<p>Goldman Sachs: Killing the Keystone XL Pipeline Kills Canadian Oil Sands</p>
<p>By Mat McDermott<br />
Motherboard</p>

<p>South Portlanders petition to put tar-sands project on the ballot<br />
Pre-emptive Petitioning<br />
The Portland Phoenix<br />
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 13, 2013</p>

<p>Canada's tar sands companies fail to clean up toxic waste, report finds</p>
<p>Three arrested in environmental protests as Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper visits London</p>
<p> Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent<br />
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 June 2013</p>

<div class='node-body'><p>In a statement released Thursday evening, the Obama administration is claiming to have proof that Syrian president Bashir al-Assad has been using chemical weapons&mdash;crossing Obama&#39;s &quot;red line&quot; established to justify U.S. military action.</p>

The Salish Sea Foundation proposes an international Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary as a means of partnering Coast Salish First Nations, British Columbia and Washington State in protecting and restoring the estuarine ecosystem of Puget Sound, Strait of Juan...

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StopG8 held a “Carnival Against Capitalism” in the West End of London today (11 June),
demonstrating against 100 murderous banks, corporations, “dens of the rich” and other
hiding places of power in the run up to the G8 Summit.

The carnival went ahead despite extreme pre-emptive violence from the Metropolitan and
City Police, which caused a number of protesters to be injured.