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Thousands Join Tar Sands Resistance March

It was billed as the biggest anti-tar sands march the American Midwest has ever seen. And they came in their thousands to St. Paul in Minnesota on Saturday.

“You cannot duplicate the US shale experience in Europe”

Growing community and political resistance means that the US shale revolution will not be replicated in Europe, one of the gas industry’s leading figures has warned.

Chevron Faces “Rock the Boat” Resolution on Climate Change

Later today, senior executives at Chevron will face a barrage of questions concerning climate change, including one whose intention is to "rock the boat."

The “Paddle in Seattle” Against Shell

The groundswell of local opposition against Shell’s plans to drill in the Arctic continues to grow and will culminate this weekend in three days of protests and direct action.

North African Fracking Protests “Making Political Waves”

The wave of anti-fracking protests sweeping the globe have now spread as far as North Africa.

The Spirit of Saro-Wiwa Lives On

A new wave of anger, manifesting in large protests, is sweeping through Nigeria’s Ogoni region.

Canada’s “Intimate Spying” on First Nations

Often the way a state reacts to those protesting against it tells you a great deal about its moral fabric and values.

First Nations Challenge Shell’s Tar Sands Mine Expansion

In a case that will be watched keenly worldwide, a Canadian Federal Court will today start reviewing the approval last December of the expansion of Shell’s controversial Jackpine tar sands mine in Alberta.

The day the polar bear beat the Wall Street bull

Yesterday was day two of the dynamic and energised protests against climate change in New York which saw several thousand activists take part in “Flood Wall Street.”

Over Half a Million Demand Action on Climate

400,000 in New York. 40,000 in London. 30,000 in Melborne. 25,000 in Paris. Thousands others in some 2,700 events across the globe in over 150 countries.