Compilation: Peaceful Ottawa Sit-in to STOP Deadly Tar Sands Devastation, Sept. 26, 2011
Glenn MacIntosh | September 23, 2011
"Exploitation of tar sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous global climate impacts" ... "Phase out of emissions from coal is itself an enormous challenge. However, if the tar sands are thrown into the mix, it is essentially game over."
~ Dr. James Hansen (Big deal climate guy)
Peaceful Ottawa Rally and Sit-in to STOP Deadly Tar Sands Devastation/Pipelines/Crimelines, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011
1000+ protested. 212 risked arrest. 117 actual arrests. The largest climate-related civil disobedience action in Canadian history. Key links below, followed by some of the better vids from the 2-week Washington D.C. action and more collected resources. Visit OttawaAction.ca for more info.
Must Read
- 09/28/2011 - Ottawa Action pipeline protest stirs in Canada, heralds new spirit of defiance in broader climate change movement, Martin Lukacs, The Guardian
- 09/27/2011 - Mainstream media coverage of protest graded C to F: Council of Canadians
- 09/26/2011 - Press release: Over 200 people risked arrest as part of the largest climate-related civil disobedience action in Canadian history, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace, Indigenous Environmental Network, Polaris Institute
More Collected Best
- 09/26/2011 - Hundreds gather on Parliment Hill to tell Harper 'no to tar sands', Greenpeace
- 09/25/2011 - The tar sands and civil disobedience, Tony Clarke, Toronto Star
- 09/22/2011 - 3 more Canadian celebs endorse, Pinsent, Cardinal, Bidini, OttawaAction.ca
- 09/21/2011 - Canadian First Nations, US-based Tribal Governments and Indigenous Advocacy Groups Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience Action to Protest Canadian Tar Sands, IENearth.org
- 09/20/2011 - Celebrities endorse Ottawa Action, say "no to tar sands", OttawaAction.ca
- 09/15/2011 - Good update/summary, Brent Patterson, Council of Canadians
- 09/15/2011 - Tears can't turn back rising oceans. Action can. M. Hudema, Greenpeace Canada
- 09/15/2011 - Why this Grandfather is prepared for arrest, A. Ketchum, ForOurGrandchildren.ca
- 09/14/2011 - A call to action against the tar sands, Elly Adeland, Polaris Institute
- 09/14/2011 - Risking arrest to turn tide on climate action, Keith Stewart, Greenpeace Canada
- 09/09/2011 - Call to action: What are you doing Sept. 26? Tony Clarke, ED, Polaris Institute
- 09/01/2011 - Invitation/Call to Action: There comes a time when you need to take a stand, Indigenous Environmental Network, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace Canada
- 08/25/2011 - Announcement: Civil disobedience called for in Ottawa to stop tar sands destruction, Indigenous Environmental Network, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace Canada
Canada, Ottawa, Sept. 26, 2011
- Website - OttawaAction.ca
- Sign up - OttawaAction.ca/sign
- Pledge - OttawaAction/take-pledge
- News/Press - OttawaAction/news-press
- Facebook - Ottawa Tar Sands Action / Action Halte aux sables bitunimeux à Ottawa
- Twitter - @OttawaAction
- Website - Council of Canadians
- Website - Greenpeace Canada
- Website - Indigenous Environmental Network
U.S., Washington D.C., Aug. 20 - Sept. 3, 2011
- ecoSanity - Washington D.C. Tar Sands Action Compilation
- Website - TarSandsAction.org
- Petition - TarSandsAction.org/petition
- Website/Petition - act.350.org/sign/tar-sands
- Petition - Stop Canada's Deadly Oil, Avaaz.org
- Facebook - Tar Sands Action
- Twitter - @TarSandsAction
More About the Crime Against Humanity that is Canada's Tar Sands
MORE
Articles/Blogs: Canada's Oil/Tar Sands in Alberta
- Article - Stand together against the tar sands scourge, Robert Redford, Globe and Mail
- Article/graphic - Tar sands CEO convicted of ecocide in prestigious UK test trial. Is Stephen Harper next? Barry Saxifradge, Vancouver Observer
- Article - Part 1 - Oil sands: Canada's 10 (1-6) ethical challenges, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
- Article - Part 2 - 2 more ethical challenges to Canada's oil sands, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
- Article - Part 3 - China and 2 more ethical challenges to oil sands, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
- Post - Open letter to Oprah Winfrey on 'Ethical Oil' ads, Emma Pullman, DeSmog Blog
- Article - Harper sleepwalking toward 2020 climate targets, Schindler, Smol, Weaver, TStar
- Post - To hit climate target, Canada would have to work 10 x harder, M. Bramley, Pembina
- Post - A challenge to Peter Kent from the Tar Sands, Keith Stewart, Greenpeace Canada
- Article - Cdn gov't accused of 'unprecedented' tar sands lobbying, T. Macalister, The Guardian
- Article - Keep Alberta's oil in the ground, Bill McKibben, Globe and Mail
- Article - If Brazil has to guard its rainforest, why does Canada/U.S. get to burn its tar sands? Bill McKibben, Huffpost
- Article - Canada hiding its carbon emissions growth amidst rapid tar sands boom, T. J. Scolnick, DeSmog Blog
- Article - Canada spurns Kyoto in favour of tar sands, Stephen Leahy, IPS
- Canada's UN climate inventory report clashes with Environment Canada report by a difference of 10 times, Mike de Souza, PostMedia news
- Keep Europe out of the tar sands, IEN
- Canada hides 20% annual tar sands pollution increase from UN, Emma Pullman, DeSmog Blog
- Canada's crude politics on oil sands, Martin Lukacs, The Guardian
- Letters - Collected letters from Canadian citizens to help new envir(oil)ment criminal, Peter Kent, understand ethics and tar sands, Environmental Defence
- Article - What those who killed the tar sands pollution report don't want you to know, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
- Article - The fallacy of "ethical oil", Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
- Suzuki - Will take more than rebranding to make tar sands oil "ethical", David Suzuki Fdn
- Article - Does Peter Kent even care about emissions? Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail
Articles: Alberta to Texas Keystone XL pipeline, Climate & Environmental Crimeline
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Keystone XL pipeline, climate & environmental CRIMELINE!
