Protest - Revolt

05/01/16
Author: 
Jonny Wakefield
A charter helicopter lifted a survival trailer with a wood stove and bunk house, shown here, to the site in late December. The next day, Hydro posted notice that the area would be cleared for logging. Photo Courtesy of Helen Knott

Site C opponents dug in on the south bank of the Peace River say they're not going anywhere, despite an eviction notice from BC Hydro. 

A dozen people opposed to the $8.8-billion dam have been living in shifts at the historic Rocky Mountain Fort since mid-December. The camp is set up on the site of an 18th century fur trade fort, upstream from the confluence of the Peace and Moberly Rivers.  

03/01/16
Author: 
mediocritysucks05@hotmail.com
Honour treaty rights sign - Peace River

“You remember that story that the elder told us? Down the way where the Pe1014188_10151512297076627_1280210942_nace River meets the Halfway River?” I asked her, referring to the camp we had over three years ago.

01/01/16
Author: 
Asbjørn Wahl
Paris protests

The Climate Summit in Paris has once again reminded us of how vulnerable we are on planet earth. However, humanity is faced with a number of deep and challenging crises: economic, social, political, over food – and, of course, over climate change, which is threatening the very existence of millions of people. These crises have many of the same root causes, going to the core of our economic system.

27/12/15
Author: 
Joe Torres
Climate activists denounce the Paris climate agreement, saying it will only aggravate climate change and intensify global warming, during a protest march on Dec. 12. (Photo: Clemente Bautista)

The struggle for climate justice did not end in Paris after 196 nations voted to adopt an agreement curbing global warming on Dec. 13, according to environmental activists in the Philippines.

"The Paris agreement is not the climate solution nor the justice we hoped and fought for," said Rep. Neri Colmenares, senior deputy minority leader of the Philippine House of Representatives.

The emission cuts promised in the deal are "neither equitable nor even scientifically viable," the legislator said.

The Philippine government, however, welcomed the deal.

27/12/15
Author: 
Mark Hertsgaard
 (Rex Features via AP Images)

If taken seriously, the commitments made at COP21 could spell death for the fossil-fuel industry. That’s a big “if.”

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect the author’s further reflections after the end of the summit.

27/12/15
Author: 
Martin Lukacs
 Indigenous activists lead the Red Lines action in Paris at the end of the UN climate negotiations on December 12, 2015. Photograph: Allan Lissner

The terrifying deadlines approached by climate change tempt us to despair. But the face of the movement stirs us to courage.

Two certainties existed entering the Paris climate talks. They hold as true coming out. The first was that the world’s heads of state were not prepared to act as is necessary. The second is that it was never going to be up to them anyway.

24/12/15
Author: 
Oscar Reyes
(Photo: Takver / Flickr)

The headlines from the Paris climate talks tell an inspiring story. Agence France-Pressereported an outbreak of “euphoria” as the international climate accord was sealed. Reutershailed a global “turn from fossil fuels.” The Guardian headlined “a major leap for mankind.”

24/12/15
Author: 
New Internationalist Editorial
 People's climate march Dec 2015 © Dominique Z Barron

An open letter from the Wretched of the Earth bloc to the organizers of the People’s Climate March of Justice and Jobs.  

23/12/15
Author: 
Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion
21/12/15
Author: 
Belinda Rodriguez, Ben Case
“We’re blocking Green Capitalism”, photo by Duc, via Flickr.

The cowardly response of prominent climate organizations like 350.org and Avaaz to the protest ban during COP21 demands accountability.

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