Oil - Pipelines

Who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en people? Making sense of the Coastal GasLink conflict

03/02/20
Author: 
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
Understanding the period of transition and of nation building or rebuilding is key to making sense of the conflict regarding Coastal GasLink’s pipeline and who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en people – A rally for the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, B.C. seen here on Jan. 10, 2020 – in approving or not approving developments through their territory. JIMMY JEONG/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

JANUARY 24, 20

“Our people are in a profound period of transition and of nation building or rebuilding.”

I said these words when I was regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations some eight years ago. They remain true today.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Link to Leadnow Reject Teck Webinar Video

01/02/20
Author: 
Leadnow
Link: 
Leadnow

There is some interesting information on Leadnow's strategy to try and stop the Teck mine and mention of the Canadian 'Green New Deal' but it is worthwhile particularly to watch the guest on this video of the webinar of Jan. 29, 2020.   So if you don't have time to watch the whole thing you can go to 28:28 to watch Ariel Deranger, Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

The link is here.

 

 

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Category: 
Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Green New Deal/LEAP
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Tar Sands
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Invasion

21/01/20
Author: 
First Nations Leaders
Link: 
youtube.com
‘Is this a scorecard of how many First Nations say yes compared to those who say no? Is that how we measure rights and title?’ Photo by Michael Toledano.

Premiered Nov 1, 2019

 

 

Watch here.

 

[Photo: ‘Is this a scorecard of how many First Nations say yes compared to those who say no? Is that how we measure rights and title?’ Photo by Michael Toledano.]

 

 

 

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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'Still a lot of uncertainty' in Canadian energy sector: Former TC Energy CEO

20/01/20
Author: 
Shane McNeil
Link: 
BNN Bloomberg

Jan. 20, 2020

[See video at link.]

It’s too soon to call an end to Canada’s regulatory uncertainty around pipelines, despite recent advancements with Keystone XL and the Trans Mountain expansion project, according to a former TC Energy Corp. chief executive officer.

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Industry Spin
Oil - Pipelines
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Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s bid to save bill blocking Trans Mountain project

16/01/20
Author: 
John Paul Tasker ·
Link: 
CBC News

 Jan 16, 2020 

'Today it's heavy oil, tomorrow it could be anything else,' Justice Malcolm Rowe says at hearing

 [Watch video of Alberta Government here.]

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
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The Justin Trudeau Climate Playbook Version 2.0

12/01/20
Author: 
Rolly Montpellier
Link: 
Below 2 degrees C
Alberta Tar Sands

Please allow me to introduce Version 2.0 of the Justin Trudeau Climate Playbook. Version 1.0 came just after the COP21 climate talks that led to the Paris Agreement. Version 2.0 is just now surfacing and follows COP25 in Madrid which ended in dismal failure. Both versions are set against the same familiar background of the Alberta Tar Sands expansion.

Climate Playbook Version 1.0 — 2015

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
Energy
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Here are some reasons why the B.C. NDP needs to watch its back

12/01/20
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Link: 
Georgia Straight
When Premier John Horgan announced that his government was proceeding with the $10.7-billion Site C dam, it created a long-standing rift with some members of his party.

Jan. 4, 2020

This morning, I reflected on how frustrating it must be for some members of the B.C. NDP as they watch their government in action.

Teachers have learned that Premier John Horgan isn't seriously committed to upsetting the status quo that was established in public education through 16 years of rule by the B.C. Liberals. 

People who think about the climate every day recognize that this NDP government is thoroughly and utterly committed to supporting the LNG carbon bomb in Kitimat that will rely on fracked natural gas.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecosocialism
Energy
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Indigenous men ordered to stay 500 metres from Burnaby Trans Mountain sites

10/01/20
Author: 
Kelvin Gwley
Link: 
Burnaby Now
Protesters, including Stacy Gallagher (second from left) stand in the driveway of Trans Mountain's Burnaby Mountain tank farm on Dec. 2, 2019. Photograph By KELVIN GAWLEY

JANUARY 9, 2020

Two pipeline opponents charged with violating a court-ordered injunction. One arrested for refusing to sign paper.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered two Indigenous men to stay at least 500 metres away from Trans Mountain’s pipeline facilities in Burnaby.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
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CO2 from jet fuel is soaring 4 times faster: what can save the day?

07/01/20
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
Real-time flight mapping by flightradar24.com -- December 18, 2019

January 7th 2020

The global aviation industry has started burning jet fuel like there is no tomorrow. Its climate pollution is rocketing upward. And hoped-for "solutions" like biofuels and electric planes are being buried by the rising flood of emissions. In response, a growing number of climate-concerned people, including the world's most famous climate champion, Greta Thunberg, are advocating for less flying.

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Category: 
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
Transportation
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Brazil Oil Spill is a Warning for Canada

01/01/20
Author: 
Primary Author Paul McKay
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Brazil Oil Spill 2019 - TV BrasilGov/Wikimedia Commons
November 11, 2019

Eight weeks ago, the famed white sand beaches of northeast Brazil began blackening as globs of toxic oil suddenly appeared to coat or contaminate crustaceans, fish, sea turtles, birds, rocks, and shallow mangrove nurseries sheltering all manner of marine life.

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Canada
Ecology/Environment
Global
Oil - Pipelines
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