U.S. House Votes to Force Approval of Keystone Pipeline

The House of Representatives voted to take the Keystone XL approval decision out of President Obama's hands.

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Former Obama Communications Director Profits Big with Keystone XL Pipeline

Obama's former communications director Anita Dunn is a corporate PR chief whose private firm will gain from tar sands extraction and shipment.

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Canadian and U.S. Native People Vow to Block Oil Pipelines

An alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed last week to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands.

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From Texas to Appalachia, Putting Our Bodies on the Line

Protests against fracking pipelines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are part of a growing movement of direct-action community resistance happening nationwide.

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Activist Interrupts Keystone Pipeline Conference in Texas

TransCanada's presentation of a Keystone XL case study at the Pipe Tech Americas 2013 conference in Texas was interrupted Thursday when a blockader chained himself to audio equipment and delivered a speech to 300 attendees.

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Enbridge Tar Sands Hearings Interrupted by Activists

A day after 1,000 protesters forced their way past police lines in Vancouver, an action group intervened Tuesday in company discussions over tar sands developments, calling the hearing a "climate crime scene."

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Tar Sands Blockaders Lock Themselves to Trucks Outside Valero's Houston Refinery

Activists in Houston began a sustained hunger strike on Thursday, demanding that energy giant Valero divest from the Keystone XL Pipeline project.

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Only We Can Stop These Pipeline Dreams

The rush to exploit "extreme energy" sources such as tar sands and mountain top coal has sparked angry protests because of the devastating environmental consequences.

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