Score One for the Little Guys. Exxon announces that they won’t be routing the heavy hauls through Lewiston. Great work Northern Rockies Rising Tide & Wild Idaho Rising Tide.
Busting Big Oil
missoulanews.bigskypress.com
These days it seems like Big Oil gets to do what it wants, when it wants, and wherever it wants, no matter which political party is dominant or who’s in office. It’s rare as hen’s teeth to see Exxon, BP, Shell or Chevron take one in the chops.
WTF. Does Big Oil not realize that there is something out there called “The Internet” that makes it so easy to expose them?
Breaking: “Ethical Oil” Campaign Uses Stolen, Faked Photos » Rainforest Action Network Blog
understory.ran.org
Canadian Conservative acolyte Alykhan Velshi made headlines last month with a set of bombastic ads contrasting the virtues of Canada’s “ethical oil” with the evils of “conflict oil countries.” Leading political heavyweights — including Environment Minister Peter Kent — have also adopted the mantra. …
Anyone Else Not Surprised that the Corporate News Network Missed the Real Story on Mountaintop Removal?
CNN Tries, Fails to Cover Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
motherjones.com
It’s not often that cable news covers complex environmental or labor issues, so I was hopeful when I heard that CNN’s Soledad O’Brien was doing a piece on the battle over Blair Mountain for the CNN In America series. I wrote about this site of a historic labor battle that coal companies are seeking …
