Tag: Tar Sands
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Corporate Climate Campaign Demands Divestment from Dirty Tar Sands
Fifty eight organizations, led by the Sierra Club and ForestEthics, released an open letter today demanding that companies take climate action. The letter calls on U.S. corporations with trucking fleets join 19 leading companies in avoiding fuel from …
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President Obama, We Need Climate Action on All Fronts
n recent weeks, we’ve been calling on President Obama to show the “courage of his convictions” when it comes to fighting climate change. In his speech last week, he agreed to take some essential steps in saving our planet …
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Another Maine Town Passes Resolution Opposing Tar Sands Pipeline
Otisfield residents voted overwhelmingly at town meeting Saturday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil’s Portland-Montreal Pipeline, making it the seventh Maine town …
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Activists Challenge TD Bank on Keystone XL Investments
On Saturday, activists from Climate First! entered in succession and without incident two TD Bank branches in Washington, DC, attempting to initiate discussions with the bank about its investments in the Keystone XL pipeline …
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TD Bank Divestment from Keystone XL a Hoax by Tar Sands Blockade
“TD Bank’s green-washing of its preservation of 107 acres in Florida while simultaneously investing in the destruction of a forest the size of the entire state of Florida is downright absurd and must be brought to light.”