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Canadian Government 'Strongly Supports' New Pipeline Project

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2013 | Green

TORONTO, April 2 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Tuesday it was encouraged by TransCanada Corp's announcement that it plans to move for...

Where Is the Climate Leadership? We Need to Get It Right on Keystone XL

Robert Redford | Posted 05.04.2013 | Green
Robert Redford

It is time to take a hard stance on Keystone XL. We need a clear evaluation of the damage to our health and environment that will result from this dirty energy project. And then we need to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

The Keystone Hypodermic: One Last Fix?

Eliot Daley | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Eliot Daley

The Keystone pipeline is like a gigantic hypodermic needle stuck into America. Its promoters know we are addicted to the wrong drug -- fossil fuels -- but they know we do not have the willpower to kick the habit as long as the pushers find new ways to slip us one more fix.

Another Looming Cliff of Grave Consequence

Robert Redford | Posted 03.06.2013 | Green
Robert Redford

This is a time for climate leadership. So, instead of a shoddy Keystone XL environmental review, the first major climate action for this Administration's second term should be to set limits on climate change pollution from power plants. That is the kind of action that makes sense.

Five Ingredients for a Complete Environmental Review of Keystone XL: One Is Climate

Anthony Swift | Posted 02.12.2013 | Green
Anthony Swift

While TransCanada has asked for a rubber stamp process than only evaluates a minor route change in Nebraska, concerned Americans and the environment community have made their expectations of the environmental review process clear.

TransCanada Turns Sadistic in Texas: Keystone XL Protestors Tased and Pepper Sprayed

Bill McKibben | Posted 11.26.2012 | Green
Bill McKibben

Watching from a distance is hard. I'm on the move setting up our big roadshow assault on the fossil fuel industry, but the real action is in Texas, where a growing number of blockaders are trying to shut down work on the southern section of the Keystone Pipeline.

Cycling Along the Keystone Pipeline: South Dakota

Carol Hsin | Posted 10.07.2012 | College
Carol Hsin

I found that the locals tend to have very little to say about the Keystone XL pipeline, aren't concerned about greenhouse gases and don't know what oil sands are. They tend to only be concerned when something affects them, like rent, or roads.

TransCanada Gulf Coast Pipeline Approved

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 09.26.2012 | Green

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline from Alberta's tar sands region to Texas refineries has received a final permi...

Latest Tar Sands Pipeline Spill Destroys Waterway, Livelihoods in Alberta, Canada

Michael Marx | Posted 08.13.2012 | Green
Michael Marx

This spill is just the latest from Plains Midstream Canada; the company had another massive 28,000-gallon oil spill only last year. And that's just one oil company. We can do better than this -- Canada, the U.S., and beyond. We can all do better than oil.

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week 10

Tom Weis | Posted 08.11.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Rocket Trike Diaries is a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week 9

Tom Weis | Posted 08.03.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week Eight

Tom Weis | Posted 07.29.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries -- a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Lucia Graves

Report: Keystone XL Would Raise Gas Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.22.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday released a report dispelling the myth that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline ...

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week 7

Tom Weis | Posted 07.20.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week Six

Tom Weis | Posted 07.14.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

Will Canada Stifle 'Delay And Protest' Against Oil Pipelines?

Reuters | Posted 07.11.2012 | Green

By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, May 11 (Reuters) - Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil...

Buffett Supports Keystone XL

AP | Posted 07.07.2012 | Green

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett supports building the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada wants to build to carry Canadian oil south...

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week Five

Tom Weis | Posted 07.07.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

TransCanada Applies For New Keystone XL Permit

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2012 | Green

* TransCanada submits Presidential permit application * Company to outline new Nebraska route later * Pipeline was put o...

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week Four

Tom Weis | Posted 06.30.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

Rocket Trike Diaries: Week Two

Tom Weis | Posted 06.16.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

Join Renewable Rider Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme. Here are the video entries from Week Two.

Cornhuskers vs. Keystone XL Pipeline: Next Steps?

Rose Marie Berger | Posted 06.12.2012 | Green
Rose Marie Berger

The political shenanigans around the Keystone XL pipeline will continue through the election season. States desperately need money and will look to private industry to get it -- even if it means cutting off your nose to spite their face.

Texans Fight to Protect Their Land From the Keystone XL Pipeline

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.08.2012 | Green
Rocky Kistner

Texas landowners say they are fed up with the exaggerated claims and false arguments that Big Oil boosters are making about pipeline plans to ship a river of toxic Canadian tar sands crude through America's midsection to Gulf refineries.

TransCanada Opens Bidding On New Facility

AP | Posted 05.01.2012 | Green

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Pipeline operator TransCanada Corp. said Thursday that it has opened bidding for parties to sign binding commitments for use...

Pipeline Construction May Silence Obama's Critics

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012 | Green

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A Canadian company's decision on Monday to proceed with part of a U.S. pipeline might ...