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Brooklynite carries sign around New York to raise awareness about Keystone XL.
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline has inspired people to take all sorts of courageous and creative protest actions. For one Nebraskan living in New York, the easiest, but most effective way to...
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An unstoppable oil leak is flowing in Alberta
For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow.
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Tar Sands Spill in Alberta: "This Is Not Natural -- It's Got Nothing to Do...
Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly."
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Obama knocks down Keystone XL talking points
In an interview with The New York Times, President Obama knocked down some of the talking points used by supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Obama: "Keystone XL is not a jobs plan"
Today, during a speech about the economy, President Obama criticized Republicans for spending too much time advocating for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
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TransCanada to pipe tar sands crude to Eastern Canada. What does this mean...
TransCanada announced today that they are moving forward with their so-called Energy East Pipeline project, which will bring crude oil from Western Canada to refineries and export terminals in Eastern...
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Mayflower, Arkansas residents face health problems after exposure to tar...
"The oil went to the lake," Jarrell said. "But the toxic fumes came to us." Sam Eifling at The Arkansas Times has an excellent report on the Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill.
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ForestEthics sues Canadian government over the right to speak out in...
The Harper Government has changed the rules to shut the opposition up, and they are being fought in court.
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Keystone XL "will likely leak", warns TransCanada whistleblower
Evan Vokes is a former employee of TransCanada, the Canadian company that intends to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and warns that faulty construction means the pipeline will likely leak.
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We need Keystone XL, explains Tar Sands Timmy
Cartoonist Mark Fiore created Tar Sands Timmy to help explain how great tar sands oil is and why Americans -- um, North Americans, he means -- should approve Keystone XL.
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Where Keystone XL ends, cancer rates are 15% higher and mortality rate is 40%...
Ted Genoways at On Earth has an excellent report on the health effects the oil and gas refineries have had on Port Arthur, Texas residents.
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The billionaire fighting to stop Keystone XL
In the current issue of the The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza tells the story of how Tom Steyer, "a fifty-six-year-old billionaire" has thrown his clout and money behind the effort to stop the Keystone XL...
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Was southern leg of Keystone XL built illegally?
Steve Horn reports that in addition to expediting the southern leg, Executive Order 13604 also led to the expediting of 48 other oil pipeline projects.
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Experts say dilbit could have caused Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill
According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were...
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Oil pipeline regulation is broken, admits US top oil pipeline regulator
In a shocking exclusive report, Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones at InsideClimate News write that the top official of the agency that regulates oil and gas pipelines recently admitted that he's...
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Native Americans protest tar sands pipeline with horseback ride along...
This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.
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With the government shutdown, is it time for Obama to reject Keystone XL?
The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza spoke with Fresh Air's Dave Davies about the Keystone XL pipeline and how because of the government shutdown, now is a good time to take action on climate change.
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After Keystone XL, what's next for the climate movement?
The climate movement must be about more than Keystone XL, write four climate activists.
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Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high...
A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic...
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Bill McKibben on the failure of Obama's energy policy
Bill McKibben makes a strong case that despite the EPA's new power plant regulations and increasing fuel efficiency in cars, President Obama has largely been a failure in terms of pursuing a...
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