The Keystone Spill and Fight Ahead
TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil Thursday, just days before the Nebraska will decide the fate of Donald Trump’s pet project, Keystone XL – a proposed expansion of the same pipeline system.
Kill the funding. Kill the pipeline.
Now is the moment to disrupt flows of finance to fossil fuels on a massive scale – and in Europe this means cutting off the funding to new gas infrastructure.
Thousands march in Bonn calling for an end to coal now
Tomorrow the UN Climate Talks are set to begin in Bonn. Over the weekend Germany held its largest climate march ever with tens of thousands marching the streets demanding an end to coal. Leading the front were the Pacific Climate Warriors calling on world leaders to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
The NEW Fossil Free
We’re calling for a fast and just transition to a Fossil Free world. Working together, we will end the use of fossil fuels and transition our world to 100% renewable energy for all. And we are calling on politicians to follow our lead.
The King is Dead
Yes, the “war on coal” is ending. And coal is losing. These last spasms of resurgence under Trump are pure political theater, without economic foundation.
Meet The Leaders Fighting The Bayou Bridge Pipeline – And Join Them
Leaders in the fight to stop the Bayou Bridge pipeline held a webinar call to let people know about the project’s status, share stories of those living along the path of the proposed pipeline, and layout plans to resist the project moving forward.
It’s Time To Boycott The Banks Funding Climate Disaster
Led by the Indigenous coalition Mazaska Talks, between October 23rd and 25th, activists across the globe will tell banks that financing projects that abuse Indigenous communities and are a disaster for our climate is deeply immoral. They are also calling on people – and organizations – of conscience to join them in boycotting these banks. The implications of this could be profound.
5 Big Developments in Pipeline Fights This Month
This month was particularly exciting with five major developments in key fights across North America. Here are some of the stories, headlines, and landmark decisions.
New Climate Test for Energy East may give the Final Blow
Yesterday, TransCanada announced it was suspending its Energy East application after new rules to include climate impacts of the pipeline were added to the review. This is a win for the movement — and possibly the end of this tar sands pipeline.
What Hulot’s fossil fuel announcement really means
France’s fossil fuel freeze law could be history in the making, but falls short on ambition