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Complicit No More: Tar Sands and What to Do About Parasitic Capitalism
The parasitic form of capitalism that is harvesting the tar sands applies the same rationale that is intrinsic to austerity and bank bailouts.
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Exposed: State Department Ignores Climate Facts of Keystone XL Pipeline
A new report shows the Keystone XL pipeline will contribute at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year, comparable to the tailpipe emissions from more than 37.7 million cars, or 51 coal-fired power plants.
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The Fossil Fuel Resistance: A New Movement is Emerging
As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging — fiercely, loudly and right next door.
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Revealed: State Dept's Keystone XL Contractor Approved Explosive Peruvian Pipeline
The State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline proposal is safe and sound has a shady past.
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Is Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?
The narrow window of opportunity that physics provides us makes me doubt that a third party will offer a fast enough answer to come to terms with our changing planet.
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Go Fossil Free: The Campaign
We’re launching the next phase of our fossil fuel divestment campaign aimed at government, religious denominations, museums, foundations -- anyone investing in the destruction of the future, we’re asking them to sell those shares.
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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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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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In Canada, Late Efforts to Measure Environmental Hazards of Tar Sands
The Alberta government said Wednesday a new scientific agency to monitor the environmental impacts of oil sands production will provide "credible" and "arms-length" analysis. But Greenpeace fired back about the province's "flawed data and incomplete information."
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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.
