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Cullen taking RCMP to task over handling of Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters

08/12/21
Author: 
Vaughn Palmer
Link: 
Vancouver Sun
Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline set up a support station at kilometre 39, just outside of Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on Wednesday January 8, 2020. PHOTO BY JASON FRANSON /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dec 6, 2021 *
 “I have seen a disturbing video in which two young residents in my constituency were arrested with undue force." — Stikine MLA Nathan Cullen

VICTORIA — Cabinet Minister Nathan Cullen is challenging the RCMP over its handling of protests at the Coastal GasLink pipeline, claiming police used “undue force” in arresting two of his constituents.

“I am writing today as a resident and MLA for Stikine regarding enforcement behaviour by RCMP in furtherance of a court order in my region,” wrote Cullen in a letter Friday to RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki.

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On Fossil Fuel Subsidies, the Facts Matter

08/12/21
Author: 
Sonia Furstenau
Link: 
The Tyee
LNG Canada’s marine terminal under construction. Photo via LNG Canada.

Dec. 3, 2021

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Bullsh*t Intensity

07/12/21
Author: 
Amy Westervelt
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Hot take
Hot take

Dec. 5, 2021

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Callout for support as solidarity actions continue - Wet'suwet'en

06/12/21
Author: 
First Nations leaders
Anishnawbe Land Defender Vanessa Gray from Aamjiwnaang First Nation has been targeted and stalked at her home by Toronto Police Services. She has been charged in connection to an action in Toronto attended by hundreds of people on November 21st in response to the violent raid in Wet’suwet’en territories.

 

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Canada’s Supreme Court recognizes Wet’suwet’en law. So how is Coastal GasLink moving ahead?

03/12/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs — from left, Rob Alfred, John Ridsdale and Antoinette Austin — who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline take part in a rally in Smithers, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2020. File photo by Jason Franson / The Canadian Press

Dec. 2, 2021

The crisis unfolding on Wet’suwet’en territory went from simmer to boil in recent weeks, and those on the ground say the fight against the Coastal GasLink project is far from over.

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Hundreds of academics condemn RCMP, governments over Coastal GasLink crisis in open letter

03/12/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Protesters gather in Vancouver on Jan. 8, 2019, to show solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline. File photo by Michael Ruffolo

Dec. 2, 2021

Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

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LNG exports will doom B.C.’s emissions reduction goals

03/12/21
Author: 
David Hughes
Link: 
The Province

(Nov 25, 2021) -  LNG exports will doom B.C.’s emissions reduction goals

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RCMP still clearing Indigenous lands for corporate interests

29/11/21
Author: 
Pamela Palmater
Link: 
The Breach
An RCMP officer points a gun into the tiny house in Wet'suwet'en territory. Photo: Still from footage by Michael Toledano

Nov. 26, 2021

Instead of criminalizing Indigenous peoples defending the climate and water, Canada should be taking our lead

The RCMP’s most recent actions in Wet’suwet’en territory unfolded more like a horror movie than any semblance of the rule of law in a functioning democracy. 

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‘Electrify everything’? Canada cranks fossil burning instead

29/11/21
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
Columnist Barry Saxifrage takes us on a chart-filled tour of where we are in our climate-required energy transition.

Nov. 25, 2021

Three of humanity's greatest crises are caused by fossil fuel pollution: climate chaos, ocean acidification and the deadly smog choking cities worldwide.

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Canada's environment watchdog blasts government for going from 'failure to failure'

28/11/21
Author: 
Christopher Nardi
Link: 
National Post
Railway tracks are suspended above the washed out on an underpass of the Trans Canada Highway 1 after devastating rain storms caused flooding and landslides, northeast of Lytton, British Columbia, Canada November 17, 2021. Picture taken November 17, 2021. B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure/Handout via REUTERS

Nov 25, 2021

Canada is 'the worst performer of all G7 Nations' in the fight against climate change, says commissioner report, which deals a serious blow to Liberals' environmental credentials

OTTAWA – Canada has become “the worst performer of all G7 Nations” in the fight against climate change and keeps going from “failure to failure” as it plays a “large role in the dangerous accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.”

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