Tar Sands

Tens Of Thousands In 130 Canadian Communities Protest Climate Change

November 19, 2013 Staff, www.defendourclimate.ca Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Tar Sands, Video

On November 16, 2013 Canadians stood up in over 130 events across the country to defend our climate and communities from pipelines, reckless tar sands expansion and runaway climate change. Together we sent a clear message: Canadians want to turn the corner on reckless, dirty energy projects that endanger our climate and our communities, and create an economy that's built to last with energy that is clean, just and safe. Find out more and sign the Defend our Climate Petition at http://www.defendourclimate.ca

Labor Report: Alternative Job Creation To KXL Pipeline

November 19, 2013 Staff, www.labor4sustainability.org Educate! Environment, Fracking, Tar Sands, Worker Rights and Jobs

According to a new report released today by the Labor Network for Sustainability and E3 Network, replacing aging wastewater, drinking water, and gas distribution pipes in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas can create more jobs and better jobs in the pipeline and construction industries than the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline has been touted as a means to address America's job crisis. This new report, The Keystone Pipeline Debate: An Alternative Job Creation Strategy, shows that we can create five times more jobs than Keystone XL by investing in much needed water, sewer, and gas infrastructure projects in the five states along the proposed pipeline route. The study finds that meeting water and gas infrastructure needs in the five states can create more than 300,000 total jobs. Every dollar spent on gas, water, and sewer infrastructure in those states generates 156% more employment than the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

A Climate Change-Fueled Revolution?

November 19, 2013 Michael Klare, www.tomdispatch.com Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Tar Sands, Wars and Militarism

Don’t be surprised if that green energy revolution erupts in your neighborhood as part of humanity’s response to the greatest danger we’ve ever faced. If governments won’t take the lead on an imperiled planet, someone will. None of us can predict the future, but when it comes to a mass rebellion against the perpetrators of global destruction, we can see a glimmer of the coming upheaval in events of the present moment. Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support. With an awareness of climate change growing and as intensifying floods, fires, droughts, and storms become an inescapable feature of daily life across the planet, more people are joining environmental groups and engaging in increasingly bold protest actions. Sooner or later, government leaders are likely to face multiple eruptions of mass public anger and may, in the end, be forced to make radical adjustments in energy policy or risk being swept aside. In fact, it is possible to imagine such a green energy revolution erupting in one part of the world and spreading like wildfire to others. Because climate change is going to inflict increasingly severe harm on human populations, the impulse to rebel is only likely to gain in strength across the planet. While circumstances may vary, the ultimate goal of these uprisings will be to terminate the reign of fossil fuels while emphasizing investment in and reliance upon renewable forms of energy.

Oil Industry Not Done Raping The Planet

November 18, 2013 Staff, www.oilprice.com Educate! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Tar Sands

This investors report shows how the oil industry is making major investments in extreme energy extraction that will undermine the ecology of the planet. The industry is targeting the oceans and the lands with new technology that will produce a lot of oil and lots of money for investors. They seem to be deaf to the environmental discussion, or perhaps more accurately blinded by the massive profits they see from oil and gas. 5 NEW ENERGY BOOMS every investor should see right now New research from the private intelligence team used by the CIA, Department of Defense, major oil companies, hedge funds and investment bankers reveals where the energy industry is increasing spending up to $100 billion a year. And in today’s presentation I’m going to show you the five trends investors should be paying the most attention to right now because so much industry money is piling into them... The Super Boom in Subsea Infrastructure. The Oil & Gas industry is increasing investment FIVE TIMES over from $27 billion a year to $130 billion a year on new unseen infrastructure. The Boom in Oil Production technology that is TRIPLING the value of existing wells: It’s an investor’s dream-come-true because it is the equivalent of re-discovering every known oil-field TWICE OVER. The Boom in Hyper Oil & Gas Hunting. New technology discovers new oil & gas fields FIFTEEN TIMES FASTER than earlier methods. This tech is sweeping through the industry like wild-fire as explorers race to find new fields first... but the tech is where investors will make the biggest returns, the fastest. The $200 Billion Boom in Specialized Engineering Firms:A pipeline of $10 billion + projects easily totaling over $200 billion will likely make these engineering firms - and their investors - rich The Multi-Billion Dollar Shale Revolution Goes Global.

