Tag: Tar Sands
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New Pipeline Threatens Wetlands in Gulf Coast Communities
In a region still scarred by the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Plains Southcap LLC is building a pipeline meant to carry conventional crude oil from Alabama to Mississippi, threatening waterways in both states.
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FBI Investigates Tar Sands Activists as Eco-Terrorists
Continuing its longstanding tradition of disrupting political dissent in the U.S., the FBI is reported to have visited multiple climate activists in the Seattle area who have participated in anti-tar sands protests …
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Legislators Call on Secretary of State John Kerry to Reject Keystone XL
Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman yesterday joined Gene Karpinski, in calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline …
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Californians to Protest Climate Chaos at Chevron Refinery Aug. 3
This powerful alliance is building a mass mobilization from around the Bay Area and the nation to gather in Richmond and stand up to Chevron’s pollution, its political manipulation and its drive to refine more dirty tar sands crude …
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The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC
The same law that contributed to George Zimmerman walking free out of a Florida courtroom last weekend after taking the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was primarily written by the same super lobbying group behind legislation protecting natural gas …