Short version: TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is under construction. The related study and report by the State Department was outsourced to a consulting firm with ties to TransCanada. A couple of days ago there was a tar sands spill when a train derailed in Minnesota. When the content is toxic, any spill – from train, [...]
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Obama’s Decision on Keystone XL and His Response to Climate Change
There’s nothing unusual about politicians and Electeds saying one thing and doing another. It’s a bipartisan thing. We the Electorate are so accustomed to it that it’s a shock when actions actually follow the words spoken. Regarding Mr. Obama’s strong inaugural speech section related to climate change, we’ll soon have one indication of how closely [...]
BREAKING: Construction of KXL Section Halted by Judge Over Landowner’s Fraud Claim
From Tar Sands Blockade: Mike Bishop has won a temporary restraining order against TransCanada A judge ordered TransCanada to halt construction on Mr. Bishop’s land until a hearing on December 19th. If successful, that hearing could lead to a more long term temporary injunction against TransCanada which could stop work for months! Here’s a brief [...]
Tar Sands Blockaders Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL Pipe
From Tar Sands Blockade: Several protestors with Tar Sands Blockade sealed themselves inside a section of pipe destined for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to stop construction of the dangerous project. Using a blockading technique never implemented before, Matt Almonte and Glen Collins locked themselves between two barrels of concrete weighing over six hundred [...]
Hunger Strike Launched in Solidarity with Tar Sands Blockade: Demands That Valero Divest From Keystone XL (VIDEO)
From Tar Sands Blockade: Earlier today, Longtime Gulf Coast activists Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey Jr. … locked their necks to oil tanker trucks destined for Valero’s Houston Refinery in solidarity with Tar Sands Blockade’s protests of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. Valero Energy Corp. is among the largest investors in TransCanada’s toxic tar sands pipeline [...]
UN Climate Change Convention Begins Today, Tar Sands and Fracking Protests Continue
Take a deep breath (unless you’re outdoors some place like “America’s energy sacrifice zone,” on the Gulf Coast – more on that later), and take in the rather lengthy description of what begins today, in Doha, Qatar: the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, [...]
Climate and Energy Policies: The President and the Public (VIDEO)
Climate change and environmental issues in general were not a 2012 campaign concern, and in yesterday’s press conference, Obama made it clear that it wasn’t going to be at the top of his second term “to do” list. But a new study released by Yale reveals there is actually significant support that such issues be [...]
Solidarity With Tar Sands Blockade: In DC, and by Jill Stein (VIDEO)
This morning in DC, protestors marched in solidarity with Tar Sands Blockaders in East Texas, “blockading the doors to the … TransCanada lobby firm.” From Tar Sands Blockade: The crowd blockaded the door chanting: ‘No pipeline, No tar sands, No destruction of indigenous lands!’ Police were quick to arrive at the scene and arrested several [...]
Green Party’s Jill Stein Arrested at Tar Sands Blockade **UPDATED**
UPDATE 2 ***UPDATE 3:15PM – Dr. Jill Stein has been released from Wood County Jail on a Class B Misdemeanor Criminal Trespass charge. UPDATE: ***UPDATE 10:30AM – In Winnsboro, Dr. Jill Stein has been arrested, taken to Wood County Jail, and is awaiting processing. The freelance reporter has been released from detainment without arrest or [...]
In Utah, First U.S. Tar Sands Mine Approved
Tar Sands mining has received the official go ahead in Utah. The state Water Quality Board approved the application, giving U.S. Oil Sands a permit. According to EcoWatch, U.S. Oil Sands is headquartered in Alberta, Canada. In a 9-2 vote, the UWQB gave U.S. Oil Sands the green light to begin extracting bitumen from its [...]
Tar Sands Blockade: One Month Anniversary of What TX Official Labels ‘Eco-Anarchists’ (VIDEO)
Yesterday marked the one month anniversary of the Tar Sands Tree Blockade. The same day, Cherri Foytlin became the latest activist to take direct, non-violent action.Tar Sands Blockade reports: Drawing connections to all coastal communities threatened by toxic tar sands development, Cherri Foytlin, an indigenous South Louisiana mother of six and wife of a Gulf [...]
TransCanada Temporarily Shuts Down Existing Keystone Pipeline Due to Possible ‘Safety Issues’
Not that there would ever be a good time to have to shut down operations due to possible “safety issues,” but the decision made by TransCanada to turn off an already existing Keystone pipeline as activists in several states work to stop construction of Keystone XL isn’t helpful to the corporation. One primary argument by [...]
Tar Sands Blockaders, Daryl Hannah, On Democracy NOW!, and More Actions
Yesterday was a busy one for the Tar Sands Blockaders. Over fifty people attempted to enter the area where the Tree Village blocks TransCanada clear-cutting. The non-violent actions resulted in more arrests. Solidarity actions occurred in several places, including Washington DC, Boston, New York City, and Austin and Denton, Texas. On Democracy NOW! Amy Goodman [...]
Tar Sands Blockade In Fourth Week, NY Occupy the Pipeline Plans October 15 Solidarity Protest [VIDEO]
The video below is actually from several days ago, when Maggie Gorry, with Tar Sands Blockade, climbed a 40 foot pole and delayed TransCanada’s clear cutting for two days, helping document the denial by law enforcement to get food and water to Gorry, and the challenges of getting both to others in the Tree Village. [...]
Tar Sands Blockade: NY Times Journalists Detained
Following the arrest of two independent journalists a few days earlier, on October 10 law enforcement officials detained a reporter and photographer from the New York Times. From Tar Sands Blockade: Two journalists working for the New York Times were handcuffed, detained and then turned away from private property by local law enforcement employed as [...]
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