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Operational Plan For Canadian Police Raid

April 11, 2014 Miles Howe, halifax.mediacoop.ca , , ,
he Halifax Media Co-op has acquired a copy of the 'Tactical Troop Operational Plan' for the RCMP's October 17th raid of the anti-shale gas encampment along highway 134 near Rexton, New Brunswick. Aside from being an interesting glimpse into the mentality of police who prepare such raid plans – where portable toilets are considered to be 'not insurmountable' fortifications, for example – the operational plan also contains valuable and heretofore unknown information. For example, a working group, led by an 'Independent Third Party Negotiator', was engaged in creating an agreement that would have seen SWN, the Houston-based gas company who's equipment had been blockaded inside a compound since September 29th, be “allowed to remove all their vehicles and equipment from the compound.”

Batgirls Shut Down Coal Mine

April 6, 2014 Staff, www.creativeresistance.org , , ,
From CreativeResistance.org: A group of people, including two woman dressed as bats, stopped work at Idemitsu’s Boggabri coal mine to protest habitat destruction caused by ongoing expansion of coal mining in Leard forest. Two activists in bat costumes have scaled a coal loader on site and have unfurled a banner reading “Save the Leard” The action is part of an ongoing campaign to protect vulnerable species of the Leard State Forest from coal mining. A spokesman for the group said “We stand firm in protest over these open pit coal mines. We will not stop until this forest is protected.”

Angel Of Peace Arrives At Bentley Blockade Of Coal Gas Drilling Site

March 30, 2014 Marie Cameron (A woman with a camera), www.echo.net.au , , ,
The Bentley blockade has completed its second month and CSG miner Metgasco has yet to get anything through their front gate. Two weeks behind schedule, and with increased blockade pressure, Metgasco can only rely on the force of the police to get its equipment in. Monday saw a carnival atmosphere at the all-important Rosella gate A when the Peace Angel arrived. In the heavy dawn mist people waited to greet her. As the sun rose over the range, there she stood, peaceful and playful on top of a bamboo tripod. Silhouetted in the ball of light she unfurled her wings and peace rolled over the blockade and farmlands.

Earth First! Blockades Marcellus Shale Fracking

March 20, 2014 msefmedia, www.marcellusshaleearthfirst.org , , ,
In the pre-dawn hours, activists with Marcellus Shale EarthFirst!, Pennsylvania residents and students took action to halt Anadarko’s hydraulic fracturing operation in the Tiadaghton State Forest. Protestors blocked the only access road to a wellpad by locking themselves to barrels of concrete, preventing workers from entering the site. Dozens more activists are holding a rally at Anadarko’s corporate offices in Williamsport, Pa. The activists are demanding an immediate halt to all plans for new drilling on Pennsyvlania’s public lands. Michael Badges-Canning, retired school teacher from Butler County said: “The public lands of Pennsylvania belong to all Pennsylvanians. It is my obligation as a resident of the Commonwealth and a grandparent to protect our wild heritage, our pristine waters and the natural beauty for my grandchildren, Dougie and Lochlin.”

First Nations Block Trains Over Missing & Murdered Women

March 20, 2014 Staff, www.cbc.ca ,
The blockade was at Marysville, Ont., between Belleville and Kingston. "Today is a national day of action. A call was put out and this is how we chose to take our part. Today is about raising awareness and gaining support for the issue of murdered and missing indigenous women. It’s a national issue and we choose to take part in unity with other nations," said Karahkwinetha​, a protester who would only give her first name. Service between Toronto and Ottawa and between Toronto and Montreal was halted. Trains travelling in the Montreal-Toronto corridor were replaced by chartered buses. Ontario Provincial Police in Smith Falls, Ont., have confirmed that Wyman Road/Highway 2 in Tyendinaga is also blocked. Earlier this month, protesters from the Tyendinaga Mohawk reserve blocked a highway over what they said was a lack of action on investigations into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Blockade of Mine Site Enters Third Day

January 14, 2014 Earth First News, www.earthfirstjournal.org , ,
The Leard Forest is set to be destroyed by the open pit coal mine, and the heavy machines are supposed to start clearing forest for Witehaven Coal’s operation. The forest is important habitat, as well as a cultural and burial site for Aboriginal people in the area. Activist group the Leard Forest Alliance said the heavy vehicles were at the site to begin clearing forest for a road and railway line to service Whitehaven Coal’s $767 million open-cut coalmine. The alliance says the mine will destroy Aboriginal cultural and burial sites and valuable forest and animals.
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