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Apr 8, 2013
by Bill McKibben, TomDispatch
A few weeks ago, Time magazine called the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring some of the dirtiest energy on the planet from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast the “Selma and Stonewall” of the climate movement. Which, if you think about it, may be both good …
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Apr 2, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Everything You Need to Know About the Exxon Pegasus Tar Sands Spill •Tar-sands oil spills in Arkansas and Minnesota •Oil spills disastrous for public relations •A train derailing, spilling 30,000 gallons of oil is still not a reason to build Keystone XL pipeline
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Mar 29, 2013
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute
Freeing America from its dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world is an admirable goal, but many of the proposed solutions—including the push for more home-grown biofuels and for the construction of the new Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian tar sands oil to refineries on …
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Mar 7, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Critical Part of Keystone Report Done by Firms with Deep Oil Industry Ties •The spreading slick of blame for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill •Statoil may abandon US Arctic drilling leases •Peak Oil, The Shale Boom and our Energy Future: Interview with Dave Summers
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Mar 4, 2013
by Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly roundup, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-Middle East
-US Gasoline Prices
-The Keystone Decision
-Quotes of the week
-Briefs
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Feb 26, 2013
by Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News
On Sunday, February 17, I marched in the largest climate change protest in U.S. history. About 35,000 people gathered on the Washington Monument grounds for a rally and then marched past the White House, calling on President Obama to deny permission for the construction of the Keystone XL …
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Feb 21, 2013
by Brendan Smith, Common Dreams
The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the KXL debate has largely centered around the environmental risks, from labor’s perspective opening up the Canadian Tar Sands is often seen as an …
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Feb 21, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Keystone XL pipeline takes centre stage at Washington protest •Some Environmental Issues Surrounding Keystone XL •Ten Reasons to Take Peak Oil Seriously •Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts, says UN •Shale oil fails to dent Middle East shipments
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Feb 12, 2013
by Chris Williams, Socialist Worker
This background of overwhelming public concern helps situate the upcoming national demonstration in Washington, D.C., on February 17, against the building of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from Canada to Texas. If built, the pipeline will carry 800,000 barrels a day of highly-polluting tar …
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Feb 11, 2013
by Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch
Presidential decisions often turn out to be far less significant than imagined, but every now and then what a president decides actually determines how the world turns. Such is the case with the Keystone XL pipeline, which, if built, is slated to bring some of the “dirtiest,” …
