I don’t normally reprint news releases. This time I will make an exception. At the end of the news release are two videos I recorded earlier this year that speak to this issue. In the first, Dr. Stéphane McLachlan, of the Environmental Conservation Lab at the University of Manitoba, talks
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The Canadian Progressive: Ex-US president Jimmy Carter urges Obama to reject Keystone XL Pipeline
“History will reflect on this moment and it will be clear to our children and grandchildren if you made the right choice,” laureates remind President Obama as the world awaits his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline by: Obert Madondo | April 17, 2014 To show leadership on climate change and leave
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Thank you, Neil Young, for telling the truth
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Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Neil Young-Diana Krall To Help Bankroll First Nation’s Tar Sands Battle
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Could this be a ‘Canadian Spring’- an awakening to the fact that ‘Thugs in Suits’ are hijacking our country, selling out our natural resources to the Chinese and sacrifing our environment at every level. Harper’s War on Science has gone to far for Canadians to stomach. His
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Singer Neil Young Campaigning Against Oil & Gas Dependence
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are living in a world dominated by the Oil and Gas industry, crooked bankers, and surveillance of citizens throughout the world. These attacks on our rights to privacy have been driven by the Obama administration and have seen our Canadian Prime Minister Harper embrace the CIA
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: No Prairie Pipeline
TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed “Energy East” pipeline project, which is intended to transport Alberta tar sands crude to eastern Canada, is meeting growing opposition from First Nations, environmentalists and citizens who live along the planned route. The Winnipeg chapter of the Council of Canadians, along with Idle No More and the
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Obama Teases on Keystone XL, But Continues to Dodge Climate Peril
President Obama acknowledges that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline’s ability to create jobs is exaggerated, but won’t publicly acknowledge the pipeline’s climate impact. The post Obama Teases on Keystone XL, But Continues to Dodge Climate Peril appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue reading350 or bust: Alberta Oil Sands Not Economically Viable, MIT Report States
I’m on my way to Washington DC with 20 other Canadian climate activists, to join forces with 330 Americans from across the United States who are concerned that future generations will inherit a harsh and unforgiving world because of the climate crisis. The Citizens Climate Lobby diaspora collecting in D.C. intends to
Continue reading350 or bust: Dirty Energy Ushers Us Into New, and Disturbing, Territory
How much more damage to our land, water, and climate are we willing to tolerate before we just say no to this economic system of death? * This week in Alberta: A toxic waste spill in northern Alberta has killed off roughly 42 hectares of boreal forest, in what could
Continue reading350 or bust: Fearless Summer Heats Up
* There have been five arrests this week of people protesting the presence of SWN Resources Canada on traditional Mi’kmaq territory in New Brunswick. The protests are being led by First Nations leaders, and are a result of the fears that SWN’s seismic testing will result in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,
Continue reading350 or bust: The Harper Government: Making The North Pole Safe, For Oil Companies & You
The Alberta tar sands aren’t only environmentally friendly, they’re good for the ozone layer, they will stop illiteracy and alleviate erectile dysfunction; and that’s just the tip of the melting iceberg! Don’t believe me? The Canadian federal government can’t stop gushing over them, so they must be out-of-this-world amazing! *
Continue reading350 or bust: Keystone XL: Nightmare In The Making
* Think it can’t happen? Remember Mayflower Arkansas, where residents of a residential suburb woke up to a sea of dirty oil around their homes. More links: Alberta Oil Spill: Up To 3,000 Barrels Spill Near Red Deer River Reports Plains Midstream Canada Alberta Oil Spill Will Take Months To
Continue reading350 or bust: The Obama Tar Sands Pipeline
Is the Keystone XL pipeline really what President Obama wants to leave as his legacy, for future generations to remember him by – and curse him for? * Meanwhile climate destabilization continues as unabated as our carbon dioxide emissions: Czech PM Declares Emergency As Floods Threaten Prague: Czech Prime Minister Petr
Continue reading350 or bust: Canadian Oil Waste Blackens Detroit
* The Koch brothers are about their usual dirty business, this time in Detroit: WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire
Continue reading350 or bust: Betting The Farm On Hazardous Pipelines With Poor Track Records
* Ready or not, painful or not, we are in the middle of a huge shift from an oil dependent economy to one that is run on renewables, the Great Transition. Our governments and the corporations that control them – the people and structures that have become out-of-this-world wealthy from
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Indigenous rights are the best defence against Canada’s resource rush
First Nations people – and the decision of Canadians to stand alongside them – will determine the fate of the planet By: Martin Lukacs | The Guardian (UK), Published on Fri Apr 26, 2013: In a boardroom in a soaring high-rise on Wall Street, Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel is sitting across from one
Continue reading350 or bust: Millions of Canadian Taxpayer Dollars Are Spent On Tar Sands PR
Apparently the current federal government can’t afford to spend taxpayer money on climate action or giving affordable healthcare to the poorest and most vulnerable among us, refugees, but it can spend $9 million dollars on greenwashing the Alberta tar sands. That’s not my Canada! Click here to tell Harper we
Continue reading350 or bust: Canadian First Nations Leader Takes Tar Sands Fight To Europe Ahead Of Key Council Vote
via Friends of the Earth Europe & Bill Erasmus, Dene National Chief A leader of Canada’s Indigenous peoples gave a dramatic eyewitness account of the environmental and social devastation associated with mining tar sands at the world’s biggest tourism fair on Friday March 8, ahead of key vote by the
Continue reading350 or bust: Getting Serious About Climate Change, Like Our Lives Depended On It
* Happy Friday! Those of you in eastern and central North America who are getting blasted by a winter storm, stay warm and off the roads! If you are warm and dry, and find the time to curl up with a good book or good friends, you might even enjoy
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