Last week, President Obama stood firm against Republican pressure and big oil’s demands and denied TransCanada’s push for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. This is very good news for clean energy and environmental communities, however, TransCanada intends to swiftly propose a re-route of the massive pipeline through less “environmentally sensitive ar […]
Last night, I attended a meeting hosted by SF Environment, a department of the city and county of San Francisco. I was in awe and inspired by how much one city can accomplish when it comes to educating the public about energy efficiency and environmental consciousness. Not only is San Francisco leading the domestic urban composting charge with a city-wide […]
The clean energy revolution has never been more critical. In a report released December 8th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a direct link between the controversial drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. For years, hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” a method to extract oil and gas from underg […]