Reposted from Reuters photo credit: Andrew Cullen Republican senators kicked off the new U.S. Congress with legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to bring oil from Canada, but the White House promptly threatened a veto. With Republicans assuming full control of Congress on Tuesday after victories in the November…

Originally posted at The Guardian, April 10, 2014 by Desmond Tutu We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate…

Posted at Popular Resistance, April 17th, 2014 by Reno Berkeley In American history, cowboys and Indians have always been enemies, fighting against one another for control of the land. Today, their descendants have teamed up to fight an enemy that seeks to destroy them both – the Keystone XL pipeline.…