Meet the hereditary chief who Amnesty International calls ‘Canada’s’ first prisoner of conscience
The Wet’suwet’en leader is under house arrest for resisting a pipeline on his territory, as human rights group says he was ‘unjustly criminalized and confined’ The Wet’suwet’en leader is under house arrest for resisting a pipeline on his territory, as human rights group says he was ‘unjustly criminalized and confined’
6 Reasons Why Energy Transfer’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Outrageous
Energy Transfer – the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline – is suing Greenpeace for a cool $300 million USD. You may remember that a similar lawsuit asserting federal racketeering and state tort claims was dismissed by a federal court back in 2019 [1], but Energy Transfer immediately re-filed a virtually identical suit in North …
RCMP spent a record amount to protect CGL pipeline last year, the force spent $11 million to patrol a remote road in Wet’suwet’en territory.
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks said the RCMP’s big spending facilitates the ongoing “monitoring and intimidation” of Wet’suwet’en people on their traditional territory.
In March, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission launched an investigation of the unit following a series of complaints and lawsuits. The Community-Industry Response Group has also been involved in controversial enforcement efforts against logging protesters at Fairy Creek on southern Vancouver Island.
Details here https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/11/RCMP-Spending-on-CGL-Pipeline/
Even the US courts have no regard for the law, never mind the environment, people, nature or climate. All they care for is big money.
US pipeline protester has ‘no regrets’ after conviction for felony obstruction
Mylene Vialard, 54, found guilty after Minnesota trial beset by legal irregularities after effort to block fossil fuel pumping station
Drop The Charges.
22 June 2022 Walz-Flanagan Administration, County Prosecutors, Minnesota Leadership: As you know, hundreds of water protectors are currently facing criminal charges in Minnesota for standing against Enbridge’s Line 3 expansion. They did so in defense of safe water, habitable climate, and Anishinaabe treaties, having exhausted every alternative.
The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline
Plans to flush out salt caverns for gas storage hit a wall of Mi’kmaq grandmothers
‘We are the power’: Canada’s Indigenous land defenders fight on
Indigenous land defenders explain why they are prepared to put their lives on the line to protect their lands.
Is Gidimt’en Checkpoint the Canadian Standing Rock?
The Wet’suwet’en resistance to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline needs your support right now.
Coastal GasLink could face million-dollar fines for repeated environmental infractions | The Narwhal
B.C’s environmental assessment office has issued 11 orders to Coastal GasLink since the project began, including three in November