Ecology/Environment

Burnaby Trans Mountain tree-sitter jailed for criminal contempt

01/03/22
Author: 
Jeremy Hainsworth
Link: 
New Westminster Record
RCMP used a bucket lift to reach Trans Mountain protester Dr. Tim Takaro in Burnaby. He has pleaded not guilty to criminal contempt of court.Cornelia Naylor

Feb. 15, 2022

Jail time for Trans Mountain pipeline protesters violating a court injunction will start to increase if disobedience continues, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Feb. 15

Two men involved in anti-Trans Mountain pipeline protests in Burnaby were jailed Feb. 15 after pleading guilty, while a third goes to trial in June after a not-guilty plea.

All were charged with criminal contempt of court for allegedly breaching a court injunction aimed at preventing disruption of work at the federally owned Burnaby Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project (TMX).

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Two weeks in jail for trio of women who breached Burnaby Trans Mountain injunction

01/03/22
Author: 
Jeremy Hainsworth
Link: 
Burnaby Now
Protesters gather outside the courthouse on Feb. 14, 2022.Jeremy Hainsworth

Feb 14, 2022

'The destruction of Mother Earth must stop,' one of the women said in court during sentencing.

Three women have gone to jail for 14 days after pleading guilty to criminal contempt of court for breaching a court injunction aimed at preventing disruption of work at the Burnaby Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX). 

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New TMX Conditions -- Some Good, Some Still Not Even There

27/02/22
Author: 
Georia Strait Alliance
Link: 
Georgia Strait Alliance
Image by Jennie Wyatt.

Feb. 25, 2022

Yesterday, the Province of B.C. released the long-awaited new Environmental Assessment conditions for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. In response, Georgia Strait Alliance’s Energy Campaigner Andrew Radzik said:

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Pacific Northwest: The Salmon Fishery, Climate Change and the Eco-System

24/02/22
Author: 
 April M. Short
Link: 
The Bullet
Northwest salmon

February 24, 2022  • 

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Property destruction: a legitimate response to colonialism and climate chaos?

22/02/22
Author: 
James Wilt
Link: 
Canadian Dimension
Damaged heavy equipment following an alleged attack on the Coastal GasLink pipeline facility on Wet’suwet’en territory near Houston, British Columbia, February 17, 2022. Handout photo courtesy BC RCMP.

Feb. 18, 2022

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Why we face jail time for safeguarding a livable climate

12/02/22
Author: 
Ruth Walmsley
Link: 
Vancouver Sun
Prayer Circle Peaceful Direct Action with (from left) Ruth Walmsley, Dr. Christine Thuring, Catherine Hembling. jpg

Feb 09, 2022 

In the coming weeks, six of us face jail time for peacefully protesting the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (TMX) near the Brunette River in Burnaby. We are members of a multi-faith prayer circle and residents of Burnaby and Vancouver.

 

In mid-February, we will be appearing in B.C. Supreme Court to face charges of “criminal contempt of court.”

 

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Unnatural disasters plague Canada's forests, leaving at least half of our tree species at risk of disappearing

09/02/22
Author: 
Arno Kopecky
Link: 
National Observer
The White Rock Lake wildfire west of Vernon, B.C., burned an area of more than 83,000 hectares last summer. Photo by Jesse Winter

Feb. 7, 2022

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‘Homelessness is lethal’: US deaths among those without housing are surging

09/02/22
Author: 
Erin McCormick
Link: 
The Guardian
Tents lined up on San Pedro on skid row, in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2022

Untreated disease, violence, exposure, overdoses and car strikes are all added hazards of living on the streets

The number of Americans dying while homeless has surged dramatically in the past five years, an exclusive analysis by the Guardian in conjunction with an academic expert at the University of Washington has shown.

An examination of 20 US urban areas found the number of deaths among people living without housing shot up by 77% in the five years ending in 2020.

 

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Updates from Wet'suwet'en Territory

03/02/22
Author: 
First Nations leaders
We are the power - poster
The Struggle against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and for Indigenous sovereignty on Wet'suwet'en territory continues despite the pressures from the RCMP and industry, and an ongoing pandemic. 

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Environment Canada warned port expansion puts shorebirds at risk, but feds withheld final comments from review panel

01/02/22
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Link: 
National Observer
Western sandpipers take flight in front of the Roberts Bank port. A proposed expansion to the facility would put them and other shorebirds at risk, according to Environment Canada. Photo by Jason Puddifoot

Feb. 1, 2022

A damning document from Environment Canada that warned of disastrous environmental impacts was withheld from a key stage of an environmental assessment for a proposed Metro Vancouver shipping terminal.

Scientists who authored the report say the project threatens local wildlife, particularly the western sandpiper — a species of shorebird unique to the West Coast of North America that feeds in the nutrient-rich Fraser Delta during migration.

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