Burlington-area Vermonters protest the Keystone debacle

I wish I had been able to attend this, but the e-mail advertising this and other protest rallies in Vermont did not, unfortunately, list times and dates. Oh well. I did join friends from Pennsylvania in the giant protest rally in Washington D.C. last year. Great fun.

Keystone pipeline: State says it'll be OK, but?

Folks, let's remember that Earth is our only planet. And let's not forget what tar sands mining is doing to Canada's boreal forest -- the forest that used to be a major carbon sink. The NY Times offered this coverage last evening about the State Department's study/report.

Black bile from the boreal forest of Canada

The boreal forest of Canada's central provinces is soon to be a ghost at the rate it's being bulldozed for tar sands oil, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels anywhere at any time. Conservation columnist Ted Williams offers this no-holds-barred look at this disaster for fish and wildlife and our natural heritage.