Tag Archives: Tar Sands Blockade

Kristin Moe : Polluted Houston Neighborhood Draws the Line at Tar Sands

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Children from the Manchester neighborhood in Houston with oil refinery smokestack in the background. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade / YES! Magazine. Houston’s most polluted neighborhooddraws the line at Alberta Tar Sands East Texas is … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Pipeline Debate is Mired in Disinformation

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Coming your way? Pieces of the pipeline. Image from National Radio Canada. Keystone XL Pipeline debateis mired in disinformation The Keystone XL Pipeline project has virtually nothing to do with American energy independence, but everything to do with enriching Canadian … Continue reading →

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Bryan Farrell : The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You, Keystone XL

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Four activists are locked down to construction equipment on a recently clearcut easement leased by Keystone XL pipeline builders TransCanada. Inset photos below show local residents supporting the demonstrators and treesitters in the 50-foot pines at the rural East Texas … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges : Heartland Resistance to the Pipeline

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Treesitters in Winnsboro, Texas. Photo from the Tar Sands Blockade.Resistance in the heartland:The Great Tar Sands Blockade Ranchers, farmers, and enraged citizens, often after seeing their land seized by eminent domain and their water supplies placed under mortal threat, have … Continue reading →

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