Can I live car-free in the United States? | The Travel Chica

Can I live car-free in the United States? | The Travel Chica: "I did not drive a car once during my 20 months in Latin America."

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Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline through Ohio Raises Grave Concern « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement

The ruptured Kalamazoo tar sands pipeline. Photo courtesy of National Transportation Safety Board.

More than one million gallons of raw tar sands crude oil leaked into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River in July 2010. Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline through Ohio Raises Grave Concern « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement: "The oil spread quickly in the flooded river, coating wildlife, saturating marshlands, backyards, businesses and farmland. The raw tar sands oil disaster was caused by a break in a pipeline owned by Enbridge, which knew of safety problems with the pipeline for years before the disaster."

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Mitt Romney, Murray Energy and coal criminals « Coal Tattoo

Mitt Romney, Murray Energy and coal criminals « Coal Tattoo: "Not reported is that the two-mile slurry pipeline which caused this spillage was illegally built without a permit — the Ohio state inspector some how missed seeing its construction during his inspections — then added the already constructed pipeline as an incidental boundary revision (that was done in days) instead of as a permit amendment (which would have taken months and included public comment).

The OSM Columbus Field Office shut both eyes on this being done.

There is a lot of back story in this matter."

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Ohio miners say they were forced to attend Romney rally - latimes.com

Ohio miners say they were forced to attend Romney rally - latimes.com: "Several miners at Murray Energy’s Century coal mine in Beallsville, Ohio, contacted a nearby morning talk radio host, David Blomquist, over the last two weeks to say that they were forced to attend an Aug. 14 rally for Romney at the mine. Murray closed the mine the day of the rally, saying it was necessary for security and safety, then docked miners the day's pay. Asked by WWVA radio’s Blomquist about the allegations on Monday’s show, Murray chief operating officer Robert Moore said: “Attendance was mandatory but no one was forced to attend the event.”"

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