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Climate Change, Obstruction & Occupation

Activists in Texas organizing blockade against Keystone XL pipeline

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By Candice Bernd / TruthOut The deadline for the review of TransCanada’s permits for the Gulf Coast portion of the Keystone XL pipeline was Monday, June 25, 2012. At the Texas Army Corp of Engineers Galveston office and without any finalization of review, those permits will be automatically granted to the corporation – thanks to … Continue reading Activists in Texas organizing blockade against Keystone XL pipeline →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Toxification, Indigenous Autonomy

Fish downstream from tar sands industrial project suffering deformities

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By Jason Mark / Earth Island Journal Chief Allan Adam, the head of the Fort Chipewyan community in the far north of Alberta, has been fishing in Lake Athabasca for all of his life. His father, now 76 years old, has been fishing there even longer. And neither of them has seen anything like what … Continue reading Fish downstream from tar sands industrial project suffering deformities →
Obstruction & Occupation

Activists in Canada protest scheme to pipe tar sands oil to east coast

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By Tim Groves / Toronto Media Co-op Environmental justice protestors temporarily shut down a hearing into a proposal to have tar sand oil piped through Ontario. The hearing took place place in London, Ontario, on Wednesday. The three day hearing, held by the National Energy Board (NEB), is examining a proposal by Enbridge to reverse … Continue reading Activists in Canada protest scheme to pipe tar sands oil to east coast →
Mining & Drilling

If those in power have their way, US will triple tar sands imports within ten years

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By Steve Hargreaves / CNN U.S. imports of what environmentalists are calling “dirty oil” are set to triple over the next decade, raising concerns over the environmental impact of extracting it and whether pipelines can safely transport this Canadian oil. The United States currently imports over half a million barrels a day of bitumen from … Continue reading If those in power have their way, US will triple tar sands imports within ten years →
Indigenous Autonomy, Mining & Drilling, Protests & Symbolic Acts

Lakota people take part in hunger strike against tar sands pipelines

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In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline—and all tar sands pipelines—they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands in the U.S and in Canada.

On Sunday, dozens of hunger strikers and supporters marched at a rally against tar sands oil mining operations and pipelines in Eagle Butte, S.D., an impoverished community on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, close to TransCanada’s 1,700 mile proposed Keystone XL pipeline route to refineries in the Gulf. ... Continue reading →

Colonialism & Conquest, Indigenous Autonomy, Protests & Symbolic Acts, Toxification

American Indians in Oklahoma will be forced to protest Keystone XL pipeline from a cage

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By Indigenous Environmental Network Native Americans gathering in Cushing, OK today to protest President Obama’s words of praise for the Keystone XL pipeline were forced by local authorities to hold their event in a cage erected in Memorial Park. The protestors were stunned that their community, so long mistreated, would be insulted in such an … Continue reading American Indians in Oklahoma will be forced to protest Keystone XL pipeline from a cage →
Mining & Drilling

Obama pushing to start Keystone XL pipeline construction as soon as possible

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By Suzanne Goldenberg / The Guardian Barack Obama is expected to speed up approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Thursday after taking to the road with what the White House is billing as an “all of the above” energy tour. Obama’s planned visit to the oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on day … Continue reading Obama pushing to start Keystone XL pipeline construction as soon as possible →
Indigenous Autonomy, Lobbying, Mining & Drilling

BC First Nations standing firm against Enbridge pipeline threat

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By Shawn McCarthy / The Globe and Mail Ottawa is headed for a legal showdown with British Columbia first nations if it insists on proceeding with the Northern Gateway pipeline, the leader of the Yinka Dene Alliance warns. Chief Jackie Thomas, of the Saik’uz First Nation, was part of a delegation in Ottawa Tuesday meeting … Continue reading BC First Nations standing firm against Enbridge pipeline threat →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Climate Change, Mining & Drilling

Tar sands project could emit up to 47.3 million tons of carbon by devastating peatlands

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By Jeremy Hance / Mongabay Environmentalists have targeted the oil-producing tar sands in Canada in part because its crude comes with heftier carbon emissions than conventional sources. Now, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found an additional source of carbon that has been unaccounted for: peatlands. Mining … Continue reading Tar sands project could emit up to 47.3 million tons of carbon by devastating peatlands →