Training for the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Throughout the summer, Rainforest Action Network, CREDO, and the Other 98% will be leading…
Two Big Announcemements on the KXL Pledge of Resistance
Over the last two months, Rainforest Action Network has been working with CREDO and The Other 98% to lay the groundwork to prepare for the Pledge of Resistance. The Pledge…
You’ve Got A Facebook Request From Mark Zuckerberg: Support Keystone XL!
How many of us are going to “LIKE” this bit of information? Today, Think Progress outed Mark Zuckerberg’s new political group as a shill for the fossil fuel industry. The…
Dear Exxon, We’re Sick of Your Spin Machine. With No Love, America.
Is anyone else paying attention to the tweets that Exxon-Mobil have posted following the aftermath of the Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill? Frustratingly—and not surprisingly—Exxon has issued a hollow apology “for…
Pledging to Resist the Keystone XL Madness
In the smart new F/X drama “The Americans” about Elizabeth and Phillip, a pair of lovable Soviet sleeper agents living in the DC suburbs during the Reagan-era 1980s, a top…
Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists
Does the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB) have a crystal ball we didn’t know about? Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000…
From the Local To the Global: Why We Must Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
“Now that we have seen what the Tar Sands in Alberta looks like, this is not about the pipeline going through our farm. This is about Alberta, about the world….
An Open Letter In Support Of the Tar Sands Blockade
Rainforest Action Network is excited to have led this call to support the Tar Sands Blockade. Not only is stopping the expansion of fossil fuels infrastructure of the utmost priority,…
Eight Climate Activists Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop Keystone XL
Originally posted by the Tar Sands Blockade Eight people climbed 80 feet into trees in the path of Keystone XL construction and pledged not to come down until the pipeline…
BREAKING: Three Blockaders Lock Themselves to Keystone XL Machinery
More action in Texas as three blockaders lock themselves to Keystone XL machinery. Three landowner advocates have locked themselves to a massive wood chipper and a skidder, both used in…