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- (+)2016 (1)
- (+)2015 (2)
- (+)2014 (28)
- (+) November (3)
- (+) October (2)
- (+) September (2)
- (+) August (2)
- (+) July (3)
- (+) June (5)
- Owe Aku Sends its Voice to Tar Sands Healing Walk
- No Más Tar Sands! -- Healing Begins at the Source
- Texans Demand Answers for Suspicious Pipeline Shutdown
- Fueling Dissent: Stories from the Fight Against Keystone XL
- Questions Raised About Integrity of Keystone XL's Southern Route After Conditions Added for Northern Leg
- (+) May (1)
- (+) April (1)
- (+) March (3)
- (+) February (2)
- (+) January (4)
- (+)2013 (126)
- (+) December (4)
- (+) November (7)
- Are State Officials Withholding Vital Info From the Mayflower Oil Spill?
- The Climate Movement Needs to Stop 'Winning'
- The Aftermath of a Chevron Pipeline Explosion
- 2014 Social Ecology Intensive Seminar in Texas
- Public Citizen Calls on PHMSA, TransCanada to Fix a Broken KXL South
- ‘What’s in the Pipeline?’ Renowned Chemist to Speak at NacSTOP 3rd Anniversary Meeting
- Ill-Prepared: How The Arkansas Department of Health Failed the Victims of the Mayflower Disaster
- (+) October (5)
- (+) September (10)
- Dozens of Gulf Coast Organizations Draw the Line on Tar Sands
- Rally and Vigil in Dallas Protests Exxon's Negligence in Mayflower Spill
- November 19th Tree-Sit Activists Go to Court
- The People's Eminent Domain: Tar Sands Blockade Condemns Keystone XL Project Director's Home
- Alabama Residents Draw the Line on Tar Sands on Mobile Bay
- Life at the End of the Line -- Drawing the Line on Tar Sands in Houston’s East End
- Rising Tide Philly Draws The Line at TD Bank
- BREAKING: MI CATS Scratch Back at Enbridge
- Why Riseup.Net is Awesome & You Should Support Them
- Spotlight: Ride for the Future
- (+) August (2)
- (+) July (8)
- ACTION to Stop Tar Sands Mining in Utah!
- TWAC Attacks TransCanada!
- MI-CATS Reports: Activists Block Tar Sands Pipeline
- FBI Investigating Anti-Tar Sands Activists in Seattle, WA
- Legal Support for Wood County Defendants - We Need Your Help!
- Tar Sands Healing Walk
- Fearless Summer Starts Strong: Photos and Stories from the First Two Weeks
- Moccasins on the Ground: It’s About Survival.
- (+) June (13)
- TD Bank Divestment from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline a Hoax Conducted by Tar Sands Blockade Activists
- Is Barack Obama an Ally of this Movement?
- Reactions to Obama’s Keystone XL Announcement
- BREAKING: Injunction served on Line 9 blockaders, entire camp resisting, 4 locked down
- Lockdowns, Road Blockades, and Pipeline Occupations (oh my!) Fearless Summer Week of Action Is On!
- BREAKING: Swamp Line 9 - a New Blockade to Halt Tar Sands in Enbridge's Line 9 Pipeline
- How Can We Trust You, TransCanada?
- TransCanada Caught Training Police to Treat Peaceful Protestors as “Terrorists”
- Help Put Moccasins on the Ground to Stop Tar Sands
- Climate storms are raging and the dirty energy industry wants your silence.
- Moccasins on the Ground Tour of Resistance Heads to the Cheyenne River Eagle Butte Sioux Reservation
- Fearless Summer week of action June 24-29
- Video: Our Back Is Against the Wall
- (+) May (7)
- Indigenous Activists Living In "Chemical Valley" Disrupt Pro-Tar Sands Conference
- Mountain Justice: Two Actions in One Day!
