From RAMPS: Glen Collins is in Smith County Jail in Texas tonight after pleading guilty to charges of trespassing and illegal dumping stemming from his blockade of the Keystone XL pipeline last December. In one of the most striking actions in the Tar Sands Blockade campaign, Glen locked himself with… Continue reading
Cross-posted from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance Lula, OK—Thursday, April 25, 7:30AM -A protester with the group Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance has stopped construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by locking his arm into a concrete capsule buried directly in the pipeline’s proposed path. Fitzgerald Scott, 42, is the… Continue reading
Fossil Fuel Resistance Heating Up! UPCOMING ACTIONS AND ACTION CAMPS May 17th-19th – Central Wisconsin Action Camp – Stevens Point, Wisconsin The Central Wisconsin Action Camp will bring together organizers and activists from Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region to foster a culture of direct action that challenges false solutions… Continue reading
Cross-Posted from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance BRYAN COUNTY, OK – Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 8:00AM – Two lifelong Oklahomans have effectively halted construction on an active work site for TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in Bennington, Oklahoma. Eric Whelan, 26, who grew up in McLoud, Okla., has ascended… Continue reading