- Post - Puncturing the pipeline, Bill McKibben, TomDispatch
- Statement - Big news: We won. You won. Bill McKibben, for TarSandsAction
- Statement - Mother Earth achieves a victory today with Obama administration decision to delay Keystone XL pipeline, IEN
- Article - Stop the tar sands destruction - outlaw this ecocide, Polly Higgins, The Guardian
- Article/Pics - 12,000 tar sands protesters surround White House, Brian Merchant, Treehugger
- Article - Groups sue to block Keystone XL pipeline construction, Lucia Graves, Huffington Post
- Graphic - Keystone XL Pipeline corruption investigation, Friends of the Earth
- Article - Keystone Pipeline revolt: Mass arrests just the beginning, B. McKibben, Rolling Stone
- Post - "Constant and disastrously" leaking U.S. pipelines are the mess in the middle of the Keystone XL debate, Joe Romm re: Bill McKibben, Climate Progress
- U.S. awash in oil and lies, report charges, Stephen Leahy, IPS via Truthout
- Overview & Report - Exporting energy security: Keystone XL Pipeline exposed! Steve Kretzmann, PriceofOil.com
- Post - Pipelines 101, Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog
- Post - As America's 'last best river' suffers through Exxon spill, Experts warn of risks from Kyestone XL pipeline, Climate Progress
- Article - Path appears clear for oil pipeline from Canada, Neela Banerjee, LA Times
- Article - Rupture in planned U.S. pipeline (Keystone XL) could release 7 million gallons of oil, chances of spills significantly underestimated, Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
- James Hansen slams Keystone XL Canada-U.S. pipeline: "Exploitation of tar sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous climate impacts", Climate Progress
- Fact sheet - Keystone XL Pipeline, Friends of the Earth
- Fact sheet - Keystone XL Pipeline, NRDC
- Collected - Keystone XL Pipeline, NWF
- Collected - Keystone XL Pipeline posts, DeSmog Blog
- Website - TarSandsAction.org
General
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Tar sands KILL -- Facts & resources
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Northern Gateway pipeline, climate & environmental CRIMELINE
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Keystone XL pipeline, climate & environmental CRIMELINE
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Ottawa sit-in to STOP tar sands devastation, Sept. 26, 2011
- Website - TarSandsAction.org
- Website - DirtyOilSands.org
- Website - Pembina Institute, OilSandsWatch.org
- Website - Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) - Tar Sands
- Website - Greenpeace - Stop The Tar Sands
- Website - Petropolis-film.com
- Campaign - Greenpeace - PolluterHarmony.ca
- Website - RAN.org - Tar Sands
- Website - 350.org - Tar Sands
- Campaign - Climate Action Network Canada - End fossil fuel tax breaks
- Website - Polaris Institute - TarSandsWatch.org
- Website - Friends of the Earth - Tar Sands
- Website - NRDC - Tar sands
- Website - Council of Canadians, Tar Sands
- Special Issue - Tar Sands, The Dominion
- Website - Treehugger, Facts About the Canadian Tar Sands
- Collected - Tar sands posts, The War Over Tar Sands, TheTyee.ca
- Collected - Tar sands posts, DeSmog Blog
- Special Series - Shifting Sands, Globe and Mail
- ecoSanity - Action campaign: Tar Sands KILL!
- ecoSanity - Category: Tar sands
- ecoSanity - Compilation: Peak oil featuring Richard Heinberg, Life After Growth
- ecoSanity - Category: Peak oil
- Wikipedia - Athabasca tar sands
- Wikipedia - Shale oil
