Does the public have the right to be protected, or is corporate power going to run roughshod over the public?
Brent Patterson, the Political Director at the Council of Canadians, proposes five strategies to ensure that the pipeline is never built.
(In the face of widespread opposition, Canada's federal government on Tuesday in fact gave the OK to Enbridge's Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline - Portside moderator)
Kitimat, B.C., votes 'no' to Northern Gateway in non-binding plebiscite on $6.5B twin pipeline project.
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Saturday's Draw the Line held over 200 demonstrations across the United States - it was a day of action marked by song - a phenomenon that is starting to become a major feature of the climate movement.
President Obama's Climate Action Plan aims to reduce carbon emissions; prepare the U.S. for the impacts of climate change; and lead international efforts to fight climate change and prepare for its impacts.
Bill McKibben, 350.og co-founder, responded to the talk positively, stating: "It's awfully good to see the president starting to move forward on climate action--after the hottest year in American history."
When 10 Nobel Laureates call on President Obama to reject once and for all the Keystone XL oil pipeline, perhaps it's time he do that.
What starts out as a minor skirmish can wind up determining the outcome of a war, and that seems to be the case when it comes to the mounting battle over the Keystone XL pipeline. If given the go-ahead by President Obama, it will daily carry more than 700,000 barrels of tar-sands oil to those Gulf Coast refineries, If Obama says no, the Canadians (and their American backers) will encounter difficulties in exporting their heavy crude oil, discouraging further investment.
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