Showing posts with label tar sands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tar sands. Show all posts

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Minnesota lawmakers are trying to fast-track oil pipelines and curb regulation


Late last year, Canada's prime minister, noted internet bae and progressive cabinet-appointer Justin Trudeau, approved two new tar sands oil pipelines. Not only did the move complicate the country's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, but it also paved the way for a pipeline project through northern Minnesota, through native treaty land, and through some of the only wild rice waters in the world....
https://thinkprogress.org/line-3-minnesota-b4bdd746e032


Thursday, September 29, 2016

Tribes in Canada and U.S. join forces against tar sands pipeline development

Dozens of native tribes from Canada and the United States have joined forces against Alberta’s tar sands crude oil transport with the signing of a treaty Thursday. Calling for a clean and sustainable economy, tribes said any further pipeline or rail development for Canadian tar sands puts indigenous territories and waterways at serious risk to toxic spills. In the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, tribes also said development “will unquestionably fuel catastrophic climate change.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/tribes-join-forces-against-tar-sands-15955ea90f72#.whuid4y55









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