From the Council of Canadians: Last week, TransCanada announced that it is moving ahead with its proposed Energy East pipeline which would carry oil from Alberta to Atlantic waters. If you are among those getting confused by all the different pipelines making headlines—Northern Gateway, Line 9, Kinder Morgan, etc.—this primer is for you! What is [...]

From Bangor Daily News, by way of the Earth First! Newswire: SEARSPORT, Maine — Opponents of a controversial liquid propane gas terminal and storage tank project reacted with cheers and relief Tuesday to the news that the developers are withdrawing their application. … DCP Midstream first approached the town of Searsport about building the project — [...]

California Highway Patrol (CHP) SWAT officers used climbers to violently evict all the remaining treesits against the US-101 Willits Bypass on Tuesday morning, shocking not only protesters but also state senators, and even the commissioner of CHP. From the Press Democrat: Officers fired bean-bag projectiles to subdue at least one of the activists as enraged [...]

From the Earth First! Newswire, Cross Posted from TDN: The last investor of a proposed Coos Bay coal terminal has dropped out, leaving three coal export terminal projects still alive on the Columbia River. According to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, negotiations on a lease agreement Metropolitan Stevedore Company of Wilmington, Calif., known [...]

Was it just on Wednesday that Keystone XL pipeline advocates were responding the the derailing of an oil tanker train by claiming that pipelines were a safer way to transport tar sands? Because just two days later, a tar sands pipeline ruptured near Mayflower, Arkansas, spilling an estimated 84,000 gallons into a suburban neighborhood. The [...]

It seems President Obama is concerned about increasing the flow of those stolen resources into the United States from Latin America, Asia and the rest of the world. In a speech in Miami this morning, he urged Congress to budget $21 billion to modernize trade infrastructure, billing it as a jobs-creation measure. The rest of [...]

(NOTE: For recent background, check out this post) What’s going on? The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) is attempting to construct a four-lane superhighway through Little Lake Valley, otherwise known as Willits. This project would destroy some of the Valley’s last remaining wetlands, draining 86 acres — the largest wetlands fill permit in Northern California [...]

Five days after the California Highway Patrol began blocking food and water deliveries to her, treesitter Warbler lowered the rest of her food to the ground announced that she was going on hunger strike as of yesterday morning. Before she will end her strike, she demands that  all construction on the US-101 Willits bypass end [...]

Highlighting the fact that the struggle against tar sands and other liquid fuels is about more than just the Keystone Pipeline, a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed near Parkers Prairie, Minnesota on Wednesday, spilling 30,000 gallons from just three cars. Nearly 26,000 gallons of that came from one car alone. It is unclear whether [...]

Eight people were arrested yesterday protesting the construction of a US-101 highway bypass around the town of Willits, California. This morning, California Highway Patrol officers raided a protest encampment and arrested seven more people for  blocking the construction site. In addition to the treesit that has been in place since January 28, two more were [...]