- TransCanada Reps Kicked Out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
- Fourth Generation Oklahoman Catholic Worker Locks Himself to KXL Machinery
- TransCanada Takes Advantage of Harvard to Prop Up Its Reputation
- Support Womyn and Transgender People Blockading KXL
- Exposed: the Pegasus in Texas
- (+) April (19)
- Two Texans Lock Down to Protect Cross Timbers from Tar Sands
- The “Red River Showdown" Continues! - Blockader Encases Arm in Concrete and Shuts Down Work on KXL
- Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South
- Video: Stand Tall with Julia
- Two Lifelong Oklahomans Halt Construction of Keystone XL Work Site
- Dispatches From Exxon's Spill Zone, April 11
- Dispatches From Exxon's Spill Zone: The Cover-up Continues
- Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to KXL Heavy Machinery in Solidarity With Affected Arkansas Residents
- Valero Texas Open Struck by Mysterious Spill, Just as Mysteriously Ignored by Valero
- Protect The Sacred: Young Native Organizer Speaks Out About Tar Sands, Line 9, Environmental Racism & Colonialism
- 'Inconvenience' Isn't the Truth
- Dispatches From Exxon’s Spill Zone, Days 3 and 4
- Blockader Disrupts Valero-Sponsored Golf Tournament, Demands Accountability for Manchester
- Dispatches From Exxon's Spill Zone, Day 2
- Moccasins on the Ground Tour of Resistance to Tar Sands Continues
- On Line 9: Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance
- Dispatches From Exxon's Spill Zone
- Tar Sands Protestors in Seattle Chain Themselves To Canadian Consulate Doors
- Residents of Houston’s Toxic East End Speak Out
- (+) March (15)
- Massive Spill from Train Derailment in MN Confirmed as Carrying Toxic Tar Sands
- Activist Climbs Flagpole Outside LyondellBasell, Hangs Banner Denouncing Investment in Tar Sands
- Stop Tar Sands Profiteers Week of Action a Huge Success with 55 Actions Across the Continent!
- Day 8: Over 60 People Blockade Chevron Tar Sands Refinery in Utah -- NYC and DC Call Out TD Bank
- Day 7: Six Arrested for Actions At TransCanada, TD Bank, John Hancock Life Insurance Offices
- Day 6: Twenty Arrested for #NoKXL Actions in Washington, DC - Hundreds March with Idle No More in Seattle
- Day 5: TransCanada Office Shut Down - Big Banks Called Out For Bankrolling Coal & KXL
- Day 4: TD Bank Slammed As Tar Sands Profiteer
- Day 3: Blockades and Bikes From Coast to Coast
- Week of Action Kicks Off With Creativity Across the Country
- Red Lake Chippewa Discover Enbridge Tar Sands Pipelines Through Nation-Owned Land Have No Easement Contracts
- From Texas to Appalachia, Putting Our Bodies on the Line
- Over 100 Hold a "Funeral For Our Future" at TransCanada Office Outside Boston
- Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water
- Video: Fighting For Cummins Hill - Stop the Tennessee Pipeline!
- (+) February (16)
- Protestor Locks Himself to Conference Equipment, Disrupts TransCanada Presentation At Oil Industry Gathering
- Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade
- I Went to Washington D.C.
- BREAKING: Appalachia Resist!, Ohio Residents Shut Down a Frack Waste Storage Facility in Ohio with Monopod and Banner Drops
- The Beehive Design Collective shares their latest work, Mesoamerica Resiste, around Texas this week
- Climate Justice Activists in Portland, OR Occupy Exhibit for Tar Sands Profiteer ESCO Corp.
- Voices of Resistance: Four Women Tell Why They're Rallying in D.C.
- 48 Arrested at White House Fence In Opposition to Keystone XL
- Photos of KXL's Life-Threatening Weld Confirm Pipeline Opponents' Fears
- Lifelong Oklahoman Youth Pastor Suspended and Locked to KXL Machinery
- Join the Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16 – 23
- Update from Angelina County
- TSB Unites with Indigenous Leaders from the Achuar & Shuar Tribes to Stop Ecuador's Amazon Oil Auction
- Norman, Oklahoma Resident Elizabeth Leja Locks Her Neck to KXL Machinery in Oklahoma
- Pipe-Sitters Matt and Indigo Conclude Legal Case in Smith County!
- Troublemaker Award
- (+) January (20)
- Blockader Disrupts Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference
- Indigenous Organizers to Hold Round Table Meeting on Tar Sands Resistance and Decolonization
- Protect the Sacred From Tar Sands and Keystone XL Treaty
- Great Plains Coalition Announces March Action Camp
- Idle No More World Day of Action
- Activists Forced to Settle Lawsuit But Will Continue to Fight Keystone XL Pipeline; TransCanada Claimed $5 Million in Damages
- Tar Sands Free Northeast Demonstration in Portland, ME
- Actions Springing Up for a Tar Sands Free Northeast
- Statement of Solidarity with Worldwide Tar Sands Resistance
- Sacred Land : Idle No More Recap & Upcoming Events
- Tar Sands Free Northeast Actions Against the Trailbreaker Project
- Western Mass Takes A Stand
- Bob and Diane Announce End to Hunger Strike on 45th day
- VIDEO: January 3rd Aerial Blockade Continues to Halt Construction!
- Video: Why We Blockade at TransCanada's Houston Offices
- Tar Sands Blockaders Rally In Solidarity With Idle No More at Canadian Consulate
- Oklahomans Rally on KXL Easement Through Indigenous Lands to Say: "No Tar Sands on Stolen Lands!"
- Over 100 People Storm TransCanada Offices in Houston
- Visiting Audrey and Mike in Jail
- Spectacular Aerial Tree Blockade Halts Construction in Solidarity with Idle No More First Nations Movement
- (+)2012 (137)
- (+) December (28)
- Matt is out of jail!
