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New Tree Blockade Halts Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-01-03 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Late last night, blockaders set up two dump platforms in trees outside of Diboll, Texas which would otherwise be cleared to make way for TransCanada`s Keystone XL toxic tar sands pipeline. These special dump platforms are shielded by an unprecedented 80-100 foot perimeter of life-lines arranged, which if disturbed would certainly dump the two blockaders nested in them roughly 50-60 feet in the air. The blockaders are sitting in soldarity with the now global Idle No More campaign for First Nation`s...
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First Nations rail blockade disrupts propane shipments
2013-01-02 16:43:20| Railroads - Topix.net
A First Nations blockade of a Canadian National Railway Co. link between the Sarnia, Ontario, petrochemical industry and mainlines has disrupted rail shipments of propane.
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