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Keystone XL stories: Karla Land
Karla Land settled in Channelview, Texas in 1979. She was born and raised in Texas, leaving the state for college and to pursue her passion for scuba diving in the Bahamas. She returned after marrying…
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Keystone XL stories: David Daniel
David Daniel is a 43-year-old carpenter living in Winsboro, Texas, a small community of a couple thousand people in East Texas. Daniel fell in love with the community for its natural beauty and purcha…
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Keystone XL stories: Francois Paulette
François Paulette is a member of the Smith’s Landing Treaty 8 Dene First Nation and lives 200 miles downstream from the tar sands industry site in Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada. François w…
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Keystone XL stories: Kim Marcel
Kim Marcel is a long-term resident of Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, the home of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations. She has always been interested in the environment and is concerned about…
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Telling their stories: The fight to stop the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline
We’re fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in solidarity with people who are already impacted by tar sands oil extraction and who would be directly impacted by this tar sands oil pipeline. We have compil…
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Groups criticize Presidential Commissions recommendations on synthetic biology
On December 16, 2010, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its recommendations on the oversight of synthetic biology, provoking strong criticism from public int…
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Wikileaks: Our suspicions confirmed
Cables reveal U.S. bullying in climate talks and underplay of tar sands’ environmental impacts Just climate treaty held hostage:
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Stop US Financing for Massive Coal Plant in South Africa
Friends of the Earth fights back against proposal to use U.S. tax dollars to fund dirty coal in South Africa Urgent: Ex-Im Bank could vote on this project today, April 14, 2011.
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The Presidents Bioethics Commission Misses the Mark on Synthetic Biology: Prudent Vigilance a Poor Substitute for Precaution
This article was orginally published by Biopolitical Times, the blog of the Center of Genetics and Society, which offers commentary and news on human biotechnoligies. To learn more, visit www…
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Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline and Tar Sands Oil Getting Under Big Oil’s Skin
The campaign to stop the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline has been growing as communities that would be impacted by the pipeline team up with groups like Friends of the Earth, grassroots…