The Absurdity of the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL –Join the Action in DC!
TransCanada Corporation’s proposal to construct the Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska has been a topic of serious political contention for the past few years. The...
View ArticlePressure Mounts Against the Keystone XL
Activists across North America are mobilizing and taking action against the Keystone XL Pipeline. Last month, the pipeline had to go around an 85-day tree sit protest in Texas. Last week, Keystone...
View ArticleLet’s Not Be Idle Any More
Idle No More protesters are asking the Federal Court for a review of Omnibus Bills C-38 and C-45, passed by the Conservative government, that make detrimental changes to the Fisheries Act and the...
View ArticleCorrupting the Future: Senators, Tar Sands, and the Keystone XL
As Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline draws nearer, the pressure is mounting for the public to put forth a serious and decisive resistance. The tar sands, along with fracking, represent some...
View ArticleThe Global 1% and the Climate Threat
The following short video explains the Keysone XL pipeline as the “lynchpin enabling the climate intensive tar sands industry to grow unimpeded.” It explains the urgent necessity for action quite...
View ArticleThe Pitfalls of “Public Consultation”— State Dept. Says Keystone XL is Not So...
Every environmentalist and socially concerned academic knows all too well how subjective and politically charged “official” reports like Environmental Assessment Reports can be. For example, the huge...
View ArticleDoes selling off our resources make us an energy superpower?
David Suzuki discusses the dangers of basing our economy around unsustainable and destructive energy sources such as oil from the tar sands in Alberta in his article, “Does selling off our resources...
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