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Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands - Yes! Magazine (4/22/13)

The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Meet the New Green Heroes – Tar Sands Blockade- Rolling Stone (4/11/13)

Exxon’s Disaster Relief - Colbert Report (4/9/13)

Exxon turns to paper towels for oil spill clean up – The Rachel Maddow Show (4/18/13)

A week of action to stop tar sands profiteers - Waging Nonviolence (03/15/13)

Keystone XL Pipeline Path Marks New Battle Line in Oklahoma - National Geographic Daily News (03/08/13)

Keystone protester puts neck on line, and locks himself to screen - Houston Chronicle – (02/28/13)

Tar Sands Blockaders tell their own story in a new documentary – Grist (02/22/13)

Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community – Common Dreams (02/13/13)

Using her body to stop Keystone XL - Vancouver Observer (02/06/13)

Pressure builds for Obama to link oil sands pipelines to climate change - WV Gazette-Mail McClatchy Newspapers (02/03/13)

Anti-Keystone XL Protester Disrupts TransCanada Speech for Several Minutes – Democracy Now! (02/01/13)

TransCanada Wins Deal to Halt Keystone Protests in Texas – Bloomberg (01/28/13)

One step forward, one step back for tar-sands protesters – Grist (01/28/13)

Welcome to Blockadia! – Truthout (01/15/13)

Iron Hands Behind the Pine Curtain - Texas Observer (01/10/13)

Canadian oil sands pollute nearby lakes. Report is blow to Keystone pipeline. – Christian Science Monitor (01/08/13)

Two arrested in Keystone XL protest - Houston Chronicle (01/07/13)

Keystone XL Aerial Tree Blockade Halts Construction – Focus Daily News, Dallas (01/03/13)

Tar Sands Activists’ Lives on the Line: Back in the Trees to Block Keystone XL – Common Dreams (01/03/13)

Protesters in the Pews – The Christian Century (01/02/13)

Protests in Texas just a taste of pipeline battles to come - Globe and Mail (12/11/12)

Environmental Activists Chain Themselves Inside Keystone Pipeline - Democracy Now! (12/3/12)

Arrests made in pipeline protest – Tyler Morning Telegraph (12/3/12)

Protestors arrested after barricading themselves inside pipe – KYTX 19 (12/3/12)

U.S. secretary of state hopeful Susan Rice has substantial TransCanada interests - Financial Post (11/29/12)

Pipeline Protest Draws Pepper Spray From Deputies - New York Times (11/23/12)

Passions boil over during Texas pipeline protests – E&E Daily (11/20/12)

Keystone pipeline protesters arrested in Texas – CNN (11/19/12)

Cherokee Co. deputies pepper spray pipeline protesters – KTRE (11/19/12)

Thousands Rally in DC for Major Keystone XL Protest – Huffington Post (11/18/12)

In Texas Pipeline Fight, People Step In as Green Groups Step Aside – Inside Climate News (11/14/12)

Sandy and Tar Sands Pipeline: Stein Arrest Connects the Dots – Fox News – Channel 23 (11/2/12)

The Keystone XL Battle Comes to East Texas – Texas Observer (10/29/12)

Texas Keystone XL Protests Show No Sign of Abating as Arrest Tally Hits 32 - Inside Climate News (10/26/12)

Keystone XL pipeline brings out the protest in locals - Los Angeles Times (10/19/12)

Drawing a Line in the (Tar) Sand
– Fort Worth Weekly (10/17/12)

Keystone XL pipeline opponents turn to civil disobedience - Washington Post (10/15/12)

Last-Ditch Bid in Texas to Try to Stop Oil Pipeline – New York Times (10/12/12)

New Keystone pipeline route proposed; activists block Texas site- Los Angeles Times (9/5/2012)

Protestors lock themselves to pipeline construction equipment (VIDEO) – KYTV (9/5/2012)

Tar Sands Blockade protesters chain themselves to equipment (VIDEO) - KLTV (9/5/2012)

Judge Allows Trans-Canada to Take Crawford Land for Keystone Pipeline – Fort Worth Weekly (9/4/12)

7 arrested in Polk Co. pipeline protest (VIDEO) – KTRE TV (8/28/2012)

Lockdown on the Pipeline: How a Houston Businessman Helped Shut Down Keystone for a Day - Yes! Magazine (8/29/2012)

Seven Arrested While Blocking Construction of Keystone XL in Texas - Treehugger (8/28/2012)

Breaking a blockade in Texas - Washington Post Blog (8/28/2012)

Seven Blockaders Arrested in Livingston Lockdown – Truthout (8/28/2012)

Why We’re Putting Ourselves on the (Pipe)Line With the Tea PartyYes! Magazine (8/24/2012)

Keystone XL pipeline construction begins amid protests - LA Times (8/16/2012)

Texans putting their bodies on the line to stop Keystone pipeline - Grist (8/16/2012)

The Rise Of The ‘More Radical’ Protester - The Nation (8/13/2012)

The Summer of Solidarity: Direct Action Against Extraction - Truthout (8/8/2012)

Blockade Aims to Stop Southern KXL Pipeline – YES! Magazine (8/3/2012)

July 2012

Mountain Mobilization kicks off Summer of Solidarity with a challenge to strip-mining- Waging Nonviolence (7/24/2012)

Tar Sands in the Basin: Politics and Protests- Longview News-Journal (7/24/2012)

A Long Hot Summer- Huffington Post (7/18/2012)

Tar Sands Blockade sends a message to President Obama: Stop Keystone XL- Friends of the Earth (7/18/2012)

Opposition to Keystone pipeline files lawsuit- NBC KETK (7/12/2012)

Actions Speak Louder Than Words As Earth First! Shuts Down Gas Drilling In Western PA- It’s Getting Hot in Here (7/9/2012)

Slew of Anti-Conventional Energy Actions Planned Over the Summer- Earth Island Journal (7/9/2012)

Tar Sands #oil Pipeline, Mountain top removal for #coal, Happy 4th of July #America and more- EcoJive (7/4/2012) [audio]

Is the Truth About Tar Sands Emerging?- Borderless News and Views (7/3/2012)

June 2012

Week in Green Politics- We Are Power Shift (6/30/2012)

Obama Administration OKs Portion of TransCanada’s Tar Sands Pipeline- Greanville Post (6/28/2012)

Bill McKibben of 350.org on Colorado Wildfires, Debby, Keystone XL and the Failure of Rio+20- Democracy Now! (6/27/2012) [video]

Activists Flood EPA with Signatures to Stop Rubber-Stamping of Keystone XL- Ecowatch.org (6/27/2012)

Administration OKs Portion of TransCanada’s Tar Sands Pipeline - Common Dreams (6/27/12)

Outrage over the Obama administration’s fast-tracking of Keystone XL bubbles over - Friends of the Earth Blog (6/27/2012)

Texas Activists Move Toward Tar Sands Blockade- Progressive Democrats of America (6/27/2012)

in Texas organizing blockade against Keystone XL pipeline - DGR News Service Reprint (6/26/2012)

Challenge Obama Administration’s Push To Rubber-Stamp The Keystone XL Pipeline Southern Segment- eNews Park Forest (6/26/2012)

Activists Move Toward Tar Sands Blockade- Truthout (6/26/2012)

Tar Sands Blockade Calls For Non-Violent Direct Action In Texas To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline- It’s Getting Hot in Here (6/25/2012)

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