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1 million+ comments to stop the KeystoneXL pipeline

For immediate release April 22, 2013 More than One Million Comments Urge Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Public Comments highlight that Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is all risk and no reward Washington, DC โ€“ย Opponents of Keystone XL have...

Cooking the Books: The True Climate Impact of Keystone XL

A new report out today from environmental groups shows that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would, if approved, be responsible for at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year, comparable to the tailpipe emissions...

59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending

Development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly...

New Amazon Oil Threat

On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.

Derailing the Tar Sands Train Idea

The State Department missed the main point about the anti-KXL campaign โ€“ which is not about either pipeline or shipping oil by rail, road or tanker โ€“ it is about keeping the tar sands in the ground.

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.

50,000 Say NO to KXL

Yesterday history was made. The organisers had hoped for the largest climate rally in history, but even they were amazed at how many people turned up.

KXL: Its Not an Either / Or Decision

Bold leadership on climate by Obama and Kerry means both saying no to KXL and tightened emission standards for power stations.