VIDEO: Resistance Report – Jeremy Hammond Case And More

November 17, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.com Educate! Anonymous, Climate Change, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Drones, Environment, Fracking, Jeremy Hammond, Media, Tar Sands, Video, Wikileaks

Anonymous hacker and activist Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday. Among the services Hammond provided to those of us seeking to fight back against the security and surveillance state included key evidence in the civil suit brought by Christopher Hedges and Alexa O’Brien against Barack Obama over Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act. In his sentencing statement, Hammond said: “The acts of civil disobedience and direct action that I am being sentenced for today are in line with the principles of community and equality that have guided my life. I hacked into dozens of high profile corporations and government institutions, understanding very clearly that what I was doing was against the law, and that my actions could land me back in federal prison. But I felt that I had an obligation to use my skills to expose and confront injustice—and to bring the truth to light." Also on the show: The 2013 Drone Summit, The UN Climate Conference in Warsaw, Poland, Fighting Tar Sands in New England, and MSNBC’s LEAN FORWARD Campaign Cozies Up To Fracking

Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities Protest, November 16

November 12, 2013 Grace C. Visconti, www.digitaljournal.com Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Tar Sands

On November 16, 2013, thousands of Canadians will gather including environmental organizations, community groups, and First Nations for the “Defend our Climate, Defend our Communities” national day of action to protest pipeline expansion. The purpose of the national day of action is a last push before pipelines are approved, expanding the “reckless” tar sands expansion and “runaway climate change” according to Leadnow, an independent advocacy organization that brings generations of Canadians and First Nations together to achieve progress through democracy by protecting the environment. The Interview: Leadnow mobilizes widespread support for FIPA appeal where Matthew Carroll, Campaigns Director of Leadnow, describes their general goals and current plans to stand up for democracy regarding the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA or FIPPA). Leadnow urges, “Over the coming weeks and months, our federal government will make decisions about tar sands pipelines that would do permanent damage to our communities and push the world toward runaway climate change.”

230 Mile Horseback Ride Against Pipeline Extension

November 10, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Tar Sands, Video

Anishinaabe horseback riders arrive at the Red Lake encampment outside Leonard, Minnesota after a 9 day, 230 mile ride beginning in Superior, Wisconson to raise awareness about the proposed Alberta Clipper pipeline expansion. They plan to begin the "Triple Crown of Pipeline Rides" on November 14, 2013. It will be the third ride of PROTECTING & HONORING MOTHER EARTH and will cover a portion of the proposed Sandpiper pipeline route or more info go to: honorearth.org/ or find Nizhawendaamin Indaakiminaan on Facebook (facebook.com/EnbridgeBlockade). The proposed pipeline, if completed, will make it the largest tar sands pipeline in the world. Honor the Earth, with the support and leadership of founders Winona LaDuke and the Indigo Girls, intends to draw attention to the current expansion, which is under consideration by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Late this summer, the Commission re-opened deliberations on the pipeline, which will carry "the dirtiest oil on the face of the earth,"

Climate Leaders Outside White House Demand Stop KXL

November 10, 2013 Tom Weis, www.rideforrenewables.com Resist! Climate Change, Tar Sands

On Friday, climate justice leaders peaceably assembled outside the White House to demand that the Obama administration intervene to stop the construction of the nearly completed 485-mile southern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma. There were there to deliver to the White House a petition signed by more than 7,000 people from all 50 states calling on the tar sands pipeline to be stopped in its entirety. The petition is endorsed by Daryl Hannah; Ed Begley, Jr.; Mariel Hemingway; Lester Brown; Julia Butterfly Hill; Paul Hawken; James Hansen; Tim DeChristopher; Debra White Plume; and many others. Texas landowner Michael Bishop, who won a court injunction in 2012 temporarily stopping the pipeline’s construction, and who has filed other lawsuits to permanently shut it down, said, “TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline has destroyed my property and the future of my children and grandchildren and was approved and promoted by President Obama.” He continued, “I stand with Tom Weis in challenging this administration to stop speaking out of both sides of their mouth and to take a stand against this pipeline being completed. The climate crisis demands that all tar sands development in Canada be stopped. This administration must wake up to the lion at our doorstep.”

The Path To Real Change Is Through Civil Disobedience

November 9, 2013 Alison Rose Levy , www.alternet.org Strategize! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Tar Sands

The movement has learned “what doesn’t work—appeasing those in power.” DeChristopher points to what he characterizes as the failed strategy of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) founded in 2007 by a coalition of major environment groups, such as the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council (partnering with major corporations such as BP America, Pacific Oil and Gas Company, Shell, and General Electric). Having spent more than $700 million on a comprehensive strategy, featuring cap and trade as a principle tactic for change, in 2009 this effort “fell on its face,” says DeChristopher because it was “built around how corporate lobbyists work.” Well-directed activism can (and must) unmask the violence embedded in culturally condoned policies and infrastructures, DeChristopher believes. “When leaders don’t acknowledge and address climate change, this is violence against the young,” he says. DeChristopher urges giving a human face to the affliction and violence inherent in the current web of public policies and business practices. He predicts that pressure rather than appeasement will deliver better results. “Appealing [to elected officials] isn’t enough.”

