Tag: Tar Sands
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350 Action Endorses Markey for U.S. Senate for His Opposition to Keystone XL
350 ACTION — “Science tells us it’s hotter now than at any time over the past 4,000 years. If we don’t act, future generations will pay for our mistake. Rep. Markey knows that projects like Keystone XL are a step in the wrong direction …
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Environmental Justice and the Keystone XL Pipeline
INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK — As is evident in the SEIS, environmental racism is rearing its ugly head once again. These systems of colonial domination and the trampling of Aboriginal treaty rights, continues …
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Does State Department Have Head in the Tar Sands on Keystone XL’s Role in Climate Change?
ROBERT REDFORD — It is time to take a hard stance on Keystone XL. We need a clear evaluation of the damage to our health and environment that will result from this dirty energy project. And then we need to …
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Will Climate Hawk Kerry Have the Courage to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline?
THINKPROGRESS — Does this sound like a man who is going to launch his term as Secretary of State approving the expansion of one of the dirtiest sources of fossil fuels in the world? His repetition of the word “courage” makes it sound like …
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Confirmed: Tar Sands Toxic Liquid Waste Contaminating Local Waterways
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — “For years, we’ve been concerned that toxic chemicals are leaking from the massive tailings lakes into the surrounding water. Governments repeatedly denied this. Now, federal research shows we were right …