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'This Is a Really, Really Big Deal': Michigan Gov. Moves to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline to Protect Great Lakes

14/11/20
Author: 
Jessica Corbett
Link: 
Common Dreams
Environmental and Indigenous activists welcomed a move by the Michigan governor Friday to shut down the Line 5 pipelines. (Photo: Jeffness/CC)

November 13, 2020

"Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and way of life."

Environmental and Indigenous activists celebrated Friday after Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took action to shut down the decades-old Enbridge Line 5 oil and natural gas pipelines that run under the Straits of Mackinac, narrow waterways that connect Lake Huron and Lake Michigan—two of the Great Lakes.

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Oil - Pipelines
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RCMP Commissioner Sued by Civil Liberties Group for Preventing Release of Watchdog Report into Police Spying

11/11/20
Author: 
Group Statement

For Immediate Release

(le français suit)

November 10, 2020 - Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) announces it is launching a lawsuit against RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. The BCCLA is suing the RCMP Commissioner for inexcusable delays preventing the release of a civilian watchdog report into RCMP spying on Indigenous and climate advocates.  

 

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British Columbia
Canada
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Fracking shatters illusions of a clean B.C.

02/11/20
Author: 
Peter McCartney
Link: 
Straight
CNRL West Stoddart gas plant PETER MCCARTNEY/WILDERNESS COMMITTEE

October 30th, 2020

Wind howls in my ears. My fingers are numb. It’s midnight and I’m on top of Pink Mountain, near Mile 147 of the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia. As I look out into the night, dozens of gas plants light up the horizon. This is fracking country.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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Leaked 2018 Strategy Proposed ‘Broader Than Oil’ Coalition To Undercut Ottawa's Clean Fuel Standard

09/10/20
Author: 
Primary author Mitchell Beer
Link: 
The Energy Mix
oil refinery - skeeze / Pixabay

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A top communications and government relations firm led by long-time Conservative Party strategist Jaime Watt developed a confidential plan to undercut support for the federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) by convincing Canadians that “fighting climate change is a losing battle,” according to leaked documents released this week by Greenpeace Canada.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Alberta
Canada
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Oil - Pipelines
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New Analysis: Big Oil still can’t be trusted

28/09/20
Author: 
Oil Change International
Oil Change International
Sept. 28, 2020

 

We just released a major new analysis!

Click here to share the new findings on Twitter. You can also share on Facebook 

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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could be at least two months late

25/09/20
Author: 
E. McIntosh
Link: 
National Observer
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is currently scheduled to be finished at the end of 2022. Photo from Trans Mountain/Twitter

September 25th 2020

Last week, Trans Mountain said its pipeline expansion project is on schedule to be done by the end of 2022.

But the environmental non-profit Wilderness Committee says it appears Trans Mountain has missed its window to start key construction work in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, meaning the project is at risk of at least a two-month delay. And that’s if everything else goes perfectly ⁠— if not, it could be up to 14 months late.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
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No Conservation Without Justice

17/09/20
Author: 
Torrance Coste - Wilderness Committee
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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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Climate strikers are trying to trademark Erin O’Toole’s ‘Take Back Canada’ slogan

17/09/20
Author: 
E. McIntosh
Link: 
National Observer
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured in 2018, used the slogan 'Take Back Canada' during his leadership campaign. Now, a group of climate activists are attempting to trademark the phrase. File photo by Alex Tétreault

September 17th 2020

A group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth climate activists have filed to trademark the 'Take Back Canada’ slogan used by Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O’Toole.

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Canada
Climate Change
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Stop Trans Mountain in Kamloops All eyes on Secwepemc territory as Trans Mountain begins construction in Kamloops.

13/09/20
Author: 
First Nations Leaders
Link: 
Wilderness Committee September 10
Stop Trans Mountain in Kamloops All eyes on Secwepemc territory as Trans Mountain begins construction in Kamloops.

Secwepemc land defenders have kicked off a month of direct action to stop Trans Mountain, as they plan to drill under the Thompson River in Kamloops.

See video here.

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
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Growing Underwater Heat Blob Is Speeding Demise of Arctic Sea Ice

09/09/20
Author: 
Tiffany Duong
Link: 
EcoWatch

Sep. 06, 2020

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Climate Change
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