Grand Chief: Unite in face of Elsipogtog, Harper’s ‘War on Mother Earth’
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip called for unity in the face of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “War on Mother Earth” at a Vancouver rally this past Friday – connected to…
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Elsipogtog community meets over fracking protest
Members of the Elsipogtog Nation and RCMP clash at a recent protest over fracking in New Brunswick REXTON, N.B. – Hundreds of people gathered at a community hall in New…
Will Fracking Be The Catalyst?
In the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot in the news regarding Canada’s First Nations. The UN Special Rapporteur finished his tour and quite correctly stated that…
Is Elsipogtog the spark that will light the fracking fire?
A Vancouver protest in sympathy with the Elsipogtog First Nation (Damien Gillis) Yesterday, Canadian Ministers were attending the World Energy Congress, delivering keynote speeches. BC Minister of Natural gas non-disclosure,…
Our Government’s Directing The RCMP To Clear Path For Fracking
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The battle lines have been drawn in New Brunswick as the Mi’Kmaq First Nations stand to defend their unseeded territory from fracking and threatening their way of…
RCMP clash with Mi’kmaq fracking protestors: Who provoked whom?
photo: Jen Choi/CBC They may call themselves the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society, but from all indications, this group of indigenous peoples was leading a peaceful protest against fracking in their territory…
Fracking protestors clash with police in New Bruswick
Two vehicles burn near a fracking protest in Rexton, N.B. (Courtesy of Gilles Boudreau) Read this breaking news story from CBC.ca on today’s clash between fracking protestors and police in…
North Dakota fracked oil spill one of nation’s largest ever
photo: Neal Lauron/Greenpeace Read this Oct. 10 story from DeSmogBlog.com on a North Dakota fracked oil spill of close to a million gallons, exacerbated by the ongoing US Government shutdown.…
Frackez-vous: French court passes ultimate fracking ban
Image: Damien Gillis/Fractured Land Read this story from Climate Progress on the fracking ban upheld by France’s constitutional court – perhaps the strongest yet in the world. France’s ban on…
NAFTA challenge to Quebec fracking law puts profits ahead of water
Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) by Emma Lui Communities everywhere are calling for a stop to fracking – from Elsipogtog First Nation’s highway blockade in New Brunswick…
Alberta court protects regulator from Ernst’s fracking lawsuit
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) ROSEBUD, Alta. – An Alberta woman has lost a round in her legal battle against the contentious process…
“Clean” LNG would be powered by lots of dirty fracking
Fracking operations in BC’s Montney Shale (photo: Damien Gillis) Beneath the glowing rhetoric surrounding BC’s promised liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom lies a dirty little secret: the vast majority of…
Note to Malaysian PM: $36 Billion LNG investment is risky business
Malaysian PM Najib Razak and Stephen Harper (AP/Lai Seng Sin) During a recent state visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Malaysia, host PM Najib Razak pledged a “gargantuan”…
First Nation bans pipelines for BC LNG
While much has been made of partnerships between First Nations and companies proposing to build natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on BC’s coast, the position being…
Troubled Waters: New video investigates northeast BC fracking
Watch this new 5-min video documenting some of the impacts of shale gas fracking in northeast BC. Chief Roland Wilson of West Moberly First Nations describes his community’s concerns regarding…
Obey law, minister tells New Brunswick fracking protesters
Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) HALIFAX – New Brunswick’s minister of energy is urging people participating in a demonstration against exploration for shale gas fracking to obey…
BC LNG: Energy expert debunks Minister Coleman’s math
Video by Damien Gillis, analysis by David Hughes On Sept. 18, BC’s Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman gave the above speech to northern mayors and councillors at the…
BC LNG: The Real Story – exclusive series, presentations all this week
British Columbians have been hearing a lot of glowing rhetoric from their political leaders about the economic promise of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. We’ve heard that…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Kitimat – Oct.4)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…