Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 — 12,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. and surrounded the White House to demand that President Obama reject the proposed construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada’s tar sands devastation to the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Photos – November 6th, tar sands action surrounds the White House, Facebook
- Article – Protesters encircle White House, tar sands industry, Common Dreams
- Post – Standing shoulder to shoulder, changing history, TarSandsAction.org
- Article/Pics – 12,000 tar sands protesters surround White House, Treehugger
- Post – Thousands surround White House to say no KXL, Council of Canadians
- Invitation – Bill McKibben, TarSandsAction.org
More About the crime against humanity that is Canada’s Tar Sands
- Compilation: Tar sands kill – Facts & resources
- Compilation: Alberta to East Coast Via Enbridge Line 9 pipeline flow reversal from Sarnia ON to Montreal QC, climate & environmental CRIMELINE
- Compilation: Alberta to B.C. coast Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline/CRIMELINE
- Compilation: Alberta to Texas Keystone XL pipeline, climate & env’l CRIMELINE
Alberta to Texas Keystone XL pipeline, climate & env’l crimeline
- Compilation: Alberta to Texas Keystone XL pipeline, climate & env’l CRIMELINE
- Post – Puncturing the pipeline, Bill McKibben, TomDispatch
- Statement – Big news: We won. You won. Bill McKibben, for TarSandsAction
- Article – Stop the tar sands destruction – outlaw this ecocide, The Guardian
- Article/Pics – 12,000 tar sands protesters surround White House, Treehugger
- Article – Groups sue to block Keystone XL pipeline construction, Huffington Post
- Graphic – Keystone XL Pipeline corruption investigation, Friends of the Earth
- Article – Keystone Pipeline revolt: Mass arrests just the beginning, Rolling Stone
- Post – “Constant and disastrously” leaking U.S. pipelines are the mess in the middle of the Keystone XL debate, Joe Romm re: Bill McKibben, Climate Progress
- U.S. awash in oil and lies, report charges, Stephen Leahy, IPS via Truthout
- Overview & Report – Keystone XL Pipeline exposed! PriceofOil.com
- Post – Pipelines 101, Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog
- Post – As America’s ‘last best river’ suffers through Exxon spill, Experts warn of risks from Kyestone XL pipeline, Climate Progress
- Article – Path appears clear for oil pipeline from Canada, N. Banerjee, LA Times
- Article – Rupture in planned U.S. pipeline (Keystone XL) could release 7 million gallons of oil, chances of spills significantly underestimated, The Guardian
- Hansen slams Keystone XL Canada-U.S. pipeline: “Exploitation of tar sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous climate impacts”, CP
- Fact sheet – Keystone XL Pipeline, NRDC
- Collected – Keystone XL Pipeline, NWF
- Collected – Keystone XL Pipeline posts, DeSmog Blog
- Website – TarSandsAction.org
General
- Website – TarSandsAction.org
- Website – DirtyOilSands.org
- Website – Pembina Institute, OilSandsWatch.org
- Website – Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) – Tar Sands
- Website – Greenpeace – Stop The Tar Sands
- Website – RAN.org – Tar Sands
- Website – 350.org – Tar Sands
- Campaign – Climate Action Network Canada – End fossil fuel tax breaks
- Website – Polaris Institute – TarSandsWatch.org
- Website – Friends of the Earth – Tar Sands
- Website – NRDC – Tar sands
- Website – Council of Canadians, Tar Sands
- Special Issue – Tar Sands, The Dominion
- Website – Treehugger, Facts About the Canadian Tar Sands
- Collected – Tar sands posts, The War Over Tar Sands, TheTyee.ca
- Collected – Tar sands posts, DeSmog Blog
- Special Series – Shifting Sands, Globe and Mail
- Wikipedia – Athabasca tar sands
- Wikipedia – Shale oil
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