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Let The Tar Sands Healing Begin

Later today, the 4th Annual Healing Walk will take place near Fort McMurray in Alberta in Canada.

Fracking the Streets of London

The madness surrounding Britain’s fracking frenzy reached new heights this morning when London’s Conservative Mayor argued that fracking could take place on the streets of London.

KXL’s Outdated Oil Spill Technology

TransCanada has no plans to use cutting edge anti-pollution technology on the KXL, despite 12 spills on the Southern leg of the pipeline.

UK Condones Canada’s “Cultural Genocide”

By inviting Harper to address its Parliament, the British government is explicitly condoning Harper's policy on extracting the dirty tar sands, which has recently been labelled as "cultural genocide".

The Golden State’s Fracking Wars

The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.

Climate Activist on Day 29 of Hunger Strike

A young climate activist is on the 29th day of a planned 30 day hunger strike. For nearly the last month, all he has consumed is water, salt and potassium.

As Russia Fracks, Poland Outlaws Anti-Fracking Protest

As Russia gears up for its own fracking revolution, Poland is set to effectively outlaw anti-fracking dissent.

“An oil spill is ‘the sound of silence’”

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

Is Oil One Reason For Genocide of Rohingya in Burma?

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.

60,000 Say No to EDF’s Legal Bullying

Just under 60,000 people have now signed a petition that demands that the French energy company EDF drop a sinister lawsuit against 21 climate change activists who occupied one of its power plants last year.