Tag: Tar Sands

Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline

As if Bishop and his neighbors haven’t been through enough from the invasion of this Canadian company taking their property via eminent domain and then bulldozing their land, now they watch as Michels digs up and rebuilds dozens of …

June 17, 2013
Feds, State File Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil over Tar Sands Oil Spill in Mayflower, AR

Today the U.S. and the state of Arkansas filed a joint enforcement action against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) in federal district court in Little Rock, AR. The complaint addresses ExxonMobil’s unlawful discharge of heavy crude oil …

June 13, 2013
TransCanada Caught Training Police to Treat Nonviolent Keystone XL Protesters as Terrorists

“If TransCanada officials cannot be trusted to tell the truth about the peaceful nature of Keystone XL protestors, why should we believe they’ve told the truth about the integrity of their pipeline and the real threats it poses to the hundreds of rivers and creeks that it crosses?”

June 12, 2013
Sixth Maine Town Passes Resolution Opposing Transport of Tar Sands Through Existing Pipeline

The resolution stated serious concerns about the environmental and public health hazards of tar sands in the context of a town and region heavily dependent on a clean environment for recreation, tourism, and the economy at large. Concerns about threats…

June 12, 2013
Secretary Kerry, Investigate Conflict of Interest in Flawed Keystone XL Review

Environmental leaders hosted a press call today to call for a State Department Investigator General investigation of the State Department’s flawed Keystone XL review process and to call on Secretary Kerry to …

June 11, 2013