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Awash in Oil, Keystone Refineries on Export Overdrive

With refinery exports booming, the Gulf Coast awash in oil and oil companies ditching the tar sands, the energy security case for Keystone XL is more spurious than ever.

Due to KXL’s “Hefty Financial Risk”, Will it Ever be Built?

For those fighting the KXL pipeline, there are important lessons to learn from recent events. First that Trump is defeatible. The man who has made a career of being an Alpha-male bully in business is now finding the reality of politics very different.

Climate Denier Trump Takes us into “Unchartered Territory” with KXL

Later today, the Trump administration is expected to announce the approval of the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

#NoKXL Best Hits: Six Reasons Keystone XL Must Not Be Built

As we await the photo-op of Keystone XL approval from the Trump Administration, here's a compilation of a few of our "best hits" for why Keystone XL must not be built.

Oil Market Facts Expose Trump’s Empty Keystone Rhetoric

A look at today's oil market exposes the hollow rhetoric surrounding the Keystone XL project. The project would exacerbate a supply glut at Cushing and is clearly not needed.

Trudeau Has a “Choice Between KXL and Canada’s Climate Commitments”

As we enter Trump’s second full week in office, one thing has become extremely clear: we face the most hard-line anti-environmental, anti-women, anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant, xenophobic and inherently racist administration in decades in the US.

“If you want to stand with Standing Rock, now is the time”

If anyone was in any doubt about whether Donald Trump would be a willing puppet of the fossil fuel industry once in office, yesterday he made his intentions clear. He intends to be Big Oil’s puppeteer in chief.

Trump & Keystone Steel

Trump's move on Keystone XL and U.S. steel won't work. He should look to clean energy to stimulate job growth.

Why is the State Still Spying on Peaceful Protesters?

Here's a simple question for you. Given the intense security pressures law enforcement agencies are under globally, why are the US authorities still wasting precious time and resources spying on peaceful environmental activists?

Spreading “Seeds of Resistance” against Pipelines

Seeds of resistance are spreading across the country, as landowners stand up for their land, their communities, and the climate.