to Fight EU Proposal Labeling Tar Sands as Dirty
Canada's Ruling Conservatives Take Another Swipe at Environmental Protections
Canada is Banking on Carbon Capture to Offset Tar Sands
Enbridge withdraws from Canada's Carbon Capture Farce
Canada at Odds with US and China on Climate Change
Canada's Leader of the Official Opposition on the Keystone XL Pipeline
Canada's Hopes for an Environmentally Friendly Federal Leadership Now Rest with Justin Trudeau
Report Urges Canada's Federal Conservatives to Regulate Oil and Gas Sector to Meet GHG Targets
Canadian Conservative Minister Attacks Climate Scientist
Canada Withdraws from UN Efforts to Combat Desertification

Europe

Europe is Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
Investment in Fossil Fuel & Renewables in South East Europe
European Commissioner for Climate Action Urges Development Banks to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Germany

Deutsche Bank Revises its PV Forecasts for 2013
GermanyRenewables Supply 60 Percent of Germany's Energy 
Merkel's Reelection and German Green Energy Issues
The Growth of Global Solar Energy including Germany
Global Clean Energy Investment including Germany
The Sustainability Yearbook 2013

UK

British PM Says Investment in the Green Economy is a Competitive Necessity
Margaret Thatcher was a Supporter of Climate Science and an Advocate of Global Emissions Reductions
The UK is Depriving Children of a Climate Change Education

China

ChinaWorking Paper - China’s Overseas Investments in the Wind and Solar Industries: Trends and Drivers
Chinese Smog Crisis is Driving the Transition to a Greener Economy
China's Economic Growth and Low Carbon Leadership
2013 Low Carbon Competitiveness Index: US Falling & China Rising
US China Japan and Others Agree to Fight Climate Change
Environmental Activism is Changing China
Smog Pollution Mutes Chinese New Year Celebrations

Russia

Video - Russia Earns New Fossil Award: Disastrous Diplomacy Dishonorable Distinction (4D)
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Derail 2013 UN Climate Talks in Bonn

Australia

Anti-Science Journalism Helped to End Progressive Climate Governance in Australia
New Australian PM Vows to Kill the Nation's Green Dream
Why Greens are Seeing Red in the 2013 Australian Elections
Australia's Devastating Fires are Linked to Climate Change
New Report on Extreme Weather in Australia
Sustainable Australia Report 2013
ArabInfographic - Arab Wealth Building a Sustainable Future

Indigenous / Aboriginal People

The Aboriginal Sustainability Network
Indigenous Ecology in Environmental Education
What Communities Can Learn from Walpole Island First Nation
Video - Indigenous Vs. Western: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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GMO's Top Energy Stories of 2013

Here are the Green Market Oracle's (GMO) top energy stories for 2013 organized under the headings of the 20 most important related subjects.

This assemblage of 202 articles is comprised of stories that address renewables (including solar, wind and hydrogen), greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon and methane), fossil fuels (including tar sands, natural gas, coal, and petcoke), the transportation of fossil fuels (including pipelines, trains and trucks), fossil fuel subsidies and divestment, oil companies, ALEC, greener cars, charging stations and solar transportation.


Energy

Infographic - International Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprints (World Energy Report)
Infographic - Countries with the Largest Dirty Energy Expansion
Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map: World Energy Outlook Special Report
The "Third Industrial Revolution": How Renewable Energy and the Internet are Changing the World

Global Clean Energy Investment Sets Record
IAIA12 Energy Future: The Role of Impact
8 Congressional Reports on Energy
Energy & Environmental Report
Breakdown of Obama's Clean Energy


Renewables

Higher Oil Prices a Blessing for Fracking but what about Renewables?
Why Oil Prices Matter for Renewable Energy
US Government Support for Renewable Energy Projects
Worldwatch is Helping the Philippines to Go 100 Percent Renewable 

Solar

The Solar Industry at a Glance: Past Present and Future
Ambitious Growth Predicted for Solar in 2013 and 2014
The Growth of Global Solar Energy
America Surpasses a Solar PV Milestone and Keeps Going
Breakdown of Solar Demand in Q1 & Q2 2013
Deutsche Bank Revises its PV Forecasts for 2013
Solar Increasingly Sustainable Even Without Subsidies
Infographic - US Solar Growth 2013
Infographic - Solar Energy Price Declines
Infographic - Leading Companies Installing Solar Energy (2013)
US Solar is Breaking Records and Shining Bright in 2013
Video - Local Small Scale Solar Across the US: Freeing the Grid
Infographic - Solar Installations by State
Infographic - Top 10 Solar States
Cornell University Installing a Solar Array with the Help of NY State
Worldwatch is Helping the Philippines to Go 100 Percent Renewable
Solar Power's Prodigious Global Growth
Solar Operations and Maintenance are Increasingly Important
The White House is Reinstalling Solar Panels
Top Twelve Solar Friendly US States
Chinese Solar to Lead the World
Jinko Solar: Silicone Procurement at the Heart of its Success

