Pulitzer winning climate news.
facebook twitter subscribe
view counter

DilbitEbookAd



Most Viewed Stories

  1. 2013: Nation's Drought to Persist and Worsen
  2. Exxon Threatens ICN Reporter With Arrest
  3. ICN Wins National Reporting Pulitzer
  4. Exxon's Ruptured Pipeline Was Carrying Dilbit
  5. Under Pressure: Exxon Pipeline Rips a 22-Foot Gash
  6. Exxon Spill: One Month Later, Still No Basic Facts
  7. Exxon Limiting Access to Pipeline Spill
  8. Troubling CO2 Milestone Nears

CleanBreakAdAmazon

Donate to InsideClimate News through our secure page on Network for Good.

Keystone XL

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird
Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Made Public, State Department Says
The State Department is refusing to provide routine and timely public access to comments filed on its controversial Keystone environmental review.
WASHINGTON—When the State Department hired a contractor to produce the latest environmental impact...
By John H. Cushman Jr.
Mar 25, 2013 | Read More
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a press conference i
Furor Over Keystone Pipeline Caught U.S. and Canada Flat-Footed on Climate Change
Despite climate sweet talk from Alberta now, Keystone is a saga of missed opportunity and diplomatic failure, experts say.
As part of its effort to persuade the United States to accept the Keystone pipeline and the oil...
By John H. Cushman Jr.
Mar 20, 2013 | Read More
Keystone Pipeline Will Diminish Energy Security, Prominent Canadian Says
In an interview, Canadian economist Robyn Allan explains how export pipelines like Keystone XL would do more harm than good for Canada's economy.
Prominent Canadian economist Robyn Allan made waves in Canada last year with papers claiming that...
By Maria Gallucci
Mar 13, 2013 | Read More
Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks
Keystone Report Skirts Climate Analysis Required Under Law, Lawyers Say
State Department assessment focused on market response to rejection, rather than the climate impact and environmental cost of a pipeline approval.
WASHINGTON—The surprising message of the State Department's latest Keystone review—that the...
By John H. Cushman Jr.
Mar 12, 2013 | Read More
Protesters march to the White House and urge Pres. Obama to reject the Keystone
Critical Part of Keystone Report Done by Firms with Deep Oil Industry Ties
Two consulting firms provided State Department with key analysis of whether the pipeline would speed development of Canada's oil sands.
The State Department's recent conclusion that the Keystone XL pipeline "is unlikely to have a...
By Lisa Song
Mar 6, 2013 | Read More
Biggest Environmental Rally in Decades Attracts Nationwide Media Attention
Sunday's 40,000-person strong Keystone XL protest in Washington, and several solidarity rallies, grabbed headlines across the country.
As many as 40,000 protesters from 30 states descended on the White House on Sunday and demanded...
By Stacy Feldman
Feb 18, 2013 | Read More
Bill McKibben delivers a speech during his Do the Math Tour
The Most Influential Climate Science Paper Today Remains Unknown to Most People
Just six pages long, it is stoking a new moral urgency for climate action and forcing the financial world to reconsider the value of fossil fuel reserves.
It is probably the most influential paper on climate science today. But few outside scientific...
By Katherine Bagley
Feb 14, 2013 | Read More
President Barack Obama
Obama Thin on Climate Promises, Tempering Hopes and Some Expectations
News analysis: In his SOTU, the president was navigating through familiar political crosswinds—including GOP opposition and adamant demands from activists.
2/13/13: This story has been updated to include a statement by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. WASHINGTON...
By John H. Cushman Jr.
Feb 13, 2013 | Read More
Protesters rally in Portland, Maine, against possible plans to pipe oil from Can
Pressure Builds for Obama to Link Oil Sands Pipelines to Climate Change
'We're trying to build the social movement' in the United States against expansion of Canadian tar sands oil extraction, says organizer.
President Obama hasn't publicly drawn a connection between climate change and the Keystone XL...
By Maria Gallucci
Jan 31, 2013 | Read More
Construction on the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas
State Dept's Keystone XL Review Will Face EPA Scrutiny a Third Time
The EPA found serious flaws in two earlier environmental reviews. Soon it will have another opportunity to weigh in, with climate impacts a major concern.
1/31/13: The story has been updated with comments from industry. 1/30/13: This story has been...
By Lisa Song
Jan 30, 2013 | Read More