- Manchester Community Puts New Demands on Valero, Hunger Strike Marks 29 days
- Judge reduces Indigo and Matt's bail, Indigo free on bond!
- Highway Blockade Near Fort McMurray
- Glen is Out of Jail!
- Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!
- Mike Bishop and Supporters Respond to His Case Being Moved to District Court
- Diane Wilson's daughter, Santanna, joins hunger strike in solidarity! Mother of twins is on her 4th day without food.
- Building Bockadia: Training Camp and Mass Action Logistics and Registration (Jan 3-8)
- No More Eminent Domain For Private Gain!
- Code Pink Sends Statement of Solidarity to Tar Sands Blockade, Diane Wilson & Bob Lindsey
- Join Our Mass Action and Training Camp, Jan. 3-8th
- Community Rallies in Support of Michael Bishop as Legal Ruling Allows KXL Construction to Move Forward on His Land
- Diane Wilson & Bob Lindsey send letter of solidarity to incarcerated Tar Sands Blockaders- Indigo, Matt & Glen
- Judge Halts Construction on Section of KXL!
- Visiting Our Friends in Jail
- The Texas Jail Project sends statement of solidarity to Tar Sands Blockade, Diane Wilson & Bob Lindsey
- Diane Wilson & Bob Lindsey's Blogs from Day 11 of Their Sustained Hunger Strike
- Solidarity Letter From Germany
- Landowner's Dream of Sustainable Biofuel Farm Destroyed by TransCanada
- Diane Wilson's Harris County Jail Record
- Our friends have been in jail for five days. Let's write them letters of support!
- Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey Recount Their Experiences from the Harris County Jail
- Video: Direct Action To Protect Manchester From Valero
- Three People Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL Pipe To Halt Construction
- Nacogdoches Community Bike Ride and Teach-In
- Wild Idaho Rising Tide Announces Protests Against Megaloads
- Landowner Announces New Lawsuit at Rally
- (+) November (20)
- Potential Secretary of State Susan Rice Has Millions Invested in Tar Sands
- Sustained Hunger Strike Launched with Blockade at Valero's Houston Refinery
- Solidarity with the Unist'ot'en Clan to Say #NoPipelines!
- From The Trees: The Way Back Home (Day 65)
- Welcome to Manchester, a Houston Neighborhood Living in the Shadow of Valero
- Solidarity Actions
- Our 11 Heroes Have Been Released From Jail
- Video: Cherokee County police officer is shunned for pepper spraying locals.
- 120 People Stop Keystone XL Construction: Four Lock to Machinery, Nacogdoches Student and Two Others Launch New Tree Blockade
- DC Tells Obama to Do the Math and say #NoKXL
- Solidarity Action in NYC - Stop Spectra Pipeline Coalition
- Over 40 Climate Solidarity Actions Launch Worldwide to Defend Our Homes From Dirty Energy and Climate Change
- TransCanada Bulldozes Texas Farmer's Renewable Biofuels Business (Day 51)
- Children Playing Near the Valero Refinery In Houston
- Join the Mass Action to Stop Keystone XL -– Monday, Nov. 19th (Day 48)
- Vermont Stands with Tar Sands Blockade
- Video: Tar Sands Effects on the Houston Refinery Communities (Day 46)
- Is This TransCanada's Idea of a "Good Neighbor"? (Day 45)
- Washington D.C. #NoKXL Solidarity Action - November, 5th 2012
- Green Party Presidential Candidate Resupplies Winnsboro Tree Blockade as New Tree Blockade is Launched
- (+) October (45)
- Green Party Pres. Candidate Dr. Jill Stein Resupplies Winnsboro Tree Blockade as New Tree Blockade is Launched in Sacul, TX (Day 38)
- From The Trees: "Their Police" (Day 37)
- TranScamada Strikes Again (Day 36)
- Why Oppose the Keystone XL?
- From The Trees: A Diary Excerpt From Cat Ripley (Day 35)
- VIDEO: Speaking Truth to Power From the Trees (Day 34)
- Last Night in East Texas We Held a Community Panel
- SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
- Two More Join The Tree Blockade (Day 32)
- VIDEO: Solidarity from the Pacific Coast of Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas
- Gulf Coast Oilfield Wife, Mother of 6, Cherri Foytlin Chains Self to Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate
- Tree Blockade Sustains an Entire Month of Resistance!
- Video: Planetary Service Announcement (Day 30)
- Jerry Patterson Doesn't Speak for Texas Landowners (Day 29)
- Re-claiming the Tree Blockade from TransCanada – One Blockader's Story (Day 25)
- TransCanada’s Police Abuse Peaceful Blockader - A First Hand Account of the Arrest (Day 24)
- Over 50 Enter Tree Blockade in Defiance of Police Repression to Defend Tree-Sitters
- Video: TransCanada Denying Food and Water to Peaceful Blockaders (Day 21)
- A Wall Against the Threshold Of Collapse (Day 20)
- We're On the Front Page of the New York Times Online!
