Oil - Pipelines

06/12/16
Author: 
Tat7ush - Theresa Peters

I did a column about the Standing Rock Sioux’s stand against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) in October. On Sunday (Dec. 4) news broke that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not allow the pipeline to be built on its current route near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

It’s a huge victory for the water protectors — the term Standing Rock activists used and what I will call them in this column. But it took months of action and sacrifice to get to this point.

Back in October, not much media coverage was given to this environmental and Indigenous rights issue.   

06/12/16
Author: 
Josh Hafner
 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will not allow the easement necessary for the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built near reservation lands. Newslook

05/12/16
Author: 
Tanya Fletcher
Protesters stand outside a Vancouver, B.C. bank on Dec. 1, 2016. (CBC)

Rally targeted banks protesters say will benefit from the pipeline

Protesters once again marched through downtown Vancouver on Thursday night, carrying signs and chanting anti-pipeline sentiments.

While it's a scene familiar to the west coast, the rally didn't have a local target — instead, it was meant as a symbol of solidarity for the Standing Rock demonstrators in North Dakota.

05/12/16
Author: 
Jack Healy and Nicholas Fandos

[See video with original article]

CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory on Sunday in its battle to block an oil pipeline being built near its reservation when the Department of the Army announced that it would not allow the pipeline to be drilled under a dammed section of the Missouri River.

05/12/16
Author: 
Chantal Hébert
B.C. Premier Christy Clark will be campaigning for re-election in the spring. If she supports Trudeau's move, it will be her provincial Liberals who will first test the post-announcement waters. She could be in for a choppy crossing, writes Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

[Editor:  pipeline politics!]

A betting person might reasonably wager that Justin Trudeau will not want to open another front in the pipeline wars between now and the 2019 election. And that probably makes Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, who could be facing an uphill re-election battle in less than two years, a collateral winner of this week's developments.

05/12/16
Author: 
Andy Pearson
 Dallas Goldtooth
9 hrs ·

Tremendous breakdown of what this all means, by fellow protector Andy Pearson:

ARMY CORPS DECISION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

05/12/16
Author: 
Taboo
Published on Dec 4, 2016

Tell President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and protect water for 17 million people and our planet for future generations: SIGN THE PETITION at http://PEOPLESCLIMATEMUSIC.COM

05/12/16
Author: 
National Observer
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier at anti-Dakota Access pipeline protests in October 2016 in North Dakota. File photo by the Associated Press.

Opponents of the oil and gas industry's expansion scored a major victory Sunday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halted construction of the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's territory.

05/12/16
Author: 
Rafe Mair
Recent Kinder Morgan protest in Vancouver (Photo: Lu Iz/Facebook)

I simply couldn’t believe Gary Mason in Friday’s Globe and Mail In his article entitled “Sorry Vancouver: The rest of Canada needs pipelines”. I urge you to read the article so that if I misrepresent Mr. Mason you will see it for yourself.

04/12/16
Author: 
Charlie Smith
If Justin Trudeau approves the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal, he may end up kissing away a few Liberal seats in B.C. in the next election.

[Editor: We know how this turned out!]

In 2015 Terry Beech won a surprising victory in Burnaby North–Seymour against strong NDP, Conservative, and Green candidates, in part because Justin Trudeau's national campaign energized his team of supporters. 

Another factor was Trudeau's emphasis on his deep North Vancouver roots—his grandfather, James Sinclair, was the MP for nearly two decades. That's why Trudeau made a big deal in TV ads by declaring that he had B.C. in his blood.

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