Archives: Tar Sands

DAPL: This Thanksgiving, Time to Listen to Native Americans again on Climate & Survival

Revised and updated. By Juan Cole | --- The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621,…

N. Dakota Judge Laughs Riot Charges against Amy Goodman out of Court

TeleSur | - - A state prosecutor had sought to charge Goodman with participating in a "riot" for filming an attack on protesters. A North Dakota judge has dismissed the "riot" charges…

Wildfire: Syrian Refugees in Canada Donating to help climate Refugees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syrian refugees in Canada are using Facebook and web sites to raise donations for climate refugees from the massive tar sands fire that…

Oil Glut Blues and the last hurrah of the Fossil Fuel Bubble

Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world by predicting that the United States would…

How Climate Activists derailed Keystone XL Pipeline: Lessons for the Future

Luis Hestres | (The Conversation) | - - Contrary to predictions from energy industry insiders, President Obama has rejected TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the United States-Canada border.…

Keystone XL Cancelled: 8 yrs Later Obama finally moves against Tyranny of Oil

National Sierra Club | (Video Clip) | - - " VICTORY! President Obama just announced that he will reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.. After more than seven years of hard…

Fearing Obama Veto, TransCanada Suspends Keystone Pipeline Review, Hoping for GOP Win

Wochit News | (Video Report) | - - TransCanada Seeks to Suspend Keystone Pipeline Review Appendix Last winter at The Conversation Peter Erickson and Michael Lazarus of the Stockholm Environment Institute took…

Keystone XL Opponents Interrogated by FBI

TheLipTV | - "Keystone XL pipeline opponents are being interrogated by the FBI who are using what one lawyer called “intimidation” and “force," according to recent reports. This comes after President Barack…

President Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill

RT | -- As promised, US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill from Congress which will halt construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Defying the wishes of the Republican-led House…

Can Republicans succeed by running on Polluting Planet & New Cold War?

By Michael T. Klare It’s a ritual long familiar to observers of American politics: presidential hopefuls with limited international experience travel to foreign lands and deliver speeches designed to showcase their grasp…

Keystone of Corruption: The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress

By Kitty Stapp NEW YORK (IPS) - With battle lines sharpening over the stalled Keystone XL pipeline, a new analysis details the intense industry lobbying of both houses of the U.S. Congress…

The Right’s Determined lies about Keystone XL Creating Jobs

MediaMatters4America | -- "The right keeps on pushing lies about the Keystone Pipeline." MediaMaters4America: "The Keystone XL Jobs Lie"

South Dakota Native Tribe: Keystone XL an “act of war”

RT | ---- "The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota says that congressional approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline will be considered an act of war. If given the green light…