LNG - Fracking

New Indigenous advisory committee has no power over Canada’s energy projects

02/09/20

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Premila D'Sa

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Canada Energy Regulator is responsible for approving and regulating major projects such as the Keystone XL pipeline, which runs natural gas through the U.S. and Canada. Photo by Shannon Patrick/Creative Commons

September 2nd 2020

An Indigenous Advisory Committee may be comprised of "respected voices in their communities," but it's unclear how much of a say they'll have during discussions about future energy projects.

The Canada Energy Regulator announced the committee last week.

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How much COVID-19 recovery money are governments giving to fossil fuels?

29/07/20

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Oil Change International

We aren’t asking you to sign a petition or donate – instead we’re sharing a few interesting new resources.

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BC Hydro’s Site C dam report months overdue, fuelling concerns about more cost overruns

14/07/20

Author:

Sarah Cox

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The Narwhal

Part of the Site C dam worksite in July 2020. The $10.7 billion dam is the largest publicly funded project in B.C.'s history. It will flood 128 kilometres of the Peace River and its tributaries, in the heart of Treaty 8 territory. Two Treaty 8 First Nations are awaiting court dates for civil claims asserting that the Site C dam, along with two previous dams on the Peace River, violate their constitutionally protected treaty rights. Photo: Don Hoffmann

Jul 8, 2020

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30th anniversary of the siege on Kanehsatà:ke July 11th: Call for actions in Solidarity

11/07/20

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First Nations Leaders

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By Many Calculations, LNG Is a Fail for BC: Report

10/07/20

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

The math for liquefied natural gas is bad on emissions, revenues, jobs, even offsetting coal in China, finds a new study.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

West Vancouver and Gibsons councils joined Squamish and Bowen Island in holding Woodfibre LNG accountable for its local greenhouse gas emissions.Thank you West Vancouver + Gibsons!

20/06/20

Author:

My Sea to Sky

Example natural gas liquefaction plant, to convert natural gas into a liquefied state.

With unanimous votes, both West Vancouver and Gibsons councils have supported motions stating that they do not support an extension of the Environmental Assessment Certificate for Woodfibre LNG unless the extension includes a condition that Woodfibre LNG must meet the IPCC targets for its operation within the District of Squamish to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and 100% by 2050.

They've joined Squamish and Bowen Island in holding Woodfibre LNG accountable for its local greenhouse gas emissions. Woot woot!

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British Columbia

LNG - Fracking

B.C. has its own militarized, violent and yes, racist cops

14/06/20

Author:

KaiI Nagata

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Dogwood BC

JUNE 4, 2020

Their next mission? Punch another pipeline through Indigenous lands

Canadians can shake our heads at police brutality in the United States, but the same tactics and equipment are used in our country, with alarming numbers of Black and Indigenous people hurt and killed.

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No criminal charges for people arrested during injunction enforcement on Wet'suwet'en territory

07/06/20

Author:

Chantelle Bellrichard

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CBC News

Jun 05, 2020

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Why an Alberta court decision to quash an oilsands project affects Treaty Rights cases in B.C.

30/05/20

Author:

Ben Parfitt

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The Narwhal

Fort McKay First Nation member Michael Bouchier, middle, takes his friends on a boat ride toward a Suncor Energy operation on the Athabasca River. The Fort McKay recently won a legal battle against a new oilsands project near Moose Lake. Photo: Aaron Vincent Elkaim

May 28, 2020

A recent ruling by three Appeal Court justices has transformed the nature of Treaty 8 First Nations’ legal battles against the Site C dam and oil and gas development, finding the Crown must consider the cumulative impacts of industrial projects

When Woodland Cree Chiefs met with commissioners of the Crown at Lesser Slave Lake in June 1899 to sign Treaty 8, it’s likely no one completely understood the full scale of industrial development that lay ahead.

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