Oil industry interests ‘written all over’ Canada-China pact
Environmental, labour and democracy activists have thrown their weight behind a lawsuit by Hupacasath First Nation, which hopes to halt a major Canada-China trade pact through the courts.
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Union support, affidavits boost lawsuit’s efforts to halt Canada-China investment deal
Unions, citizen groups, and environmentalists have joined a growing chorus alarmed about a secretive investment deal with China, voicing their support yesterday for a First Nation’s lawsuit seeking to halt the agreement.
Unpaid fines, leaks and spills at volumes beyond worst case scenarios for Enbridge Inc.
A withering report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board was notEnbridge’s only oil spill challenge in the summer of 2012.
Enbridge’s pipeline spills, PR headaches and corporate history
You’ve heard the names. You’ve seen the headlines. But what, exactly, is Enbridge – the key player behind Canada’s most controversial industrial proposal?
Enbridge says new pipelines “national priority,” as whistle-blowers arrested
More than 1,000 people protested against the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway project as its public hearings moved to Vancouver on Jan. 14, the largest anti-pipeline demonstration since the 4,000-strong “Defend Our Coast” protests in Victoria last October.
Métis group joins Save the Fraser Declaration against pipeline
Could the battle against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline have a parallel in the NorthWest Rebellion, the 1885 uprising of Métis and First Nations which led to Canada’s infamous hanging of Louis Riel and others?
No to these pipelines! Kinder Morgan pipeline under fire
Labour, First Nations and environmentalists warn that too much is at stake with the TransMountain project.
Happy New Year: Stories of 2012
Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.
Fracking flow under fire from Wet’suwet’en anti-pipeline blockade
The Pacific Trails Pipeline is facing a new obstacle to reaching Kitimat, B.C.’s liquid natural gas plant: land defenders camped on its right of way.
Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)
Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.
David P Ball 