Tag Archives: Tar Sands

Alberta: Ottawa government launches counterterrorism unit for tarsands

Globe&Mail. June 9: Ottawa launches Alberta counterterrorism unit After labelling certain environmental and first nations groups as extremists and radicals, Canada’s federal government, along with the country’s top law enforcement and spy agencies, have set up a counterterrorism unit in … Continue reading

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Spokane: Northwest Extraction Resistance Workshop [June 8-9]

Even though these are non-violent activist trainings — not that I’m against non-violence, just the framing — I’m posting this so people know what’s going on further east. Rising Tides are active this summer — there’s an anti-coal action camp … Continue reading

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Enbridge launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign to combat B.C. pipeline opposition

Warrior Publications. May 29: Enbridge launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign to combat B.C. pipeline opposition Enbridge Inc. said Tuesday it is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in British Columbia promoting its Northern Gateway pipeline project in response to stiffer opposition than … Continue reading

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Six Nations: Protesters halt Enbridge pipeline hearing

Warrior Publications. May 23: Six Nations: Protesters halt Enbridge pipeline hearing By JONATHAN SHER, The London Free Press, May 23, 2012 Native and Occupy protester have brought to a halt a hearing by the National Energy Board that environmentalists feared … Continue reading

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Toghestiy Letter: PTP will not be allowed in Wet’suwet’en Yintah!

Hell yeah… * ### ### ### ### ### from Unistoten Camp: Letter: Proposed Gas Pipelines will not be Allowed to be Constructed on Unceded Wet’suwet’en Territories “We will stop them at our traditional boundary lines and prevent them from proceeding … Continue reading

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Tarsands: First Nations ones to bear environmental costs

Warrior Publications. May 16: Enbridge: First Nations ones to bear environmental costs By Doug Cuthand, Special to The StarPheonix, May 11, 2012 Aboriginal people and the Harper government are on a collision course, and the Alberta tarsands and the Enbridge … Continue reading

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“Occupy Oil” Called for May 22

via Root Force: “Occupy Oil” Protests Called for May 22 British activists are calling for the occupation of Shell gas stations around the world on May 22 in protest of the company’s destructive policies, particularly its involvement in Rossport, Ireland; … Continue reading

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Vancity: Enbridge annual meetings this week

via Vancouver Media Co-op. May 7: Vancity: Enbridge under pressure from enviros at annual meetings this week “Socially-responsible” credit union holds stock in tarsands companies VICTORIA – A Vancouver Island environmental group is giving Vancity credit union a deadline to … Continue reading

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Resistance fierce as oil sands battle shifts to British Columbia

From Warrior Publications. April 27: Resistance fierce as oil sands battle shifts to British Columbia   Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post,  Apr 25, 2012 VICTORIA — During the past few months, the main front in the fight against development of the … Continue reading

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