COP26 Failure
Critics warn that carbon markets incentivize countries and corporations to offset – rather than cut – emissions responsible for global heating by investing in so-called green energy projects like biofuel monocrops and hydroelectric dams, which are linked to environmental destruction, forced displacement, arbitrary arrests and even murder.
In addition, such carbon credit schemes often rely on sequestering land, forests and rivers relied on by indigenous and local communities for food, water, medicine and spiritual traditions, and there is little evidence to suggest they lead to a genuine drop in emissions.
‘A death sentence’: Indigenous climate activists denounce Cop26 deal
Schemes such as carbon trading favored by polluting nations lead to ecologically destructive projects like biofuels and dams
Tokata and Chase Ironeyes
Tokata and Chase Ironeyes, appeared on Christiane Amanpour’s show, broadcast on both PBS and CNN, to talk about COP26, the anti-pipeline stands, and the future of Indigenous and climate justice.
Tokata’s friend, Greta Thunberg, put it in Glasgow, “It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure. It should be obvious that we cannot solve the crisis with the same methods that got us into it in the first place.”
Oil Protest
During Cop26 Ocean Rebellion protesters gathered outside oil refinery Ineos Grangemouth – Scotland’s biggest polluter – and vomited ‘oil’ onto the ground.
video of the action here
Global Day of Action Toronto
1000-2000 people came to a rally at Queen’s Park, Toronto, Canada. The anthem, “Six Miles”, by Mohawk singer/songwriter Logan Staats is about protecting the Indigenous Haldimand tract and was sung at the rally. Indigenous, labour, & youth movements were all represented.
Credits : Nadine MacKinnon #COPCOLLAB26
Tom Goldtooth
Cop 26
‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26
Activists in Glasgow reject ‘big business’ approach to climate crisis as they commemorate murdered land defenders
Rainforest Flying Squad
The bitter fight over the future of Vancouver Island’s diminishing ancient forests – in which activists used guerrilla methods of resistance such as locking their bodies to the logging road and police responded by beating, dragging and pepper-spraying demonstrators – has surpassed the previous record of arrests set in the 1990s at the anti-logging protests dubbed the “War in the Woods”.
Anti-logging protest becomes Canada’s biggest ever act of civil disobedience
At least 866 arrested since April, as police condemned for violence against protesters defending Vancouver Island’s diminishing forests
Line 3
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered fossil fuel company Enbridge to shut down its dangerous Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes, by May 12. Whitmer issued the order after she terminated the pipeline’s 1953 easement.
Oil Giant Enbridge Defies Line 5 Pipeline Shutdown Order, Faces Profit Seizures
Now that Enbridge is operating the Line 5 pipeline illegally, what happens next?
indigenous Forest and Fire managment
First Nations leaders seek more influence on how forests are managed, and the right to conduct prescribed burns
‘I came home to fight for my land’: First Nations battle Canada blaze that displaced them
First Nations leaders now want more influence on how the forests are managed, and the right to conduct prescribed burns