Dogwood News This Week: peace & unity
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Coastal GasLink isn’t the only pipeline planned through the Skeena river watershed. There are three more projects in the works, including Enbridge’s Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission line.
It sounds like a bad dream, but it’s true. Calgary-based Enbridge is back in northern B.C., meeting with Indigenous leaders, trying to build support for a massive fracked gas pipeline.
Wet’suwet’en chiefs have called an urgent meeting of allies starting this Wednesday, July 27, to... discuss how to turn the tide. It’s called the Peace & Unity Summit, and you’re invited to witness this important work.
The two-day summit will bring together people who have dedicated their lives to wild salmon, Indigenous rights and a safe climate future, from all over so-called British Columbia.
Many of my heroes from Tsleil-Waututh, Nuxalk, Haida,Tsimshian, Gitanyow, Gitxsan, Secwepemc, Syilx and other territories will be there in person, with more joining remotely.
Sign up to join online next Wednesday and Thursday. Even if you can only tune in for portions of the summit, I know we would all appreciate the support.
And just yesterday, actor and activist Mark Ruffalo took to social media to promote the Peace and Unity gathering, sharing a message of solidarity with Wet'suwet'en people and their fight to defend their lands. Check it out, and share it with your friends.
- Foreign-funded environmentalist? Not this time. A secretive Koch-linked U.S. group has been trying to undermine Indigenous rights in Canada. -The Narwhal
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Vancouver City Council voted this week to help fund a class action lawsuit to hold the world’s biggest fossil companies responsible for their local climate impacts. Congratulations to our friends at West Coast Environmental Law who are leading this campaign! -The Energy Mix
- One more reason Big Oil should have to pay for the mess they created: a new investigation reveals they’re making 3 billion dollars a DAY. -The Guardian
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Scorching heat baked much of Western Europe over the last week, with temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas. And because few homes or buildings in the region have air conditioning, thousands of heat-related deaths have been reported so far. -New York Times
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Why extreme heat is killing Canadians in major cities and how climate change will make things worse. -CBC
- Putting a human face on climate disasters: 350 Canada is collecting the stories of Canadians affected by heat, fire, floods and more, from losing a loved one to anxiety for their kids’ future. Read their stories and share your own.
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The federal government has launched consultations on how to best cap and curb emissions from the oil and gas industry. No one is happy. -National Observer
- As mine tailings dams grow in size and number in B.C., a new analysis warns thousands of lives could be put at risk if they fail. -The Squamish Chief
- David Eby officially launched his campaign for BC NDP leader this week, promising continuity; nothing radical. But maintaining the status quo is how B.C. became the province of failing health care, runaway carbon emissions, increasingly high costs for food and housing, and a toxic drug crisis. In my latest blog I ask, is more of the same really what we want?
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