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Do the Math movie documenting the movement to get big institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry to get humanity to cut back on fossil fuel emissions to stave off climate change. Can you spot Michael Collins? Share: http://youtu.be/IsIfokifwSo By Michael Collins Creative Commons Any project that increases greenhouse gasses above expectations at this moment in history, particularly a substantial increase, must be determined an imminent danger to the national interest if the people living in the nation are an interest in this determination. The United States Department of State called for [...] (Washington, DC 3/22) Today the United States Senate passed the Hoeven amendment 62 to 37, a non-binding amendment that expresses support for building the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. That’s the U.S. Senate, the chamber of Congress with a Democratic majority. The planned Keystone XL pipeline would bring tarsands oil from its source in Canada [...] Michael Collins (Washington, DC 1/17) The nation’s capital hosted over 40,000 citizens assembled to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The crowd urged President Obama to bring to reality his lofty words on climate change in the inaugural address just days ago. By stopping the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the [...] By Michael Collins (Washington, DC 11/29) United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice will face serious and blatant conflicts of interest if nominated and confirmed as United States Secretary of State. Rice has major financial interests in the company extracting oil from Canada’s tar sands, the company building the pipeline that will carry the oil across the [...] TransCanada Urges Texas Police to use “Aggressive Pain Compliance Tactics” on Keystone XL BlockadersFDL, By Jane Hamsher, September 26 Two members of the Keystone XL blockade who were physically blocking construction of the TransCanada pipeline were tortured yesterday at the request of TransCanada, according to Tarsands Blockade spokesperson Ramsey Sprague. I spoke with Sprague today about the use of physical force against two protesters, Shannon Bebe and Benjamin [...] |
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