Tarsands pollution spreads further than expected
Keystone XL opponents demand Obama reject pipeline Less than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, thousands of protesters rallied in Washington Sunday asking…
BP protesters take to stage over tarsands and Olympic sponsorship
Protesters take to the stage at Roundhouse over BP Olympics sponsorship On 27 June, members of the “Reclaim Shakespeare Company” jumped on stage and performed an anti-BP “guerrilla Shakespeare” skit…
The age of extreme oil: "This used to be a forest?"
Achuar Indigenous People from Peru inspect Canada’s tarsands. See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-age-of-extreme-oil-this-used-to-be-a-forest/article2437730/. …
Tarsands News
…89 votes for the proposal and 128 votes against. There were 128 abstentions including the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/02/fuel-quality-directive-update-faq-and-actions/. ‘It’s Going to Be War’: First…
Olympic Games organisers face protests over BP sponsorship deal
…See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/17/olympic-games-protest-bp-sponsorship. There is more tar sands campaign news and urgent action requests at http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/02/olympics-slammed-over-bp-sponsorship/. See also the photo essay on the Alberta tarsands and the impacts of tarsands exploitation…