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Why I Got Arrested at the White House to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-02-16 22:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Sunday, Natural Resources Defense Council and Waterkeeper Alliance will join 350.org, Sierra Club and many other partners in holding the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. This will be the largest climate rally in American history, with tens of thousands of people expected. From rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to limiting carbon pollution from our nation`s dirty power plants, President Barack Obama`s legacy will rest squarely on his response, resolve, and leadership in solving...
Oklahoma Resident Locks Herself to Equipment to Protest Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-02-04 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Early this morning, Norman, Oklahoma resident Elizabeth Leja locked her neck to equipment used in constructing the Keystone XL pipeline. Citing concerns for Oklahomas waterways and their importance for the health of future generations, her actions have halted construction at the site on Highway 62, just North of the North Canadian River, for the day. The Gulf Coast Project is the Southern segment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion project by multinational TransCanada. It is slated...
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EU executive thwarts Canada lobby on tar sand oil
2013-01-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada's urgent hunt for buyers for its oil is being thwarted as the European Commission sticks to a plan to label fuel from tar sands deposits as highly polluting, deterring refiners bound by environmental rules. Intense pressure from Canada, seeking new markets to compensate for dwindling U.S. buying and discounted sales, has not convinced the EU executive to abandon its proposal to brand tar sands oil as more carbon-intensive than conventional crude. "The Commission stands by its proposal,"...
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New Video Explains Climate Threat from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-01-28 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new video released by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and 350.org explains how the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a lynchpin enabling the climate intensive tar sands industry to grow unimpeded. The video discusses cutting edge research from Oil Change International showing how tar sands oil causes more carbon pollution than originally estimated. Recently, four energy experts and climate scientists from Canada and the U.S. traveled to Washington DC with an urgent message: if we are...
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Hundreds Rally Against Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-01-27 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, in the largest protest in the Northeast against tar sands, hundreds of people from Maine, New England and Canada carried signs and marched across Portland to rally at the Maine State Pier. The rally and march were held to oppose an emerging proposal to send dirty tar sands oil through the 236-mile long, 62-year-old Exxon/Enbridge pipeline across Canada, Maine and New England. Specifically, participants called on elected officials and the U.S. State Department to require a new Presidential...
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