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Loud and Clear: No to Keystone XL from both sides of the border

Posted by in Featured, World News & Events on 24th September, 2011 | No Comments

Join the sit in this Monday, October 26!Update: Monday Sept 26 – over 180 people were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill this morning including Maude Barlow, national chairperson at the Council of Canadians, Dave Coles, President of the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers union and CEP Executive Assistant, Fred Wilson, Graham Saul of Climate Action Network and Mikisew Cree George Poitras. Check »
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Join Thousands in Telling Obama: No to $7 Billion Oil Pipeline from Alberta to Gulf Coast

Posted by in Featured, World News & Events on 2nd August, 2011 | 2 Comments

Tar-Sands-Trip-099President Barack Obama will decide as early as September whether to approve a $7-billion, 1,700-mile long pipeline called Keystone XL to transport up to 900,000 barrels a day of tar sands crude from northern Alberta to refineries along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Thousands of North Americans – including Danny Glover, and NASA’s Dr. James Hansen – will be at the White House, day after day, demanding Obama reject Keystone XL. Many protesters will engage in peaceful civil disobedience, day after day to make their voices heard. Will you join them?
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