UK Tar Sands Network comments on the Canadian government’s attack on tar sands opponents as ‘enemies of the state’.
See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/01/calling-all-foreign-radicals/.…
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Calling all foreign radicals!
Huge victory: Obama kills Keystone tarsands pipeline
Barack Obama rejected the controversial Keystone tar sands pipeline last Wednesday, making good on a promise not to give in to a Republican ultimatum on the project.
See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/01/huge-victory-obama-kills-keystone/.
Radicals working against oilsands, Ottawa says
Environmental and other “radical groups” are trying to block trade and undermine Canada’s economy, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said Monday.
Oliver’s comments came one day before federal regulatory hearings began on whether to approve …
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Rio Tinto panned over Olympic medals
Will London 2012 sponsors BP, Dow, EDF and Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic brand?
In just seven months London opens its doors to the world for the ‘greatest show on earth’ and while the 2012 …
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UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project
The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada’s campaign against European penalties on its highly polluting tar sands fuel, the Guardian can reveal.
At the same time, the …
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Pipe Dreams: Keystone delayed until 2013!
Obama delays the Keystone XL tarsands oil pipeline decision for over a year.
See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2011/11/pipe-dreams-keystone-delayed-until-2013/.
UK activists surround miniature White House as pipeline protests go global
Activists outside the US Embassy in London surrounded a model of the White House to protest against the proposed US Keystone XL pipeline. Holding banners that read “Obama NO!” and “Tar sands is blood oil”, …
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Canada poses as “Friendly, Green Oil Giant” to win over UK universities
Joe Oliver, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, met with staunch opposition at the London School of Economics (LSE) on 20 October whilst promoting Canada as the next ‘Global Energy Superpower’.
Protesters presented an alternative perspective to …
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Tar sands update
UK Tar Sands Network tells us: The last month has seen a burst of action against the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, with 1,252 people arrested during two weeks of sit-ins in front of …
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BP exorcised from Tate Modern
Monday saw extraordinary scenes as we joined Reverend Billy and the Church of Earthaluyah to exorcise the beast that is BP from the Tate Modern Turbine Hall. Filling the huge space inside the former power …
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Shining a light on Europe’s role in the Tar Sands
UK Tar Sands Network and friends have been in Brussels for the Canada-EU trade talks. The tar sands may be being extracted in Canada, but the debate over the industry’s future is raging in Europe …
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First Nations protest Tar Sands investments at RBS AGM
Representatives from some of Canada’s First Nations demanded in person that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) stops financing the controversial tar sands industry in Alberta, Canada, at the bank’s AGM.
See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2011/04/first-nations-protest-tar-sands-investments-at-rbs-agm/.
See …
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