Noam Chomsky: Indigenous People Are In The Lead

November 9, 2013 Michael Keefer, tworowtimes.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Indigenous Rights, Tar Sands

Chomsky, “Canadian mining operations are just destroying large parts of the world.” He said that “Canada is trying to take the lead in destroying the possibility of decent survival: that’s what it means to exploit the tar sands, and the gold mining in Colombia, and coal mining, and so on…. That means destroying the world in which your grandchildren might be able to survive: that’s the Canadian idea now.” Chomsky added that “There is resistance: in Canada it’s coming from First Nations. But it’s worth remembering that that’s a world-wide phenomenon. Throughout the world, the indigenous populations are in the lead. They are actually taking the lead in trying to protect the earth. That’s extremely significant.” Chomsky argued that this resistance is supported by one of the most ancient documents of English law, the nearly 800-year old Magna Carta. For in addition to asserting civil rights like the presumption of innocence and the right to jury trial, the Magna Carta included a “Charter of the Forests,” which “had to do with protecting the commons”—all of the commonly shared things in nature that sustain human life—“from the depredations of power.”

LAST HOURS for Humanity?

November 6, 2013 Tom Weis, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Tar Sands, Video

Weis is completing his "Ride for Renewables" on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Climate Leaders Will Gather Outside White House at noon to demand President Obama stop construction of Keystone XL’s Southern leg. More than 7,000 petition signatures from all 50 states will be delivered. More information on the event here. “Consider this: nearly all life on Earth could go extinct because of manmade climate change.” Internationally syndicated talk show host and bestselling author Thom Hartmann released a devastatingly powerful new film, LAST HOURS. A jolting wake-up call for humanity, this 10-minute film describes a terrifying science-based scenario where runaway climate change is triggered by massive releases of frozen methane. Here’s the devastating part: the melting of these trillions of tons of carbon is already underway.

The Rule Of Money Shows Itself In Two Voter Intiatives

November 6, 2013 Jon Queally, www.commondreams.org Educate! Democracy, Energy, Finance and the Economy, Food and Agriculture, Fracking, Tar Sands

In two referendum battles that took place on opposite sides of the country on Tuesday, the power of big money campaigns funded by out-of-state corporate interests once again revealed itself by overwhelming grassroots campaigns trying to champion a local common good. From Maine, where a small town tried to thwart a pipeline company from building a tar sands export terminal, to Washington state, where a broad coalition of consumer advocates and food safety groups called for labeling of genetically modified foods—both campaigns won and maintained the support of the local population... until the corporate money started pouring in. Local backers of Washington's bid to pass the GMO labeling law, known as I-522, were defeated by corporate interests that spared no expense in the final weeks to overcome the strong support the measure had received since the campaign began.

Has TransCanada Labeled You an “Eco-Terrorist”?

November 4, 2013 Tom Weis, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Climate Change, Environment, Tar Sands

I am one peace-loving patriot who is not going to stand for having my integrity impugned by a foreign corporation I never invited into my country in the first place. If you haven't heard the disgusting news about TransCanada's collusion with a Federal Bureau of Investigation/Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center, desperately targeting me and other peaceful climate activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges, you can read about it here on DeSmog Blog. Thanks to Nebraska activists filing a Freedom of Information Act request, you can see all the PowerPoint presentations for yourself on Tar Sands Blockade's website. It is pathetic to see courageous, nonviolent U.S. citizens being desperately targeted by this transnational corporate thug. Even Daryl Hannah and a Texas great grandmother (who was labeled an "eco-terrorist" by TransCanada for having the temerity to defend her land) are pictured. 59,520 individuals who signed the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance as of April 24 are also mentioned. How does one even begin to respond to such an outrage?

Canada, Aboriginal Tension Erupting Over Resource Development, Study Suggests

October 31, 2013 Sunny Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.ca Resist! Fracking, Idle No More, Tar Sands, TransCanada

“Canada is a developed country and it is having an implosion of the sort that we’ve only seen in the developing countries,” said Rebecca Adamson, president and co-founder of First Peoples’ Worldwide, the group that conducted the study. “We’ve always seen this erupt when a government refuses to be clear in upholding indigenous land tenure.” The Indigenous Rights Risk Report studied 52 U.S. resource companies and 370 projects around the world, including 16 companies and 76 projects active in Canada. The aim of the survey is to assess how likely it is that conflict with indigenous communities could result in costly shutdowns.

Groups Take Part In Idle No More Ceremonial Walk

October 31, 2013 Brandon MacLeod, www.m.bonnyvillenouvelle.ca Resist! Energy, Environment, Idle No More, Indigenous Rights, Tar Sands

The ongoing releases of bitumen to the surface at CNRL’s Primrose site and the likelihood that these incidents have contaminated groundwater aquifers below the surface has drawn the ire of many residents both living in the Lakeland area and elsewhere. However, groups including Idle No More, Cold Lake First Nations, Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Keepers of the Water believe not enough attention is being paid to the bitumen releases that have now spilt more than 1.8 million litres of oil to the surface over a six-month period, without a solution to the problems or a clear idea about the potential harm done to the environment and particularly the groundwater. In an effort to draw attention to the these incidents and what one activist called “the destruction of the environment for the profiting of a few”, more than 30 people took part in a three-day Idle No More “ceremonial walk” from Cold Lake First Nations to Bonnyville, to La Corey and back, completing “a full circle of solidarity."

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