Tag: oil pipelines
Canada’s big banks are secretly supporting Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion
"Once again, we see that Canadian banks are leading the world in financing climate-destructive, Indigenous rights-violating projects," said one campaigner.
Indigenous resistance instrumental in stopping high-profile fossil fuel projects, says report
Indigenous peoples in North America have helped block tar sands mines, oil pipelines, and LNG export terminals. Their successes against the fossil fuel industry have kept enormous volumes of carbon pollution out of the atmosphere.
Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to...
With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.
Keystone pipeline spills again, leaking nearly 400,000 gallons of crude oil...
"It happens over and over and over and over and over."
Pipeline permit scandal highlights confusion amid push to build plastics plants
“I hope Gov. Wolf will shut down all pipeline construction projects and have a major investigation, not only in this county but in other places where conservation districts are issuing permits.”
1 dead, 5 injured in second Enbridge pipeline explosion this year
"These incidents are just the latest in a growing list of injurious and deadly fossil fuel impacts across the United States."
Louisiana law turning pipeline protests into felonies violates constitution, new lawsuit...
“By turning so much of the land in this state into critical infrastructure, the average person can find themselves facing five years in prison for literally just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Pipeline opposition groups fight back against anti-protest laws ‘designed to intimidate’
"The response of the government to protest ought to be engaging on the issue, listening to the concerns of the people that are speaking out, and trying to respect and work with them, not stifle First Amendment rights."
Student reporters in West Virginia find Atlantic Coast Pipeline offers only...
“It was trouble finding out how many jobs the pipeline would create.”
Bills criminalizing pipeline protest arise in statehouses nationwide
The bills have forced the hands of activists across the country, diverting time and energy that would be spent organizing towards fending off the model bills.
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ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...
Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.
Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump and Musk unchecked...
Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.
Musk-linked operatives gain access to Social Security Administration, raising fears of data breaches and...
A new investigation reveals that Musk-linked operatives with little government experience have gained access to sensitive Social Security data, raising alarms over potential benefit disruptions, privacy risks, and a broader push to privatize the agency.
Global consumer boycott of US goods expands as Trump’s trade war escalates
International consumers reject U.S. goods in response to Trump’s trade policies, escalating tariffs, and growing dissatisfaction with American corporate and political influence.