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RCMP attack Mi’kmaq anti-frack protesters
RCMP troops used tear-gas and rubber bullets to break up an anti-fracking protest roadblock by the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq First Nation.
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Nez Perce block tar-sands ‘megaload’
A 225-foot “megaload” of oil equipment hauled along US Highway 12 through Idaho and Montana, bound for a tar-sands site in Canada, was repeatedly blocked by protesters.
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Gulf of Mexico: maybe you missed the bad news…
The gas rig fire off Louisiana is portrayed as a near-miss at worst—while researchers predict a record “dead zone” the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico this year.
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Arctic Great Game in Alaska missile deployment?
As the Pentagon adds 14 interceptors to its anti-missile system in Alaska, some observers see a design on Arctic resources also sought by competitors Russia and China.
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Peak oil apocalyptoids: eating crow yet?
The US Geological Survey estimates there is seven to eight times more oil in the ground than the human race has yet consumed—and this constitutes the real threat to the planet.
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Court upholds statutory protection for polar bears
A US appeals court upheld the listing of polar bears as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act due to the threat to their habitat from global warming.
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BP Gulf oil spill trial opens
Trial began in US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana between individuals affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and British Petroleum.
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Chief Spence maintains hunger strike —despite Ottawa meetings
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov-Gen. David Johnston met with First Nations chiefs in Ottawa, but Chief Theresa Spence announced that she will maintain her hunger strike.
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Canada: First Nations challenge Bill C-45 in courts
As protests continue across Canada, two First Nations in Alberta have launched lawsuits challenging the new laws that loosen federal environmental protections.
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Protesters occupy Keystone XL offices in Houston
More than 100 protesters stormed the lobby of TransCanada's Keystone office in Houston as a new tree-sit was established at the Texas town of Diboll to block pipeline construction.
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Quebec: #IdleNoMore protesters block rail line
Protesters with the Idle No More movement, supporting a hunger strike by Chief Theresa Spence of Ontario’s Attawapiskat First Nation, blocked a rail line in eastern Quebec.
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King crabs invade Antarctica: no joke
Grist notes a Dec. 12 report on Nature: Cold temperatures have kept crabs out of Antarctic seas for 30 million years. But warm water from the ocean depths is now intruding onto the continental shelf, and seems to be changing… Read moreKing crabs invade Antarctica: no joke