Striking: indigenous Komi people in Russia are fed up with oil

This guest article by Greenpeace Russia continues the discovery of front-line indigenous communities resisting to fossil fuel giants in order to protect their unique identities and precious nature. Determination showed by Komi can mark a revival of Russia’s protest movement, an expert says. (More...)

Houston tells Obama: Stop Deportations, Stop Keystone XL!

All photos taken by the Tar Sands Blockade (http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/). Post written by Stephanie Thomas On April 9th over 75 people gathered together in Houston, TX, to greet President Obama as his motorcade left a fundraiser for Democrats. We came with a purpose: to tell him to stop deportations and stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. Community... (More...)

IPCC: Divest from fossil fuels for a safe climate

“It does not cost the world to save the planet” — Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III  The Working Group III contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report released yesterday provides a comprehensive assessment of all relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse... (More...)

Rallying in the snow to stop the Alberta Clipper expansion

The sky was gray, the temp was just below freezing, the wind was whistling, and sleet was pelting down on Kellogg Park in downtown St. Paul, MN last week… …but that wasn’t enough to stop over 300 of us from all across the Midwest who came to rally and march against the proposed expansion of... (More...)