Posts Tagged ‘TMX’
The People vs. TMX: Meet Erin Hanson
Since 2016, RAVEN has stood together with Indigenous Nations in opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX). The pipeline would run through salmon-bearing streams, parks and Indigenous communities before loading ships with toxic diluted bitumen. The Pull Together community has raised an amazing $650k to support legal challenges to the project. Through its Sacred…
Read MoreStop TMX Webinar ft. THE WILDS and 20-day tree sit protector, Dr. Takaro
Join a webinar on Thursday August 27th and find out about grassroots efforts to sustain opposition to the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline and tankers project. This one-hour virtual gathering will be hosted by the Sustainabiliteens, and feature music from Holly Arntzen & Kevin Wright – aka The WILDS. Speakers include professor Dr. Tim Takaro, who will…
Read MoreTMX Construction Resumes Amidst Pandemic
On the one year anniversary of the release of the Report on the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Canada has given the green light for construction to resume on the TMX pipeline. This is a government that is spending $10 billion – or more – of your tax dollars for an…
Read MoreReconciliation or Wreckonciliation? The curse of Indigenous pipeline ownership
Handing out smallpox blankets: the 2020 edition With the price of oil falling drastically and the prospect of reaching new markets in China fading, the promise of continued economic prosperity based on tar sands bitumen is turning sour. Kinder Morgan, one of the biggest fossil fuel corporations in the world, saw the writing on the…
Read MoreThe Legal Breakdown of Indigenous Rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
What you need to know about the legality around Indigenous rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. On what legal grounds are First Nations challenging the 2019 approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline and tankers project? In the original NEB process, and subsequent Crown consultation, several First Nations advanced grave concerns regarding the project’s…
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