Read this scathing response to a recent column by the Vancouver Sun’s Barbara Yaffe, titled “First Nations Need to Embrace Resource Projects” – from the Vice Tribal Chief of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council and the Tribal Chief of the Tsilhqot’in National Government. (Aug 2, 2011)
Read this report from CBC.ca on the BC Government’s granting of 20-year license for natural gas company Talisman to pump water out of the Williston Reservoir for fracking operations. (July 29 2011)
Read this report from the Omaha World-Herald on debate commencing in the US House of Representatives over TransCanada Pipelines’ controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline. (July 26, 2011)
Read this article from the Province on the forthcoming National Geographic cover story on the Great Bear Rainforest and battle over the proposed Enbridge pipeline to BC’s coast. (July 21, 2011)
Read this report from the Vancouver Sun on this week’s meetings between Canada’s provincial energy ministers and a new plan to see Canada transformed into a global energy superpower. (July 20, 2011)
Read this report from CBC.ca about the shocking announcement by Shell of its intention to pull out of the $16 Billion Mackenzie gas pipeline project, delivering a major blow to the future of the project that would bring gas from the Beaufort Sea to Alberta. (July 15, 2011)
Read this article from the Globe and Mail on the growing momentum for a national energy strategy, a concept the Harper Conservatives are now mulling out loud, in contrast to their traditional opposition to the idea. (July 10, 2011)
The latest cartoon from Gerry Hummel – referencing the Joint Panel Review for the hugely controversial proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. Rules defining public participation were recently announced by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and National Energy Board. Despite assurances of multiple avenues for public comment, many First Nations, citizens and conservation groups from the region are expressing their doubts – remaining in steadfast opposition to the project.
Watch this 3 min video news story from international agency AFP on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and the Tar Sands – featuring images by Damien Gillis and Ian McAllister. (July 5, 2011)
Read this important story from the Vancouver Sun on new details of staggering number of oil pipeline accidents and incidents logged by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada – three quarters of them stemming from Enbridge or TransCanada Pipelines. (July 5)