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Keystone XL

Biden Urged to 'Honor Indigenous Sovereignty and Immediately Halt' Fossil Fuel Pipelines

Protestors walk past an image of a Native American woman during a march to "Count Every Vote, Protect Every Person" after the U.S. presidential Election in Seattle, Washington on November 4, 2020. (Photo: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images)

In Solidarity With Frontline Communities, Day of Action Demands End to Funding for Tar Sands

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protesters gathered outside a BlackRock office in London Friday. (Photo: London organizers)

Protesters targeted BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, and Liberty Mutual for supporting the Keystone XL, Line 3, and Trans Mountain pipelines.

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Fossil Fuel Investments and Hawkish Foreign Policy Among Serious Issues Progressives Have With Susan Rice as Possible VP Pick

Lisa Newcomb, staff writer

"If you're a Democratic Party leader and you're still invested in oil and gas...

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'We Will Never Back Down': Landowners and Green Groups File New Lawsuit Against Keystone XL

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"The Keystone XL project was never in the public interest, and the...

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'24 Hours. 3 Dirty Pipelines Delayed': Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Greenlight Keystone XL Construction

In Latest Legal Blow to Trump and Dirty Energy, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Keystone XL Permit

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Prairie Hill Pavilion January 27, 2020 in Marion, Iowa. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Climate Campaigners Applaud Biden on Vow to Pull Plug on Keystone XL Permit

Again Finding US Permit Invalid, Federal Court Upholds Block on 'Climate-Busting' Keystone XL Construction

'Not Today. Not Tomorrow. Not Ever': Indigenous Campaigners Protest As KXL Pipeline Construction Begins Amid Legal Challenges

'A Tremendous Victory': Indigenous and Climate Campaigners Celebrate as Federal Court Deals Another Blow to Keystone XL

"We need billions of public dollars invested directly in vulnerable communities dying from COVID-19, not spent propping up massive oil companies and unneeded projects that would trample Indigenous rights and exacerbate the climate crisis," said Oil Change International's Collin Rees. (Photo: Elvert Barnes/Flickr/cc)

'A Shameful New Low': Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Alberta Govt. Ponies Up $1 Billion for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

'It Happens Over and Over and Over and Over': Keystone Pipeline Leaks (at Least) 383,000 Gallons of Crude Oil in North Dakota

Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison

Ahead of Climate Forum, Green Groups Demand CNN Ask Joe Biden Why He Hasn't Signed 'No Keystone XL Pipeline' Pledge

Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines protest President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House

The Fight's Not Over, Say Activists, as Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Keystone XL Route

nokxl protest

Indigenous and Green Groups Fighting Against Pipeline Urge 2020 Democrats to Take 'NoKXL Pledge'

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Yes, They Really Propose Trashing the Motherland For 50 Jobs

With Tuesday's expected close Senate vote on Keystone - and protesters descending on Mary Landrieu's lawn with an inflatable pipeline to give her a taste of what's to come - it's remarkable most media missed the stunning admission by TransCanada's CEO that, yes, Keystone will in fact create just 50 permanent jobs (along with more lousy short-term ones and of course much long-term devastation.) Call your senators.

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Indigenous Environmental Network

Over 60 Organizations Send Letter to Liberty Mutual Demanding the Company End its Involvement in Indigenous Rights Violations

Indigenous Environmental Network

Federal Judge Denies KXL Injunction Request

Fossil Free Media

Nationwide Protests at Financial Institutions Call for An End to Funding for Tar Sands Pipelines

Center for Biological Diversity

Keystone XL Faces New Legal Challenge Over Faulty Federal Review

Center for Biological Diversity

In Yet Another Blow to Keystone XL, Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revive Key Water-crossing Permit

Center for Biological Diversity

Appeals Court Upholds Order Blocking Keystone XL’s Water-crossing Permit

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Bill Kitchen

Will a Tar Sands Pipeline Become a Covid Super Spreader?

Yves Engler

Trudeau Lobbies Biden to Maintain Climate-Destroying Trump Policy

Alec Connon

Whatever Happens in November, Wall Street Must Act on the Climate Crisis

Tina Gerhardt

Environmental Justice Wins, Pipelines Lose

Naomi Klein

The Amazon Is on Fire—Indigenous Rights Can Help Put It Out

Daphne Wysham

Saving the Planet Means Fighting Bipartisan Corruption

Andrew Malone, Vera Eidelman

The South Dakota Legislature Has Invented a New Legal Term to Target Pipeline Protesters

Will Bunch

As Floodwaters Rise, GOP Lawmakers are Frantically Building Levees of Climate Denial

Saurav Sarkar

A Green New Deal for American Labor?

Bronwen Tucker

The Fight to #StopTMX Continues as Feds Approve Their Own Pipeline