Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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"Let's Not Subsidize Our Own Extinction": Rallies Across Canada Denounce Trudeau's Kinder Morgan Buyout
Demonstrators took to the streets at more than 100 locations across Canada on Monday in a grassroots effort to stop the Kinder Morgan "buyout."
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From Iowa to Oklahoma to Louisiana, States Seek Harsher Penalties for Pipeline Protesters
The bills drafted by the powerful and ultra-conservative American Legislation Exchange Council would translate into harsh fines and jail sentences for those who trespass or damage any pipeline construction.
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Act Out! [139] - A Way Out of the 2 Party Charade + #StopTheVote & #SaveTheNet + Oily Headlines
This week on Act Out!, some oil soaked headlines and lowlifes you need to be made aware of, PLUS your last chance to stand up for free speech in the digital age, as telecoms attempt on Dec. 14 to turn the internet into a series of toll roads and slow lanes.
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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II
“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.
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Fighting the Black Snake At Two Rivers: How Standing Rock-Style Protest Came to West Texas
The 142-mile-long Trans-Pecos Pipeline would bring fracked gas to the small border city of Presidio, where it would continue on into northern Mexico – in the process crossing under the Rio Grande, threatening fragile water supplies.
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Obama Permanently Protects Huge Portions of Arctic, Atlantic from Offshore Drilling
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that 98% of U.S.-controlled Arctic waters will be permanently withheld from any future oil and gas leasing, along with 3.8 million acres along the Atlantic coast.
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Interior Department Halts Arctic Offshore Drilling Leases
The Friday news follows a Sept. 28 announcement by Shell that it would cease exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas after spending $7 billion on Arctic exploration.
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In Latest Pipeline Disaster, 50,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River
Some residents are reportedly smelling and tasting oil in their drinking water, causing the EPA to test water samples and the city water plant to cease drawing water from the river.
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Marching Against Oil: More Tar Sands Resistance Is Rising, This Time In Quebec
The one-month-long Peoples for Mother Earth march across Quebec to protest TransCanada's Energy East pipeline will be the largest march in North America.
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500 Indigenous Protesters Occupy Peru's Biggest Amazon Oil Field
Native communities have taken control of a thermoelectric plant, oil tanks and key roads in the Amazonian region of Loreto.
