http://www.usclimatenetwork.org daily 1 2009-03-23T21:56:43Z http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/resource-database/environmental-coalition-letter-to-senate-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-2.10.12 Dear Senator: On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we write to express our vehement opposition to any and all legislation that would approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline would transport toxic tar sands from under Canada’s Boreal forest 1,700 miles to the Gulf of Mexico to be refined and exported. President Obama firmly rejected the permit for this project last month. No publisher AWachur 2012-02-10T21:39:41Z File http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/resource-database/a-terrible-transportation-bill-the-new-york-times-editorial-2.8.12 The list of outrages coming out of the House is long, but the way the Republicans are trying to hijack the $260 billion transportation bill defies belief. This bill is so uniquely terrible that it might not command a majority when it comes to a floor vote, possibly next week, despite Speaker John Boehner’s imprimatur. No publisher AWachur 2012-02-10T18:05:07Z File http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/resource-database/investors-challenge-18-oil-and-gas-companies-on-climate-change-hydraulic-fracturing-and-sustainability-risks-ceres-press-release-2.8.12 Leading U.S. investors today announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and 14 other oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose their plans for managing environmental and workplace challenges such as hydraulic fracturing, greenhouse gas emissions and worker safety. No publisher AWachur 2012-02-10T17:59:30Z File