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Oil drilling project will exacerbate harms from climate change to northern ways of life, says Inuk activist
“The missiles had barely fallen in the Ukraine before the oil industry in Canada was using this war to argue for Bay du Nord. It’s an absurd and dangerous argument.” — Tzeporah Berman, international program director for Stand.earth and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Alberta and its regulator get rough ride at Parliamentary committee for Kearl tailings pond seepage fiasco
“The Kearl crisis shows these failures on multiple fronts and we fear that Kearl is just the tip of the iceberg. We are bracing for even more catastrophic events…” —Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Billie-Joe Tuccaro
Pacific Link pipeline still has hurdles to overcome with First Nation
Statement from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Panel member urges Indigenous leadership in green energy development
“I don’t want to see what happened with the oilsands, where that First Nations’ manpower was really waiting to get on board with that industry and nothing ever really effectively happened.” ~ Louis Tribe Councillor Desmond Bull
Sweetgrass News Briefs - May 19
The National Energy Board is set to release its report Thursday on Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion for its TransMountain crude pipeline. NEB is expected to recommend approval by the federal government but with numerous conditions.
Orcas are our teachers and our kin, NEB was told
The National Energy Board found increased marine traffic would cause "significant adverse environmental effects" on the southern resident killer whale population, and the effects of a spill "would be significant."
AFN supports tribe's fight against pipeline
Indigenous opposition will continue even if court decides in favor of Trans Mountain Pipeline
BC Nations are victorious on challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline project in Canadian court
“Today we celebrate Indigenous rights.”
Province moving on caribou plan
Results from the 45-day survey will inform draft range plans released this fall, when a second opportunity for public feedback will be available.