Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)
Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.
Tag Archives: Environment
Poets rally their verse to keep Langley forest from development
Hundreds of poets are putting their verse together to keep a 10-hectare forest slated for development by Langley council intact, and they’re hanging their work from trees with ribbons.
Backed by Poll, Activists Rake Port Metro Vancouver over Coals
Terminal expansion plans need community input: Vancouver mayor.
Photo: City calls on Port Metro Vancouver to delay coal export expansion
Mayor Gregor Robertson has called for more consultation regarding coal transports through Metro Vancouver, citing the impact of coal on climate change and of coal dust on human health, agriculture and marine life.
Grassy Narrows Anti-Logging Blockade Marks Ten-Year Anniversary
In remote northwest Ontario, a crackling bonfire and story-telling quietly marked the 10-year anniversary of the longest protest blockade in Canada’s history, one that has become an iconic Native land defense battle.
Is Vancouver’s Road to Green Paved with Plastic?
The City says a new method of mixing wax into streets is emissions-lite, but critics are wary of hidden bumps.
U.S. and Canada-Wide Protests Target Pacific Trails’ Proposed Fracking Pipeline
Activists in Canada, the U.S. and all the way to Trinidad and Tobago are staging protests on November 27 in support of a blockade against a natural gas pipeline and fracking project in northern British Columbia.
‘We’re stopping them … There’s no way around us’: Wet’suwet’en evict Pacific Trails Pipeline
One week after hereditary leaders of the Wet’suwet’en nation, in northern B.C., evicted Apache company-hired surveyors from their traditional territories, allies across Canada and the U.S. are holding protests in solidarity with the pipeline blockade.
Coal Port to China Barges ahead without Public Support: Activists
A plan to significantly expand a Surrey coal port — allowing it to export four million metric tonnes of the fossil fuel a year, mostly to China, and potentially doubling that later — is barging ahead quietly without much public awareness or input, says a climate change activist group.
Spiritual Leaders Vow to Defend Mother Earth from Oil Sands and Pipelines With Spiritual Declaration
Indigenous spiritual leaders from across the continent have launched a declaration to protect Mother Earth from the impacts of development in Canada’s oil sands mega-project.
David P Ball 