Tag: Keystone XL
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Why the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline is a Climate Catastrophe
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Expanding the exploitation of tar sands would significantly undermine efforts to reduce carbon pollution. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook includes scenarios with …
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Watch RFK, Jr.’s Pre-Arrest Speech Calling People to Attend the Biggest Climate Rally in U.S. History
ECOWATCH — Waterkeeper Alliance President, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joined a climate protest yesterday outside the White House calling on the Obama Administration to protect our oceans and waterways by rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline …
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Will President Obama Do the Right Thing and Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline?
MICHAEL BRUNE — A politician might ask whether stopping Keystone XL would be a politic or popular decision. A leader will only care whether it’s the right one …
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48 Leaders Engage in Historic Act of Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
SIERRA CLUB — This morning, 48 environmental, civil rights and community leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience at the White House where they demanded that President Obama deny the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the climate crisis …
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Bill McKibben, Michael Brune, Among Others Will Risk Arrest Today at White House to Stop Tar Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline
ECOWATCH — “We’re here today to show the depth of our resolve that President Obama take immediate, decisive action against climate change—to show that if the president leads, the vast majority of Americans will rally behind him. We’re not here today to protest the president, we are here to encourage …