Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)
Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.
Tag Archives: US Politics
Kinder Morgan Pitches Oil Sands Pipeline Expansion to Skeptics on Both Sides of Border
A proposal to more than double a pipeline from Canada’s oil sands to tanker terminals in Burnaby, British Columbia, and Anacortes and Ferndale, Washington, is drawing fire from First Nations on both sides of the border who say the risks to traditional territories and waters are unacceptable.
Ambassador Chris Stevens Mourned Across Indian Country as Peacemaker, Diplomat
In the wake of the violent death of United States Libyan Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens on September 11, Indigenous people near and far are coming to terms with the loss of one of their own.
Occupy Wall Street’s Rebel Spirit: Where Next?
One year after the movement sparked, The Tyee talks to two members still fired up.
Occupy Vancouver will remain despite police crackdown in U.S.
Undaunted by rain or reports of police violence at other Occupy sites, Vancouver protesters vow to stay the course
B.C. intervened to halt Bush torture case
Questions of political interference are being raised after a court case against former U.S. president George W. Bush was stopped in its tracks by the attorney general last week
Police rough up anti-Cheney protesters
As former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke in Vancouver on Monday night, several hundred people demanded his arrest on charges of war crimes and torture, blocking both entrances to the upscale Vancouver Club by linking arms, as others staged a sit-in lasting several hours.
The Psalters: Unsanitary Allegiance
In a Christian music scene dominated by catchy tunes, poppy fluff imitating hit radio, and a cookie-cutter message of personal salvation, the Psalters are something else completely – a ragged band of misfits seeking ways out of what they call “Empire,” comparing today’s economic and political realities with Rome
David P Ball 