Andy Rowell

Idle No More leaders are vowing to shut down Alberta’s only major highway to the dirty tar sands.

As Australia scorches under a record heatwave and the US records its hottest year ever, the climate deniers and oil industry carry on regardless.

The latest disturbing scientific research shows that cancer-causing pollutants are linked to the tar sands.

The latest disaster is just one more in a long list for Shell in its Arctic debacle. It gives further fuel to the fire for those who argue that oil drilling in the region should be banned.

Tomorrow there is an international call to action to support First Nations in Canada whose indigenous rights are being trampled by the Harper government’s budget Bill C-45, which was passed by on 14 December.