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First nations in British Colombia use the 24th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill to warn against tar sands and shipping oil via tankers.

At least six families have left their homes in the last two years due to air pollution from tar sands operations in Alberta, including from heated bitumen tanks giving off noxious fumes.

Billionaire Tom Steyer argues that Keystone XL “has become the defining issue in the climate change fight of our times".

Human rights campaigners are warning that further ethnic cleansing in Burma, which is being exacerbated by land clearances due the Shwe Oil Gas pipeline, could be imminent.

Once again, a group of Senators, spearheaded by Hoeven and Baucus, has released a new bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. And, following the clear pattern set by their colleagues, the co-sponsors of this new bill have enjoyed massive contributions from the fossil fuel industry.

We are now willingly exploiting a new resource of carbon, knowing it will lead to climate chaos.

There is a growing backlash on both sides of the Atlantic against biofuels

On both sides of the Atlantic, politicians are intricately linked to the oil industry.