by Anne Meador Now that it’s come down to the wire whether the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will be allowed to proceed, students objecting to the cross-border conduit for tar sands crude oil are putting President Obama on notice: if he gives his approval, it will have consequences. More than […]
by John Zangas Several hundred students met at the Thurgood Marshall Center in Washington, DC for teaching, training and preparation for a massive rally against the Keystone XL pipeline to be held Sunday, March 2. The students traveled from 42 states and over 80 campuses–some as far away as California and Maine–because […]
by Anne Meador Opposition to a proposed natural gas liquefaction facility in Southern Maryland has taken on a added dimension with an influx of new participants attending a Baltimore rally on Thursday. People from Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, believing that they too will be affected by the Cove Point terminal […]
by Anne Meador After its fracking well in Greene County, PA exploded, killing one worker and injuring another, and a fire raged for five days spewing toxic chemicals into the air, Chevron generously sent local residents coupons for free pizza. More accidents last week, courtesy of the natural gas industry: […]
By John Zangas By the banks of the Dan River near Eden, NC, there is a sign that says, “This is your drinking water… help keep it clean!” Apparently Duke Energy didn’t pay attention to it. On February 2, toxic coal ash leaked into the Dan River from a pit […]
by Keith Wrightson The joy of parenting a newborn is irrefutable. But unfortunately the support that parents receive from Maryland employers is dismal, and, to make matters worse, occupational safety and health is at risk. In Maryland an estimated 300,000 workers do not receive parental leave under federal or state […]
“Welcome to North Carolina,” reads one sign. “Turn your watch back 50 years!” You could say that the “Moral Monday” movement and Saturday’s “Mass Moral March” are the backlash against a backlash–against modernity. Since gaining the upper hand in the legislature in 2010 and securing the governorship in 2012, North Carolina’s GOP […]
by John Zangas Environmentalists rallied at the White House Monday night with a giant faux pipeline, intensifying efforts to stop the Keystone XL pipeline just days after the State Department published its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). It was one of more than 280 actions coordinated across the country to […]
by Anne Meador UPDATE below A secret non-disclosure agreement between Calvert County, MD officials and Dominion Cove Point LNG may have concealed financial projections crucial to calculating the full benefit Dominion will receive from property tax breaks passed by the Board of County Commissioners last November. A public information request […]
By Anne Meador About twenty protestors with a large yellow banner that said “Democracy Not Corporatocracy” waited in the dark to greet President Obama as he arrived at the U.S. Capitol last night to deliver his State of the Union address. They shivered in the 10-degree wind chill. “We are out […]
Environmentalists carried an inflated faux pipeline around the U.S. Capitol grounds on January 28, calling on President Obama to reject the proposed cross-border section of the Keystone XL pipeline. In frigid eighteen-degree weather, activists paraded the giant tube which said, “Pipeline President or Climate Champion?” ahead of the President’s State […]
The Maryland Light Brigade joined the National Religious Campaign Against Torture in front of the Capitol on January 27, the eve of President Obama’s State of the Union Address. The interfaith vigil marked five years since the President signed an executive order directing the closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison. Seventy-seven […]