Dogwood News This Week: so, so scared

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Email Template r1 Your place for news and action It appears the BC NDP will stop at nothing to avoid having a real discussion about oil and gas expansion. Which is understandable if your party is controlled by corporate lobbyists, rather than its grassroots members.

If Anjali Appadurai had been allowed to run against the party’s favoured candidate, David Eby, tackling fracked gas, Indigenous rights and a real climate plan would have all been on the table. Now? The fossil fuel industry... is rolling up its sleeves.

In addition to Coastal GasLink, there’s another fracked gas pipeline — four times the size — planned across unceded Gitxsan and Gitanyow territories. And another one. And another one.

But there are still chances to stop them. And this isn’t the end of the road for people who’d hoped to have a climate champion lead this province. There are many fights ahead, both inside and outside the political arena.

Thousands of climate-concerned British Columbians signed up to be a member of the NDP for a reason. If they stay and push the ruling party in the direction it needs to go — toward renewable energy and a just transition for workers, affordable housing and a climate plan that does not include more fracking pipelines — the ground can shift.

And for anyone who isn’t a member of the NDP or can’t stand to stay, B.C.’s grassroots movement fighting for climate justice is just as strong, if not stronger, than it’s ever been. That’s a good thing. Because the only way to combat the power and influence of rich oil and gas companies corrupting our government is by organizing people to stand together and say no.

• The thundering power of social movement organizing and the desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai. -National Observer
  
  
• "While Eby maintained the public pose of wanting Appadurai to run, his campaign was doing everything in its power to ensure she would be disqualified." That's what our new premier was doing instead of signing up members or working on a platform. -Vancouver Sun
  
  
• Our statement on Dogwood’s involvement in the BC NDP leadership race on Twitter and Facebook.
  
• The 11 (and probably more) ways FortisBC is attempting to greenwash fracked gas. -The Tyee
  
  
• ‘It’s ludicrous’: Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet’suwet’en river while salmon are spawning. -The Narwhal
  
  
• So far we've paid $25 million for RCMP to harass Indigenous land defenders on their own territory and protect a private pipeline company. -The Tyee
  
  
• Despite record profits this year, and even after the $7.1 billion tax credit announced in the last federal budget, Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies still want more money from taxpayers so they can chase their pie in the sky carbon capture dream. -The Energy Mix
  
  
• The sneaky way TC Energy is trying to falsely bump up its environment, social and governance rating. -The Energy Mix

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TODAY at 10 a.m. The Peace & Unity movement is back with a panel focused on rebuilding alliances. Join for a lively discussion today, Saturday, October 22 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. moderated by Dogwood’s Kai Nagata, featuring speakers Mark Ruffalo, Dinï ze’ (Hereditary Chief) Na’moks, Severn Cullis-Suzuki and more.
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