Tag: Tar Sands Action
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Why Keystone XL pipeline must be stopped
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the Keystone XL pipeline must be a line in the sand for a livable future.
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Tar Sands Blockade pressures banks to divest from Keystone XL project, 37 arrested in week of protests
This week, Tar Sands Action is engaged in a series of protests directed at bringing attention to the Keystone XL pipeline and banks that profit from these dirty tar sands development.
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29 Vermont towns vote to oppose tar sands exports
The Keystone XL pipeline isn't the only tar sands project facing opposition from the public. Vermont residents voted to oppose the use of an existing pipeline for the transportation of Canadian tar sands oil.
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"Now is time to choose sides" on Keystone XL
Michael Grunwald at TIME explains why he's standing "with the tree huggers" on the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Why Keystone matters. It's not just a pipeline.
Tens of thousands gathered in Washington DC Sunday for the #ForwardOnClimate rally. Here's why it is about more than just Keystone XL.
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10 Environmental Victories of 2012
From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.
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TransCanada Builds Keystone XL Pipeline Around Protesters, Blockade Draws to an End
The 3-month tree blockade that impeded progress on the Southern leg of the Keystone XL has been circumvented.
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Protests Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Continue, From Washington DC to Texas
Keystone XL will be the Obama administration's a major test of its newly re-articulated commitment to taking action on climate change.
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Tar Sands Oil is Coming: If Not By Keystone, Then By Train
Another tar sands oil company has decided to skip that pesky pipeline business altogether—and ship the bitumen by train instead.
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Activists Wasting No Time in Pressing Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline
350.org's latest event attempting to stop the construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is scheduled for November 18th in Washington DC.
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Energy News: US' First Tar Sands Project Given Green Light, Keystone XL Blockade Enters Second Month, More
Plus, can you believe there have been over 4000 oil spills in the North Sea since 2000, but only 7 fines have been given?
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Texas Tar Sands Protests Continue: 50 Join a Tree Blockade, Press Gets Boxed Out
The Tar Sands Blockade gains momentum. Daryl Hannah gets arrested, 50 protesters form a blockade, and the police haul off journalists.
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Is the Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline a Dead Deal?
A new Globe and Mail piece argues that opposition to the project is too great for it to be approved. If so, it's all the more reason to fight Keystone XL in the US.
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Texas Homeowner Speaks Out About TransCanada Taking Her Land for Keystone XL Pipeline (Video)
Eleanor Fairchild talks about TransCanada taking her land, and beginning tree clearing without promised notice or explanation.
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These Two Texans Were Tasered, Choked and Pepper Sprayed for Protesting the Keystone XL
While engaging in a peaceful act of civil disobedience, two people were repeatedly tasered and pepper-sprayed over a 5-hour period—apparently at TransCanada's encouragement.
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Seven Arrested While Blocking Construction of Keystone XL in Texas
Seven people were arrested today after they set up a blockade to halt the construction of the infamous tar sands pipeline.
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Construction Begins on Keystone XL, Protesters Hit Back
The controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline began construction last week, and protesters readied themselves to halt it with various acts of civil disobedience.
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Whether Obamacare is Constitutional or Not, Republicans Created This Reality. A Lesson We Can't Afford to Ignore
As Supreme Court Judges Obamacare, We Must Ask: How Did We Get Here?
