Tag: Keystone XL
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Summer Heat: Mass Action to Stop the Climate Crisis
We believe that mass action can breathe life into even the most hardened political fights, and so these actions will all aim to bring thousands of people to stand together—perhaps sometimes on the wrong side of the law.
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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
H.R. 3 marks the seventh time the House of Representatives has voted on a bill that would circumvent the nation’s most crucial environmental laws, in order to force approval of Keystone XL. But today’s vote saw fewer Representatives …
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The Koch Brothers’ Toxic Mountain of Petroleum Coke
The toxic mountain of petroleum coke, or petcoke, is like coal but dirtier, and is being sold by Koch Carbon to fuel the coal plants of countries like China.
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Will NAFTA Be the Deciding Factor in Keystone XL?
DeSmogBlog By Farron Cousins As the public anxiously awaits the U.S. State Department’s final decision on the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, the discussion has largely ignored the elephant in the room: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Thanks to NAFTA, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994, the State Department…
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New Yorkers Tell Obama: No Keystone XL, Yes Renewables
Sane Energy Project Yesterday, when President Obama came to New York City for a fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, more than 500 people were there to greet him. They came in force with signs and banners to remind him of their opposition to the Ke…