Tar Sands Pipeline Risks Too Great, Canadian Unions Say | Labor Notes

Tar Sands Pipeline Risks Too Great, Canadian Unions Say | Labor Notes: "The U.S. presidential election has held up a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but in Canada, unions have joined environmentalists to battle another export pipeline—this one headed for the pristine west coast of Canada."

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First Nation Draws a Line in the Tarsands « Father Theo's Blog

First Nation Draws a Line in the Tarsands « Father Theo's Blog: "Yesterday in Fort McMurray, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation drew a line in the tarsands and said, “That’s enough!”  Shell Oil expansion of their Jackpine Mine project was threatening yet more of their territories, and they weren’t having any of it."

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