Tag: Tar Sands

White Canyon, Natural Bridges National Monument - Tar Sands
Climate, Tar Sands

Utah Tar Sands: In the US, Good Guys Go To Jail

Last month, twenty-one people were arrested engaging in peaceful civil disobedience in protest of a proposed tar sands mine in northeastern Utah, which would threaten local land and water, as well as contributing to the global climate crisis. As the wheel of justice turn, national environmental organizations expressed their solidarity with the protesters who stood for our freedom from dirty fossil fuels and devastating climate impacts.

Hands Across the Harbor, Los Angeles, Keystone XL, hands Across the Sand
Politics and Advocacy, Tar Sands

Hands Across the Harbor: LA Residents Protest Dirty Fossil Fuels in Port and Beyond

On May 17, over 100 residents from across Los Angeles joined hands at Hands Across the Harbor in the Port of LA as part of the National Day of Action Against the Keystone XL Pipeline and Hands Across the Sand/Land. It was one of hundreds of synchronized events to raise awareness about the dangers of dirty fuels including tar sands and hydraulic fracturing or fracking, active threats to Harbor area residents.

clean energy, Great March for Climate Action, SoCal 350
Climate, Politics and Advocacy

Call to Action California: How to Solve the Climate Crisis

On March 1st, almost 1,000 people, supported by over 100 community organizations, marched through the streets of LA Harbor to launch the coast-to-coast Great March for Climate Action. To demonstrate the political will for a healthy planet, SoCal Climate Action Coalition 350 prioritized six urgent climate-change-focused requests of local, state and global level elected legislative decision makers.

Wilmington Waterfront Park, Conoco Phillips Refinery
Politics and Advocacy

Coast-to-Coast Climate March: Why Launch from LA Harbor?

The 3,000-mile Great March for Climate Action will launch March 1st from the Los Angeles Harbor Area. Sherry Lear, San Pedro soccer mom, writes on the history of the community that has experienced debilitating effects from fossil fuel development, explaining why it’s a perfect place to march en masse for clean energy solutions. More Information: http://j.mp/GreatMarchWU

tar sands, activism, Los Angeles
Tar Sands

XL Dissent: Activists Speak Out for Clean Energy, Mother Earth

While activists in Los Angeles and across the US spoke out against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Dave Pruett writes on its threatened environmental triple-whammy, poorly documented in the latest State Department environmental report heading toward the President’s desk. Protests are planned March 1-2 in Washington DC as part of “XL Dissent” and March 1 in Los Angeles with the Great March for Climate Action.