Unions Back Keystone XL Pipeline Threatens Clash With Occupy Movement. TransCanada Corporation announced an agreement with American labor unions supporting the Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone XL). The Project Labor Agreement is with the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Laborers International Union of North America, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Pipeline Contractors Association. While the Occupation Movement has realized that Unions and the Labor movement should be their natural allies on certain issues, the realization that many unions have become as willing to work against the best interest of the health, welfare and continued sustainability of their rank-and-file has made it very difficult to establish a healthy working relationship.
February 29, 2012 -- Tearing Down the Global Plantation. UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project. The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada's campaign against European penalties on its highly polluting tar sands fuel, the Guardian can reveal.
At the same time, the UK government was being lobbied by Shell and BP, which both have major tar sands projects in Alberta, and opened a new consulate in the province to "support British commercial interests". At least 15 high-level meetings and frequent communications have taken place since September, with David Cameron discussing the issue with his counterpart Stephen Harper during his visit to Canada, and stating privately that the UK wanted "to work with Canada on finding a way forward", according to documents released under freedom of information laws. Nasa scientist James Hansen says if the oil sands were exploited as projected it would be "game over for the climate". The vote to approve the European fuel quality regulations takes place on Friday.
BP has lobbied ministers, too. To the Last Drop: Canada's Dirty Oil Sands - Part 1.
Jeremy Symons: Tar Sands Oil: New Pipeline Routes, Same Dangers. On June 16 in Washington, Cynthia Quarterman - the government's top official on pipeline safety -- appeared before a committee to urge Congress to update America's pipeline safety laws.
Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois cited a rash of recent pipeline spills and asked Administrator Quarterman whether pipeline regulators had evaluated the safety of transporting raw tar sands material from Alberta via pipeline. "We have not," replied Ms. Quarterman. Stop the #Keystone Pipeline #PDX. PROTEST DATE/TIME: Nov. 6th, 2PM The Alberta Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline: “Game Over for the Planet” (Dr.
James Hansen, top U.S. climatologist). The Keystone XL would take the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet from northern Alberta 1,700 miles to the Texas Gulf Coast, for export to China and worldwide. President Obama has EXCLUSIVE authority to stop it, and will decide this fall. Stopping it is the single biggest climate issue we face in 2011. Canada oil sands digger uncovers dinosaur.
UK Tar Sands Network (@NoTarSands) sur Twitter. No Tar Sands Clean Energy President Embraces Dirty, Dangerous, and Expensive Future. One can’t help but feel that Obama is still of a mind to go ahead and OK this dangerous and much-derided plan [the Keystone XL pipline], it is just the Obama 2012 campaign that’s agonizing over how to spin it.
Back in 2008, Obama the candidate seemed to understand the threat posed by global warming, and he spoke often of moving away from carbon-heavy fuel sources like tar sands. Now, a good part of what is considered the president’s “base,” it seems, understands that the transcontinental pipeline is not only a danger to farmlands and aquifers, but also a betrayal of a campaign promise. Don’t think this is the dynamic at play? Look at recent administration boasts about such “green” initiatives as raising the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, or just read Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt in the abovementioned Reuters story: “The president has done more to wean us off of foreign oil and transition the nation to a clean energy economy than any other,” he said.
Almost. UK activists surround miniature White House as pipeline protests go global Rise Up from Nancy Boulicault on Vimeo.
Sunday 6th November – For immediate release Activists outside the US Embassy in London surrounded a model of the White House to protest against the proposed US Keystone XL pipeline. Holding banners that read “Obama NO!” OpTarSandZ. 350.org. Oil Industry Co-Opts Occupy Movement to Sell the Keystone XL Pipeline.
U.S. Department of the Interior. Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. Is Ecocide a Crime? From TIME contributor Joe Jackson: As oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in May 2010, and then CEO Tony Hayward made his infamous statement that he wanted his life back, he likely had little fear of it being taken in a court of law.
But that reality could be changing as a movement to make business executives and political leaders legally accountable for environmental destruction gains global momentum. Campaigners are calling for the introduction of a new internationalized law of ecocide – the mass destruction of ecosystems – that would be on a par with genocide and similar crimes against humanity. In late September the Hamilton Group – an NGO promoting sustainable development – staged a mock trial at the U.K.’s Supreme Court. The day-long proceedings saw two fictional oil company execs – played by actors – face three counts of ecocide. “We took it very seriously,” says jury foreman Huw Spanner, a 51-year-old writer and editor.
SUNCOR. OIL SAND EXTRACTION. SUNCOR. Oil sands protesters are job-killing ‘extremists’: Tory MP. By Peter O’Neil OTTAWA — The New Democratic Party is on the side of job-killing “extremists” who engaged Monday in a peaceful anti-oil sands protest on Parliament Hill that included a number of arrests, the Conservative government charged Monday.
The broadside came during a long day of protest against the federal government’s support for the oil sands industry, and in particular for TransCanada Corp.’s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico and Enbridge Inc.’s $5.5-billion pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. The attack was also part of a broader campaign by the Tories to paint the official opposition as being in favour of high taxes, hostile to free trade and too close to labour unions and environmentalists.
