As New Pipelines Get Built, More People are Standing in the Way
By Chris Paulus, Occupy.com
Yet even amid the companies' growing use of scare tactics and secret maneuvers, citizens are ramping up direct action. People have braved the elements and matched the energy giants with their own brand of force, as residents nationwide turn to a mix of creative and traditional tactics to halt as many projects as they can.
Why TransCanada’s 15 Billion Lawsuit against US is Bad Omen for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Chris Paulus, Occupy.com
The latest expression of our corporate-controlled economic structure revealed itself last week when TransCanada, the Canadian-based energy giant that hoped to build the Keystone XL pipeline, filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the United States government for rejecting the pipeline's construction, under guidelines set forth in NAFTA.