Category Archives: Keystone XL

(IPS) Native Americans Take Lead in Tar Sands Resistance

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/09/native-americans-take-lead-in-tar-sands-resistance/ SPOKANE, Washington, Sep 1 2013 (IPS) – Native American tribes in the United States have taken the lead in opposing the expansion of the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada, engaging in civil disobedience to the point of arrest and attempting to physically block shipments of construction equipment from […]

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350.org Holds Climate Change Awareness Event in Atlanta

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(APN) ATLANTA — Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at the Variety Playhouse, Bill McKibben, President and Co-Founder of 350.org, spoke to a sold-out audience of several hundred Metro Atlantans about the global social problem of climate change. 350.org is an international organization with staff members in the US, Brazil, Burundi, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. According to […]

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