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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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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Canadian First Nations sue Shell for tar sands destruction
London, November 30th, 2011
On the eve of the 17th UNFCCC, the world’s climate summit, the UK Tar Sands Network will serve papers to Shell UK executives on behalf of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation …
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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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Shell accepts liability for two oil spills in Nigeria
In a case that may have implications for mining companies, the oil giant faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars following class action suit brought on behalf of communities in Bodo, Ogoniland.
See …
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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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Opposition to Shell ‘fracking’ project in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver-based ForestEthics and FairPensions (a member of LMN member group ECCR) have produced a briefing outlining the investment risk of a Shell project to develop coalbed methane in the Klappan, a remote part of British …
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RBS, the tarsands and the climate camp
How RBS funds ‘dirty oil’
Last weekend, Royal Bank of Scotland faced its biggest protests in a long history of protests. Environmental groups and hundreds of climate protesters camped on the lawn at RBS’s Gogarburn …
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