Deputy Premier of Alberta Ron Stevens is in Washington this week, meeting with Bush Administration officials and members of Congress to promote the importation of dirty tar sands oil to the United States. Oil Change and our coalition partners took out an ad (pdf) to greet him.
Stevens is expected to advocate that tar sands oil […]

It’s been a long time in coming, but China has overtaken the US as the world’s “biggest polluter” of carbon dioxide.
According to a report to be published next month by a team from the University of California team, China’s greenhouse gas emissions have been underestimated, and probably passed those of the US in 2006-2007.

Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to new research.
So-called “black carbon” could cause up to 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, according to the US researchers, making it an important target for efforts to slow global warming.

The pilot of a ship that spilt 58,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay killing some 2000 birds in November 2007 has been charged with criminal negligence.
John Cota, who was also charged with breaking environmental laws, faces 18 months in jail and up to $100,000 in fines if convicted.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is tightening air quality standards in an effort to help improve public health.
It is lowering the amount of smog-forming ground-level ozone permitted in the atmosphere for the first time in more than 10 years. The EPA says the change could save 4,000 lives each year.