Pipelines

Warren Buffett’s Company Backs Out Of Quebec Energy Project Due To Anti-Pipeline Blockades

March 7, 2020 Sam McGriskin, Thepostmillennial.com Resist! Canada, Investment, Pipelines

Berkshire Hathaway has pulled out of a proposed large investment in the liquid natural gas pipeline near Quebec’s Saguenay port. Warren Buffetts’s investment company had been planning to invest $4 billion in the project. The $9.5 billion LNG project is meant to be built about 230 kilometers northeast of Quebec City, according to CBC News.

Constitution Pipeline Project Discarded

March 5, 2020 By Marlee Kokotovic, Nationofchange.org Resist! Environment, Pipelines

One of the major companies behind the Constitution Pipeline has abandoned the project altogether. According to Common Dreams, the proposed 124-mile gas pipeline was slated to run through Pennsylvania and New York, threatening water quality, wildlife, and public health. The project also would have increased demand for fracked gas, locking in more climate pollution.

Negotiations Do Not Resolve The Wet’suwet’en Nation Gas Line Fight

March 3, 2020 By Ethan Cox and Erin Seatter, Ricochet.media Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the B.C. and Canadian governments have come to a tentative agreement about rights and title, but none of the parties have changed their position on the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline. From left to right: federal minister Carolyn Benett, Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Woos, B.C. minister Scott Fraser. Screen capture from press conference, March 1, 2020.

‘It’s Not Over’: Tentative Agreement With Wet’suwet’en Nation May Be A Milestone, But It Doesn’t Resolve Pipeline Fight

March 2, 2020 Ethan Cox and Erin Seatter, Ricochet.media Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the B.C. and Canadian governments have come to a tentative agreement about rights and title, but none of the parties have changed their position on the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline. Chief Woos, who represents the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en, said the past three days of discussion were preliminary in nature and focused on ensuring that the needed respect was present.

Wet’suwet’en Solidarity: “This Movement Wouldn’t Exist Without Everything That Preceded It”

March 2, 2020 Dawn Marie Paley, Towardfreedom.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Solidarity

Rail and highway blockades have proliferated across Canada since Februrary 6, when the RCMP, western Canada’s colonial police force, began raiding a series of camps that stand in the way of proposed gas pipelines in unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

Wet’suwet’en Blockades: No More Business As Usual In Canada

March 2, 2020 By D.T. Cochrane, Theconversation.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The recent RCMP incursion into Wet'suwet'en territory was aimed at enforcing an injunction. Coastal GasLink was awarded the injunction against Wet’suwet’en land defenders who were blocking construction of its pipeline. Injunctions have long been an important part of “business as usual” for corporations that operate on Indigenous lands. But are they still a useful tool for protecting corporate assets?

Behind the headlines: #ShutDownCanada

February 25, 2020 By Dawn Marie Paley, Towardfreedom.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Languages, Pipelines

I write from Vancouver Island, where emptied tankers sit in the harbor, unable to go to port because of rail blockades in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders. As I write, we are witnessing/participating in/supporting nothing less than the opening of a new cycle of anti-colonial and anti-capitalist struggle in Canada.

Raid of Wet’suwet’en part of Canada’s ongoing police violence against Indigenous Peoples

February 25, 2020 By Catherine Richardson, Theconversation.com Educate! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

In a pre-dawn raid on Feb. 6, the RCMP arrested six land defenders of the Gidimt'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en nation at a blockade protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. They were released later the same day but protestors at the Gidimt'en checkpoint await another raid by RCMP. Enforcing an injunction, the RCMP have said that they will use “the least amount of force necessary.” But protesters and observers believe any action will result in police violence.

Trudeau’s Demand: “The Barricades Must Come Down”

February 25, 2020 Kim Peterson, Ahtribune.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous People, Pipelines

Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has called the imbroglio between the Wet’suwet’en nation and Canada a matter to be decided by the rule of law. [1] However, the Wet’suwet’en have refused to back down and have defied the British Columbia Supreme Court injunction allowing pipeline work to continue. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were sent in to enforce the injunction.

Anti-Pipeline Protests Shut Down Canadian Rail Networks

February 19, 2020 Olivia Rosane, Nationofchange.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protests

The Canadian government said Sunday it hoped to resolve the tension through dialogue. Anti-pipeline protests have shut down major rail networks across Canada as indigenous rights and environmental activists act in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of British Columbia, who are fighting to keep a natural gas pipeline off their land.

Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Face Risks Experienced By Environmental Human Rights Defenders Around The World

February 18, 2020 Brent Patterson, Rabble.ca Strategize! Canada, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

The Indigenous Wet'suwet'en land defenders protecting their territory in northern British Columbia from the construction of the TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline are experiencing many of the situations, risks and dynamics that environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) around the world encounter.

‘Reconciliation Cannot Be Achieved At Gunpoint’: B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip On Wet’suwet’en Stand-Off

February 18, 2020 Staff, Cbc.ca Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

It's an-all-too familiar story in Canada: Indigenous communities facing down a pipeline, along with heated debates about what constitutes meaningful consultation and consent. At the centre of the latest dispute is a natural gas pipeline passing through northwestern British Columbia. It's a multi-billion dollar project, touted to be the largest private sector investment in Canadian history.

‘War In The Woods, Round Two:’ Amid Civil Unrest, Activists Gear Up For Bigger Battle Over Trans Mountain

February 15, 2020 Jesse Snyder, Nationalpost.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Oil, Pipelines

OTTAWA — Recent protests and blockades are only the beginning of the civil disobedience that lies ahead as Ottawa pushes ahead with the controversial Trans Mountain expansion project, claims an activist group. “I really do see this as a taste of things to come,” said Alexandra Woodsworth, campaign organizer at the British Columbia-based Dogwood Initiative.

Ongoing Demonstrations In Support Of Wet’swet’en Shut Down Rail Traffic

February 13, 2020 By Anne Petermann , Globaljusticeecology.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protest Demonstrations

Via Rail has cancelled another 33 train trips departing Toronto for points east Tuesday due to an ongoing demonstration in support of Wet’suwet’en pipeline opponents. Tyendinaga Mohawk members say they won’t end their demonstration near Belleville, Ont., until the RCMP leaves the territory of the Wet’suwet’en in northwestern B.C., where there have been numerous arrests of protesters who have been blocking an access road.

West Virginia Legislation Would Make Civil Disobedience Against Gas Pipelines A Felony

February 11, 2020 Staff , Morgancountyusa.org Educate! Civil Disobedience, Pipelines, Reform, Repression, West Virginia

Industry drafted legislation (HB 4615) that would make civil disobedience against a pipeline or other fossil fuel projects a felony is moving through the West Virginia legislature. The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the legislation February 10, 2020 at 8:30 am.

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