- Video: What Its Like on the Ground Defending the Tree Blockade (Day 19)
- Police Paid by TransCanada Detain New York Times Journalists on Private Property
- From the Trees -- A Long Walk to Freedom (Day 18)
- Texas Man Climbs Tree in Nature Preserve to Stop Keystone XL
- Video: Bill McKibben Gives A Shout Out to the Blockade in Austin
- From the Trees: “Forever Wild, Forever Wild, Let it Stay Forever Wild” (Day 17)
- Two Freelance Journalists Arrested While Reporting on Tree Blockade (Day16)
- Video: TransCanada Operating Heavy Machinery 20 Feet From Tree Blockader (Day 15)
- Join Our Direct Action Training Camp (Oct 12-14)
- Dreaming Eighty Feet In The Air (Day 14)
- Tree Blockade Standing Strong Despite Repression (Day 13)
- A Firsthand Account of Shannon's Retroactive Arrest
- Insult to Injury: Shannon Retroactively Arrested for a Felony
- Letter from Supporters on Police Brutality
- An Open Letter From Our Supporters
- Daryl Hannah, 78 year old Landowner Arrested for "Trespassing" on Landowner's Farm
- Tree Blockade Is Under Siege (Day 11)
- Maggie Has Been Arrested After Sitting On a 40 Foot Pole to Delay Keystone XL Clear-Cutting for Two Entire Days
- Five Minutes With A Tree-Sitter
- Video: Eleanor Reacts to TransCanada Destroying Her Land
- Action Video -- Maggie Delaying KXL For Another Day (Day 10)
- Texan Climbs 40 Foot Pole in Path of Keystone XL Clear Cut (Day 9)
- Environmental Justice: Why I Got Arrested to Stop Keystone XL
- Blockader Locks to Underground Capsule to Protect a Family Farm
- Tree Blockade Weathers an Intense Week (Day 8)
- (+) September (21)
- Tar Sands is Going to Poison Our Water
- From The Trees (Day 7)
- VIDEO: The Texas Tree Village
- Keystone XL Destroys David Hightower's Home
- Clear-Cutting Crews Near Tree Blockade -- Sheriff Assisting TransCanada (Day 6)
- Heavy Machinery, Police Approaching Tree Blockade (Day 5)
- VIDEO: TransCanada Worker Attempts to Drop Tree on Peaceful Blockader (Day 4)
- Tree Cutting Machines Within 20 Feet of Nine Blockaders in Trees in Path of Keystone XL (Day 3)
- TransCanada Actively Encouraged Torture Tactics to be Used on Peaceful Protesters (Day 3)
- Two People Lock Themselves to Keystone XL Machinery to Defend Eight People in Tree Blockade (Day 2)
- Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop Keystone XL (Day 1)
- 5 Blockaders Arrested For Stopping Keystone XL Machinery
- Watch Our Action Packed Video -- Join Our Next Action
- “I just wish they would go away”
- Video: Texas Landowners Resist Keystone XL
- Texas Rice Farmers Challenge TransCanada’s Eminent Domain Claims in Court
- Community Rallies to Defend David Hightower's Home Vineyard
- 3 Blockaders Locked to Equipment Stop Work at Keystone XL Site
- Don't Frack New York Fights Back
- Correcting the Spin: TransCanada's Convenient Untruths
- One Year Later: Tar Sands Action and the Climate Justice Movement
- (+) August (10)
- Seven Arrested for Blocking KXL Pipe Truck -- Halt Site Work For Day
- We Are Ready for Action: Will You Join Us?
- The Time Has Come: A Call to Action
- Why Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline?
- Standing With Julia: Courts Trample Landowners Rights, Again
- Construction of Keystone XL Begins, Met by Day of Action Across Texas and Oklahoma
- Schlumberger Fracking Shutdown Joins Summer of Solidarity
- Video: Why I'm Joining Tar Sands Blockade
- Tar sands blockade: Grassroots effort to stop reworked Keystone XL pipeline
- Seventy Reasons to Be Inspired
- (+) July (4)
- (+) June (7)
- The Gulf Coast Project: A Tar Sands Pipeline From the Outset
- Landowner Call to Action: Reject TransCanada Surveyors!
- Canadian Video Parodies Tar Sands Giant Enbridge
- Why Liberals and Conservatives Agree on Keystone XL in Texas
- Contaminating What Little Water Texas has Left
- The Tar Sands Pipeline Explained in Under Two Minutes
- What's Next for the Climate Movement?
- (+) May (1)
- (+) April (1)
- (+) December (28)