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Alberta Tar Sands
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Act Out! [107] - Oh Canada: 6 Reasons Why Trudeau Sucks & 3 Ways to Mitigate Climate Change
This week on Act Out, his easy-on-the-eyes charm and wet pink shirt appearance at the Toronto Gay Pride Parade make Justin Trudeau look like a progressive's wet dream. Unfortunately, all he’s doing is making neoliberalism sexy again.
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"All Risk, No Reward": U.S. Tribes Oppose Massive Pipeline Expansion In Canada
Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain project would carry crude from Alberta's tar sands to the Vancouver area to be loaded on to tankers for Asian and U.S. markets – drastically putting the fishing and cultural heritage of U.S. tribes at risk.
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Direct Action Against Coal in Seattle
With the conflict over two coal export terminals brewing on the horizon and an incumbent mayor making big climate promises, Seattle is emerging as the center of a new climate showdown.
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No One Knows How to Stop These Tar Sands Oil Spills
Thousands of barrels of tar-sands oil have been burbling up into forest areas for at least six weeks in Cold Lake, Alberta, and it seems that nobody knows how to staunch the flow.
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Raising the Battle Over Fossil Fuel Exports in the Northwest
A perverse thing is happening in the Pacific Northwest, where energy corporations are trying to slip their fossil fuel exports through some of the most progressive, environmentally conscious communities in North America.
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The Beginning Is Near: "Occupy Love" Draws Line Between Protest and Empathy
Canadian documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper attempts with his film to situate Occupy Wall Street and other global protests within the framework of a love story.
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Koch Brothers Dump Three-Story Pile of Toxic Byproduct on Detroit
A black mound of Canadian oil waste is rising over Detroit, courtesy of the Koch brothers.
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Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands
If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, 90 percent of the tar sands crude that flows through it will be processed near an embattled Houston neighborhood called Manchester.