Wind

Global Wind Energy at a Glance (China, EU, US)
A Condensed History of the Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Republicans Oppose the PTC but Support Oil Subsidies
The Growth of Global Wind Energy
Video- Energy Storage Technology for Offshore Wind Turbines
Wind Energy Storage Solution Employing Concrete Spheres
Harnessing Wind Energy Without Blades
Top Ten Wind Power States in the US in 2012
Wind and Renewable Energy in Europe: Problems and Solutions
US Wind Energy Doubles and Eclipses Natural Gas in 2012
Record Year for US Wind Power in 2012
Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends PTC and ITC for US Wind Energy
Cleantechnica: Top 10 Wind Power Stories of 2012
AES Wins Wind Project of the Year

Hydrogen

General Motors: Government Bailout to Environmental Sustainability
Video - Elon Musk Dismisses Hydrogen Powered Cars?

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Energy Emissions Comparisons
The US Transportation Sector can Reduce Petroleum Use and GHG emissions by 80% over the Next Few Decades
Best and Worst Nations at Combating Climate Change (2014)
Infographic: Countries Industries and Corporations Cumulative GHG Contributions
Global Levels of Greenhouse Gases Reach Record Levels
The EIA's Emissions Analysis by US States
Report on Global Emissions Reduction
The Way Forward on US Emissions Reductions

Carbon

C02 Concentrations are the Highest in 3 Million Years
World Bank President on the Cost of Carbon
The Dangerous Trajectory of CO2 Growth Since the 1880's
US CO2 Emissions at a 19 Year Low Due to Less Coal and Warmer Winters

Methane

The Race to Exploit the Arctic's Resources Ignores the Costs
More Evidence that Arctic Warming is an Economic and Ecological Time Bomb
Why the Fate of the Arctic Should be of Concern to Us All
Video - Arctic Warming: Risks for Methane Emissions
Video - Methane is the Ticking Time Bomb Beneath the Ice
Video - Massive Costs Associated with Arctic Methane
Video - Unlocking Methane in the Permafrost is a Global Warming Time Bomb

Tar Sands

The Tar Sands Have Higher Emissions Profiles than Previously Thought
Increases in Tar Sands Production Will Lock-in the Worst Impacts of Climate Change
The Tar Sands and IEA's Three Climate Change Scenarios
Scientists and Activists Hold US Press Conference on Conservatives' Tar Sands Agenda
Canadian Energy Espionage in Support of the Tar Sands
Video - The Tar Sands Give Canada the Worst Climate Record in the Western World
Leading Canadian Economist to Tell Europeans about the Climate Impacts of the Tar Sands
Climate Scientists' Urge Canadian Minister to Back-off Expanded Fossil Fuel Production
Canada to Fight EU Proposal Labeling Tar Sands as Dirty
Neil Young Compares Canada's Tar Sands to Hiroshima
Video - Neil Young Compares Alberta's Tar Sands to Hiroshima
Unstoppable Oil Leak at a Tar Sands Production Site in Alberta
Tar Sands Reality Check Counters Misinformation

Natural Gas / Fracking

New Pipeline Project Partners Fracking with the Tar Sands
US GHG Emissions Declining Due to Increases in Natural Gas
Newfoundland Pauses Fracking
Natural Gas is not Clean Energy
Whats the Fracking Problem
Video - Sandra Steingraber Shines a Spotlight on the Problems of Fracking
Fracking: A Tragic Waste of Water Resources
Infographic - How Much Water Does Fracking Consume
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Fracking
New Study Shows Natural Gas Worse than Coal

Coal

Video - Ontario to be the First Place in North America to End Coal Power
Study Shows Coal is a Bad Investment
Fossil Fuel Powered Carbon Bombs
Obama Reigning in Emissions from Existing Coal Power Plants

Petcoke

Video - Climate Change Causing Petcoke Poisons the Water
Video - Climate Change Causing Petcoke Poisons the Air
The Tar Sands Have Higher Emissions than Previously Thought

Oil Companies (BP and Shell)

Video - The Ongoing Impacts of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Transocean to Pay $1.4 billion for its Role in the Gulf Oil Spill of 2010
Shell's Game with the ArcticShell Oil Rig Runs Aground in Alaska Raising More Safety Concerns
Video - An Oil Rig Belonging to Shell is Grounded in Alaska 
Shell Pauses its Arctic Drilling for 2013

ALEC

ALEC Must Die
Video - How ALEC Controls US Legislation
Video - United States of ALEC
Video - United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
Video - ALEC's Organized Corruption
Video - ALEC Bill on Capitol Hill

