Protest - Revolt

The standoff is ongoing.

"We call for solidarity actions from coast to coast. Take action where you stand, or come stand with us on the yintah."
-Gidimt'en Checkpoint

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British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

LNG - Fracking

Protest - Revolt

Land Sales and Sellouts: Indigenous Protesters Question Their Band Councils’ Democratic Legitimacy

10/10/20

Author:

Adam Riggio

Link:

The Canada Files

Photo Credit: (Toronto Star / Google Images)

Oct. 9, 2020

If you want to help activists at 1492 Landback Lane pay for bail and defend themselves from police oppression, you can contribute to the legal aid fund for the Haudenosaunee land defenders.

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Three Indigenous Land Defenders Imprisoned Today

07/10/20

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Mountain Protectors

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Stop All Work at the Site C Dam NOW - new petition

07/10/20

Author:

Witness For The Peace

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Permanent protest camp established near Trans Mountain work site in Kamloops

06/10/20

Author:

Michael Potestio

Link:

Kamloops This Week

Secwépemc protestors arrive at the Mission Flats camp on Oct. 3, where they vow to remain during their bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. photo by Facebook

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Miranda Dick, a spokesperson for the camp, told KTW the sole goal of the encampment is to stop the pipeline twinning project. Asked what protesters are prepared to do to achieve that, Dick replied: “Everything.”

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Secwépemc protesters have settled in for the long haul in a bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from being completed in Kamloops.

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Climate strike youth want Annamie Paul’s attention

06/10/20

Author:

Alastair Sharp

Link:

National Observer

Emma-Jane Burian is seen with the former leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, in September 2019. Photo by Matt Watson

October 6th 2020

Annamie Paul wasn’t Allie Rougeot’s first choice to become leader of the federal Greens, but the young Toronto climate striker is hoping the movement will have her ear regardless.

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Bad Dreams on Burnaby Mountain: Threats of Oil Spills, Explosions and Killer Firestorms

05/10/20

Author:

Tom Sandborn

Link:

National Observer

This photo shows Elan Gibson (seated), author, actor, activist and a spokeswoman for Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, on the day of her arrest at the Kinder Morgan tank farm gates on May 16, 2018. Photo by Susanne Jackson

October 5th 2020

“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
— Lord Farquaard in Shrek, the animated classic

“Fossil fuels require sacrifice zones: they always have.”
— Naomi Klein, 2016

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How the Corporate Media Helps the Fossil Fuel Industry Dupe the American Public on Climate

01/10/20

Author:

Aman Azhar

Link:

The Real News

Rebels from Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC) set off smoke flares and dumped ash outside CNN’s DC offices on Friday, September 18, in protest at news outlet's coverage of the wildfire crisis. Credit: Gabe Cowan (XRDC)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

For nearly three decades, mainstream American news outlets duped the public on climate change by publishing significantly more news stories that denied climate science compared to those that said it was occurring, according to a recent study.

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Protest - Revolt

Miranda Dick, a spokesperson for the camp, told KTW the sole goal of the encampment is to stop the pipeline twinning project. Asked what protesters are prepared to do to achieve that, Dick replied: “Everything.”

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

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