Ecology/Environment

06/03/20
Author: 
CBC News
The company behind plans to build a liquefied natural gas plant by the Saguenay port says the loss of a significant investor doesn't mean the end of the project. (Radio-Canada)

Mar 05, 2020 

Berkshire Hathaway opts not to invest $4B in liquified natural gas plant and pipeline

Warren Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway has decided not to invest $4 billion in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant by the Saguenay port.

The marine terminal to ship LNG to overseas markets is slated to be built roughly 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, at a cost of $9.5 billion.

02/03/20
Author: 
First Nations Leaders
Despite a widespread media narrative spreading incorrect information, NO agreements have been made on the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline, and the call for solidarity actions remains firmly in place!
01/03/20
Author: 
Wayne Bradley

Feb 27, 2020 - I hope we will soon see political analysts and commentators acknowledging that the massive uprising we are seeing in Canada is far more than spontaneous solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people, although it certainly is that.

25/02/20
Author: 
Jack Garton
Cover - The Frontline Is Everywhere (in support of Unist'ot'en land defenders)
ALL PROCEEDS FROM SONG DOWNLOADS GO TO UNIST'OT'EN LEGAL FUND. DIRECT DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT UNISTOTEN.CAMP
Listen here.

25/02/20
Author: 
Jeff McMahon
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ASSOCIATED PRESS
 Feb 24, 2020
 

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ASSOCIATED PRESS

In a book out tomorrow, the woman who led the negotiations for the Paris Agreement calls for civil disobedience to force institutions to respond to the climate crisis.

“It’s time to participate in non-violent political movements wherever possible,” Christiana Figueres writes in “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis,” which will be released tomorrow by Knopf.

25/02/20
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
‘Climate change is not just a question of science. It is question of society, too. Maybe the society question is a bigger one than the science.’ Photo for The Tyee by Colin Rowe.

Feb. 25, 2020

Our conversation with the renowned botanist turns to fire, money and manual work.

It is bright and frozen beyond the walls of Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s cozy home this winter’s day in the farm country of southeastern Ontario. We are sipping tea and discussing best-laid plans gone up in flames.

23/02/20
Author: 
Sarah Rieger
Teck Resources' zinc and lead smelting and refining complex is pictured in Trail, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Feb 23, 2020

Announcement came hours after Alberta announced it struck deal with First Nations over project

Vancouver-based Teck Resources has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta.

The federal government was slated to make a decision on whether or not to approve the $20.6-billion, 260,000-barrel-per-day Frontier project next week.

Sources close to the project confirmed to CBC News the application was withdrawn.

22/02/20
Author: 
Health Professionals'

To:  Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
       Hon. John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia
       Hon. David Eby, Attorney-General of British Columbia
       Hon. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous Relations
       Hon. Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations
                            and Reconciliation
       Office of the Wet'suwet'en
       Unist'ot'en Camp
       Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
       S/Sgt. Janelle Shoihet, RCMP E Division

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