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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Canadian Indigenous Peoples to fight tarsands pipeline
Aboriginal groups in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia said on Thursday they had formed a united front to oppose all exports of crude oil from the Alberta tar sands through their territories.
See …
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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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“Oil Orgy” invades Energy Summit
Protesters interrupted the Canada-Europe Energy Round table in London on Tuesday, to expose the UK government’s opposition to European legislation, which would label tar sands oil as highly polluting.
The campaigners stripped down to Union …
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Ecocide trial in London
Last week an ‘ecocide trial’ was held in London. The trial tested barrister Polly Higgins’ proposal for a crime of Ecocide – to hold to account directors of companies (rather than the company) who cause …
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Follow the Money: Tar Sands Protest in Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland, like most banks these days, likes to tout its green credentials. But PR flacks and fancy brochures can’t hide the fact that RBS is investing $7.5 billion into tar sands …
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