Fossil Fuel Transportation 

Stop Old Trains from Transporting Oil
Massive Oil Spill from Train Derailment in the Town of Lac Megantic
Train Carrying Fossil Fuels Derails Causing an Explosion and Fire in Alberta
The Dangers of Transporting Fossil Fuels
MMA's Bankruptcy Protection is Unconscionable
Video - Train Carrying Oil Derails Illustrating the Dangers of Transporting Fossil Fuels
Video - Truck Carrying Oil Crashes and Explodes Illustrating the Dangers of Transporting Fossil Fuels
Three of the Most Destructive Tanker Oil Spills in History
Unstoppable Oil Leak at a Tar Sands Production Site in Alberta
Infographic: 13 Oil Spills in 30 Days
Top 25 Oil Spills Over 1000 Tonnes in the Last Decade
Pipelines and Oil Spills in Alberta Canada
Video - This is What a Corroded Underwater Tar Sands Pipeline Looks Like
Pipeline Explodes in Rural Oklahoma Underscoring the Dangers of Fossil Fuel Pipelines
Another Leaking Pipeline in Montana
Another Blowout on a Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico
EPA Slams State Department on its Keystone XL Report
Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground in Alaska Raising Safety Concerns
Transocean to Pay $1.4 billion for its Role in the Gulf Oil Spill
Shell Temporarily Pauses its Arctic Drilling
BC Opposes the Northern Gateway Pipeline

Keystone XL Pipeline

Video - This is What a Corroded Underwater Tar Sands Pipeline Looks Like
Taxpayers Money to Promote Fossil Fuel Pipeline Brought to you by Canada's Ruling Federal Conservatives
Keystone XL on the Ropes: Conflict of Interest Revealed in the State's EIS
Obama Says the Number of Keystone XL Jobs are "Negligible
Obama Rebuffs the Keystone XL's Economic and Jobs Benefits
New Tar Sands Pipeline Goes East to Follow the Path of Least Resistance
The Fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline in the Wake of President Obama's Georgetown University Speech
Unions Oppose the Keystone XL in the Jobs vs. Environment Debate
EPA Slams State Department on the Keystone XL
Cornell University Questions the Economic Benefits of the Keystone XL Pipeline
American Employment: Keystone XL vs Green Jobs
A New State Department Environmental Impact Assessment Clears the Keystone XL Pipeline
The DoD's Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (CCAR) Excludes Keystone XL

Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Divestment

A Large and Growing Chorus is Calling for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Video - Bill McKibben on Faith & Fossil Fuel Divestment
Pursuing a Moratorium on New Fossil Fuel Development
Fossil Fuel Action Day Divestment Strategy
Video - Fossil Fuel Divestment Resources 
Fossil Fuels Divestment Campaign is Gathering Momentum 
Divestment from Fossil Fuels is Both Smart and Responsible
Study on the Fossil Fuel Industry and the Bursting of the Carbon Bubble
Fossil Fuels are making the Planet Uninhabitable
Now is the Time to End our Reliance on Fossil Fuels: Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2013 Report
Air and Water in the OECD Report
Pursuing a Moratorium on New Fossil Fuel Development
European Commissioner for Climate Action Urges Development Banks to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Curbing Fossil Fuels is Essential to Climate Change Mitigation
A Large and Growing Chorus is Calling for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Video - Bill McKibben on Faith & Fossil Fuel Divestment
Video - Fossil Free Europe Tour
Infographic - Divestment and Renewable Energy (350.org)
Fossil Fuel Action Day Divestment Strategy
Video - A Debate about the 350.org Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
Video - Bill McKibben Makes the Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Middlebury College
Video - Do the Math: The Movie
Fossil Fuel Powered Carbon Bombs

Greener Cars

General Motors: Government Bailout to Environmental Sustainability
The Value of Electric Vehicle Subsidies
The Top 10 Best Selling Hybrid Cars in the US (2013)
Exploring the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the US
American Electric Vehicle Strategy
EV Sales Predictions in the US
The US is Positioned to Lead the Global Demand for EVs
Ford Motor Co.: Green or Greenwashing?
Ford Motor Co's Waste Reduction Efforts
The Greenest Vehicles of 2013
Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2013
Toyota's Efficient Cars and Vehicle Efficiency
Honda's Efficient Cars and Other Sustainability Initiatives

Charging Stations

Honda's Solar-Hydrogen Powered Charging Stations
Interactive Map - Find an Alternative Fuel or EV Charging Station Near You
Ford's Solar Powered Charging Stations
GM's Solar Powered Charging Stations
Hotel EV Charging Stations and Greener Transportation Guest Services
Ten Sustainability Initiatives in the Hotel Industry
US Automotive Industry: Efficient Vehicles and Sustainability Initiatives (GM, Ford & Tesla)
BMW's Efficient Cars and Other Sustainability Efforts
Five EV/Hybrid Product Marketing Strategies

Solar Powered Transportation

The Hyperloop: Solar Powered Rapid Transportation
The Winner of the Solar Decathlon 2013
Solar Powered Yacht Turanor Circumnavigates the Globe
Luminos and Stella 2 Cars in the World Solar Challenge
Schindler Solar Elevator on the Rise
Solar Powered HB-SIA Plane Sets New Record
Video - Solar Boat Tûranor as it Embarked on its Global Voyage
Video - The Solar Impulse Crosses the US Powered Only by the Sun
Video - The Stella Solar Powered Family Car

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