Yet given the power of the ecocidal oil oligarchy which rules Canada and much of the world, empowered global citizens need to let the EU know the world expects, indeed demands, the EU do the right thing…
Keystone XL
Protesters to Keystone XL Pipeline: Don’t Mess With Texas
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-19-2012
The raucous protest included an unusual mix of tea party supporters, independents, Democrats, Republicans and even Occupy Dallas protesters. They were all there to support Crawford’s eminent domain court fight with TransCanada, which wants to run the Keystone XL pipeline through her property…
Tea Party and Environmental Groups Tell Transcanada ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ over Eminent Domain Claims
Sierra Club
02-17-2012
“This is a private company taking land for private use and foreign profit. They are cloaking themselves in common carrier regalia and exercising eminent domain against Texas citizens but there is no evidence that…
Eight Nobel Laureates Join Forces to Ban Tar Sands Oil in Europe
Friends of the Earth Europe
02-16-2012
“Even oil-obsessed America refused to take the gamble and shelved plans for a tar sands pipeline this winter,” said Greenpeace EU transport policy adviser Franziska Achterberg. “The question is whether Europe is prepared to say ‘no’…
A review of recent testimonies, tax records and local news reports shows that, on many other important issues at stake, TransCanada has been advertising one thing to its stakeholders and delivering another…
Frustrations are running high as our country continues to run our energy policy as business as usual. Sooner or later, push will come to shove. I just hope that when it does, our country will have taken the right steps forward to truly embrace the sustainable energy future we are capable of creating…
The last 24 hours were the most concentrated blitz of environmental organizing since the start of the digital age. Over 800,000 Americans made it clear that Keystone XL is the environmental litmus test for Senators and every other politician in the country…
Once again it is the many versus the money. Starting at noon on Feb. 13, a coalition of thirty or so environmental organizations, including Oil Change International (OCI) and 350.org set out to gather at least 500,000…
While the next 24-hours’ concentrated burst of online activism is a new development for the Keystone XL fight, social media has been key to the struggle since the very beginning. The fight against the pipeline sprang onto the…
Beginning at noon today, the progressive community will focus for 24 solid hours on the Keystone battle. We’ll try to generate half a million emails to the Senate…
Do we decide to protect Americans’ food supply and drinking water, or pad the profits of foreign oil companies that want to cut through our farmland on the way to overseas markets?…
If Alberta Canada’s tar sands oil fields are fully developed, an area of boreal rainforest the size of Florida will be eviscerated, leaving in its wake only giant ponds of toxic wastewater…
State Department Rejects Freedom of Information Act Request for Keystone XL Contracts
Friends of the Earth
02-09-2012
In a move sure to turn up the heat on a conflict-of-interest scandal that has been simmering for months, the State Department told Friends of the Earth this week that it will reject a Freedom of Information Act…
Right now, the most important thing we can do is flood the Senate with messages opposing Keystone XL…
According to our conservative estimates, the U.S. taxpayer is subsidizing these investments to the tune of $1.0-1.8 billion. Here’s how it works. Tar sands oil is not like most other crude oil. It is a semi-solid bituminous sludge that has to be…
There’s breaking—and disturbing—news about the Keystone XL pipeline. Big Oil is bringing it back, and with a vengeance. The Senate may vote as early as this week to force construction of the dirty…
Late last week, internal documents went public showing Canada is fretting over its sullied reputation for unfettered fossil fuel development, while resorting to poisoning wolves rather than fixing the problem…
On Jan. 31, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially introduced a major transportation reauthorization bill. The overall…
44 Senators Behind Keystone Bill Took $22.3 Million in Campaign Cash from Big Oil
Public Campaign Action Fund
01-30-2012
Forty-four Senators who introduced legislation today backing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline received $22.3 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 1989…
Republicans Attempt to Bypass Obama with New Keystone XL Legislation
Oil Change International
01-30-2012
On Jan. 30 the Republican Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) will try to introduce legislation seeking to bypass President Obama and empower Congress to approve the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline…
It’s become clear that Speaker of the House, John Boehner, is more interested in filling his pockets with dirty energy’s money than in representing his constituents and ensuring ecological and economic security for Americans…
Climate Activists Call Foul at Rep. Boehner’s Office over Keystone Pipeline and Campaign Cash from Big Oil
350.org
01-26-2012
Climate activists fed up with the influence of corporate money on Congress stormed Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office in West Chester today wearing striped ref uniforms to “blow the whistle” on congressional corruption…
Yesterday was one of the truly fun days in this whole wild year of organizing. We had hundreds of referees outside the Capitol, and we blew our whistles like crazy, and we threw penalty flags, and we had a hell of a good time…
A Conservationist’s Preview to President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union
National Wildlife Federation
01-24-2012
With President Obama set to delivers his State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET, the speech and Congress’ reaction to it will be a first step towards determining America’s conservation and energy agenda in 2012…
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, as Washington readies for the annual State of the Union address, more than 500 people in referee outfits are converging on Capitol Hill to “blow the whistle” on Congress. Why? Consider…
We haven’t even made it out of January, but 2012 is already shaping up as a watershed year in the fight to end our addiction to oil…
After Keystone XL Decision, Canada Faces More than Political Barriers in Getting Oilsands to Market
Pembina Institute
01-20-2012
As the news broke on the afternoon of Jan. 18 that the U.S. government had denied the application of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, speculation quickly followed about the future of the proposed Northern Gateway…
The dunes sagebrush lizard, a small, rare lizard that lives only in Texas and New Mexico, was named one of 10 U.S. species most urgently threatened by fossil fuel development in a report released Jan. 19 by…
Between Obama denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and having lunch with U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu…
Tom Weis, the “renewable rider,” biked the 2,150 miles of the U.S. portion of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route over two months late this fall, from the U.S./Canada border to Port Arthur, Texas…
