by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 23, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — Vermont environmentalist Bill McKibben and Vermont Law School professor Gus Speth were among 65 protesters arrested Saturday in front of the White House, where activists began a two-week demonstration against the proposed mining and transportation...
by Lauren Biron | Aug 23, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — The word “diesel” conjures up images of soot-covered semis and rattling school buses belching down the road, but while these vehicles are still the main consumers of diesel, they do not present the modern picture of this fuel in regard to passenger...
by Lauren Biron | Aug 23, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – Android users who’ve coveted the long lists of nature, wildlife and environmental apps for iPhone users need envy them no longer. There are now a variety of free apps you can find in the Android Marketplace and use to green up your day – whether it’s...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 22, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, 65 protesters holding a sit-in in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline outside the White House were arrested for violating sidewalk traffic laws. From Aug. 20 through Sept. 3, activists with the Tar Sands Action group will...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 20, 2011 | Environment, Topics
2:45 p.m. update: WASHINGTON — The Tar Sands Action sit-in started at 11 a.m. today, with protesters who had volunteered to be arrested lining up and sitting on the sidewalk in front of the White House. Others protesters who had not signed up to be arrested...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 20, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — Saturday is the kickoff of what organizers are billing as possibly the largest civil disobedience action in the history of the American environmental movement. From Saturday to Sept. 3, protesters are expected to stage sit-ins in front of the White House...
