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KXL’s Supporters “Reach New Low”

KXL’s supporters have been quick to promote the oil train tragedy in Quebec arguing that the disaster proves that transporting oil by pipeline is safer.

Protest Against “Big Oil Corruption”

At noon today, a coalition of environmental groups, including Oil Change International and 350.org will blow the whistle of "Big Oil's corruption" on Capitol Hill, hours before Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. Activists will be gathering...

TransCanada “Violating Laws” Over KXL Jobs Claim

Later today the Republican Senator John Hoeven will try to introduce legislation seeking to bypass President Barack Obama and empower Congress to approve the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Hoeven's bill, that would seek to take control of the Keystone...

Now its Yellowstone To Keystone

You would have thought that Rupert Murdoch had enough on his plate right now without one of his paper’s backing the highly controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in an editorial yesterday. Despite the deep controversy surrounding the specific project...

State Department admits Keystone XL could equal 5.7 million cars

The President says he understands climate and is committed to acting in the interests of posterity and not big donors. That means rejecting Keystone XL, plain and simple. The President and Secretary of State Kerry have all the information they...

Big Oil Threatens President Obama

 By Brendan Demelle, DeSmogBlog American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today announced the oil and gas industry’s latest election-year scare campaign to threaten the demise of the U.S. economy unless Big Oil gets its every wish in Washington. This year...

“Business as usual for the tar sands is over”

The oil industry is in surprisingly bullish mood. As America prepares to go to the polls today in the crucial mid-term elections, Republicans have signalled that, if victorious, they will immediately push to free up exports of gas and oil...