Indigenous Peoples

11/07/24
Author: 
Jeremy Appel
Rio Tinto - Kennecott open pit copper mine. Salt Lake County, Utah. How do we balance the needs of an energy transition with the harsh realities of mining critical minerals like copper? Photo by arbyreed/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Jul. 11, 2024

As the world inevitably transitions away from fossil fuel extraction, there’s a growing international consensus that mining critical minerals — including copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc and more — will have to ramp up in order to power clean energy sources.

10/07/24
Author: 
Bob Weber - The Canadian Press
The bank of the Mackenzie River is seen in Inuvik, N.W.T., on July 3, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Emily Blake

July 8, 2024

Canada's longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who have never known the mighty Mackenzie to be so shallow.

"This has never been seen before," said Dieter Cazon, looking out at the water from his office as land and resources manager for the Liidlii Kue First Nation at Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

"We've asked elders, 'Does anybody have stories about water being this incredibly low?' Nobody has these stories."

03/07/24
Author: 
Janelle Lapointe
David Eby, Pierre Poilievre

Jun. 28, 2024

The rise of “natural gas” as a form of reconciliation is a strategy of the fossil fuel industry to maintain their grip on our energy systems and profit off Indigenous lands.

Sitting alongside Indigenous leaders with a Canadian flag draped behind him, Pierre Poilievre began his announcement. 

“For hundreds of years, First Nations have suffered under a broken system that gives power over their lives to a far away government in Ottawa that decides for them,” he said.

29/06/24
Author: 
Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) and Mike De Souza
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked a provincial lobbying watchdog to look into claims of improper lobbying following leaked recording of internal TC Energy corporate presentations. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. Niki Sharma photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press. David Eby photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal

Jun. 26, 2024

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked a provincial watchdog to look into a series of bold claims about how an executive at a Canadian oil and gas giant — and former BC NDP political staffer — claimed the company had leveraged political connections to persuade the provincial government to significantly weaken its environmental policies.

17/06/24
Author: 
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
The proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project pipeline will cut east to west across roughly 900 kilometers of northern B.C. Photo by Jason Drury/Flickr

Jun. 14, 2024

B.C.'s energy regulator has created a legal loophole that is facilitating a "last-ditch" effort to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.

15/05/24
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam pictured speaking at a press conference in Ottawa last spring. File photo by Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

May 14, 2024

A massive carbon capture project in Canada’s oilsands should require an environmental impact assessment, say a local First Nation and environmental groups who are calling on the provincial government to make it happen.

28/03/24
Author: 
Richard Fidler
bus lane photo - from https://freetransitottawa.ca/

Mar. 20, 2024

Free Transit Ottawa (FTO) organized a public meeting on March 18 on the theme “Fighting Climate Change: Beyond the Carbon Tax.”

The event was cosponsored by a range of local climate-justice movements: Ecology Ottawa, Horizon Ottawa, Justice for Workers, Fridays for Future and CAWI (City for All Women Initiative).

15/03/24
Author: 
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
Gitanyow  totems

Mar. 14, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gitanyow Lax’yip, March 14, 2024: Premier Eby’s push for the expansion of LNG development directly contradicts his promises on climate action, exacerbating the very crisis he claims to combat. The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) condemn the Premier’s hypocrisy and dismissal of their plea to assess the impacts of the Ksi Lisims LNG project thoroughly.

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