by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
After swimming 1,300 kilometres upstream to their spawning grounds near the headwaters of the Fraser River, Chinook salmon returning to Swift Creek this year found their gravel beds blocked by a bright orange layer of snow fencing. Kinder Morgan, the pipeline company...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. Activists in Canada are celebrating what is being called a victory for people over pipelines. The energy company TransCanada has announced it is canceling the proposed Energy East pipeline that would’ve...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Dirty Energy Dominance: Dependent on Denial – How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial Oil Change International October 2017 Download the full report. A new report by Oil Change International reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 28, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Events
In the painful aftermath of the recent racist violence in Charlottesville, we seek to draw a straight line between these white supremacist attacks and the slow violence of unequally borne environmental devastation. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
I oppose the Mountain Valley gas pipeline for the following reasons: Already too much real estate has been taken from Virginia commonwealth citizens via pipeline right-of-way and easements. The jobs promised by the state and gas company are only temporary....