“Mr. Speaker, the NDP members should stop taking the side of the extremists who want to kill Canadian jobs,” said Tory MP David Anderson, parliamentary secretary to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. “Shut down — tarsands!” CENSORED NEWS. OttawaAction.ca. Hundreds gathered on Parliament Hill to say ‘No to Tar Sands’ (Ottawa) – On September 26, hundreds of people from across North America gathered on Parliament Hill for a rally followed by a mass civil disobedience sit-in. Participants responded to a call to action for a large peaceful protest where many risked arrest to tell the Harper government they don’t support his reckless agenda and urge him to turn away from the tar sands and build a green energy future that promotes climate justice, respects Indigenous rights and prioritizes the health of our environment and communities.
“It is morally justifiable to risk arrest if you see and witness a crime occurring or about to occur.
TarSandsJOBS If You Want It Done Correctly, Why Not. Leda Huta: Keystone Pipeline Could Push Endangered Whooping Crane Into Extinction. If you were to choose a route through which to move toxic, highly corrosive, sludgy crude oil, would you place it on the same narrow corridor used by one of the world's most endangered birds?
US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. O'Grady: Canada's Oil Sands Are a Job Gusher. Is the Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline in America's Best 'National Interest?' Washington - Proponents and opponents of the fiercely debated Keystone XL pipeline agree on at least one point.
The next three months will be crucial in bolstering their respective arguments about a proposal to pump Canadian oil sands via a 36-inch pipeline through America's heartland to Gulf Coast refineries. Canada’s Oil-Sand Fields Need U.S. Workers, Alberta Minister Says. Unemployed U.S. construction workers should look for jobs in Canada’s oil-sands industry, which faces a shortage of as many as 75,000 positions in the next few years, Alberta Energy Minister Ronald Liepert said.
Alberta’s oil sands, the world’s third-largest recoverable reserve of crude, needs workers including electricians and construction staff, Liepert said in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York late yesterday. Labor restrictions between Canada and the U.S. need to be eliminated first, he said. “This is one way of solving the unemployment problem,” he said. Energy: Minister of Energy. Oil Addiction. The origins of oil animation - oil - black tides. Logo Design and Name Generator. Stop The Tar Sands! Join Us This Fall ! OIL. Tar Sands Basics. Keystone_XL_Pipeline_Not_Needed_2010-05-07.pdf (application/pdf Object) Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Renews Energy vs. Environment Debate. JEFFREY BROWN: Next: a friendly and safe new source of oil for the U.S. or an environmental disaster waiting to happen?
The tar sands of Alberta, in western Canada, are today considered one of the largest oil reserves in the world, a source of crude petroleum known as bitumen. But the extraction of oil there has come with concerns about the environmental impact. And now those concerns have exploded with a plan by the Calgary-based company TransCanada to build a massive pipeline to carry that crude oil deep into the U.S. The proposed Keystone X.L. pipeline would run 1,700 miles through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma on its way to refineries in Texas. It’s projected to cost $7 billion and carry an estimated 800,000 barrels of oil a day. Map of US Refineries and Pipelines. 03OTTAWA334. This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 OTTAWA 000334 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EB/TPP/BTA EB/ESC/ISC (MCMANUS AND ERVITI), WHA/CAN (MASON AND RUNNING), OES/EGC (MIOTKE AND DEROSA), D/HS (OPTICAN) AND PM (MARKOFF) HOMELAND SECURITY FOR EPR (BROWN) DOE FOR INT'L AND POLICY (A/S BAILEY) AND IE-141 (DEUTSCH) DOE PASS FERC FOR KELLY AND LEKANG DOT FOR OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY COMMERCE FOR 4320/MAC/WH/ON/OIA/BENDER PARIS FOR IEA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EPET, ETRD, EINV, CA SUBJECT: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN CANADA'S OIL AND GAS PIPELINE NETWORK SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION -------------------- 1.
(U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message was prepared with assistance from Amconsul Calgary. 3. Anonymous - Operation Green Rights - Tarmageddon Phase Two. TarSandsPipeline4pgr. Top NASA climate scientist arrested at White House. By Stephen C. WebsterMonday, August 29, 2011 16:06 EDT. VIDEO: Tar Sands Action By “Gasland” Director Josh Fox. Montana Women For... Tarsands Nuclear FearZ WikiLeak. No Tar Sands Sending our love to Washington DC Keystone Pipeline Project. Tar Sands Action. Make Or Break. Justice for Aboriginal Peoples. Oil sands. Tar sandstone from California, USA. Oil sands, tar sands or, more technically, bituminous sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. Breaking: Idaho Residents Arrested Blocking Tar Sands Megaloads Bound for Alberta. UPDATE: Three more Wild Idaho Rising Tiders were arrested blocking more tar sands equipment shipments in Coeur d’Alene, ID.
Nine have been arrested so far this week fighting the megaloads. They spill, they drill and we fight back with the only currency we have—our bodies, our minds and a fighting spirit. Josh Fox for the Tar Sands Action.