Activists in Texas a set up a protest camp high amongst the trees in an attempt to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Harper's Keystone XL sales pitch in New York City greeted by protest
350.org organized a protest outside Harper's event in New York City Thursday. (Photo: 350.org)
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Harper faces protest in New York City over Canada's dismal climate policies and Keystone XL
Stephen Harper visited New York City to give a speech pushing for the United States to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. The climate action group 350.org organized a protest outside Harper's event, issuing the following statement.
The Big Apple proved to be an unfriendly landing spot today for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose sales job for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was interrupted by scores of climate activists who want President Obama to reject the pipeline and for Harper to re-commit Canada to confronting climate change.
Dr. James Hansen: Keystone XL can be stopped, and there are sensible alternatives to tar sands
Today 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the Norwegian state is majority shareholder of Statoil).
Signatories include not only environmental organizations, but a broad public spectrum, including, appropriately, many youth organizations. It is encouraging that Norwegian youth press their government to stop supporting tar sands development, given the fact that Norway saves much of its oil earnings for future generations and given the fact that Norway is not likely among the nations that will suffer most from climate change.
Protecting the sacred: Indigenous resistance grows strong in Keystone XL battle
On cloudy days, heavy smoke fills the air of Ponca City, Okla., with grey smog that camouflages itself into the sky. The ConocoPhillips oil refinery that makes its home there uses overcast days as a disguise to release more toxins into the air. These toxins are brimming with benzene -- a chemical that, according to the Centers for Disease Control, can cause leukemia, anemia and even decrease the size of women’s ovaries. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2008 the ConocoPhillips refinery released over 2,000 pounds of this chemical into the air in Ponca City.
Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline grows, EPA calls for better environmental review
On the final day of the Keystone XL public comment period for the State Department's draft supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) of the KeystoneXL tar sands pipeline, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a sharply critical assessment declaring the analysis "insufficient."
'Rise up to defend land and water': Oklahoma grandmother takes action against Keystone XL
Oklahoma grandmother Nancy Zorn, 79, locked herself to a piece of heavy machinery Tuesday morning in protest of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline construction, halting work on a construction site of the tar sands harbinger for several hours.
Starting early in the morning, Zorn locked herself to the large 'excavator', latching a bike lock around her neck to the machine.
Harper government in frenzy as doubts grow over Keystone XL pipeline
Stephen Harper's government and a big part of Canada's ruling establishment are in a frenzy over Keystone XL.
The Conservatives and their provincial allies have spent millions (probably tens of millions) of dollars in public money to push a pipeline that will export Canadian jobs, trample First Nations rights and, overall, be bad for the environment. But it'll be good for the profit margins of some of their oil industry friends.
In recent weeks, a half dozen Conservative ministers have trekked south to push for the approval of the pipeline while Harper has made it the top priority for Canada's embassy and 22 consular offices in the U.S for the last three years.
Do you think Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline?
This week we've featured several articles on the debate about the Keystone XL pipeline, a mega-project on which the U.S. administration of Barack Obama is set to decide in the near future.
On Sunday, Feb. 17, tens of thousands joined the largest climate rally in U.S. history (while, it so happens, Obama was playing golf with an oil executive and Tiger Woods.)
Bad for the environment, bad for workers: Keystone XL is a job killer
U.S. labour activists, like their Canadian counterparts, warn that Keystone XL will actually hurt workers.