[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 30, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:17
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ACTION ALERT:
Ask your local candidates if they support the creation of an Alberta water policy
ACTION ALERT: Tell the BC Government that re-opening Mount Polley is not an option!
ACTION ALERT: Demand freedom for the people of Shoal Lake 40
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Sudbury... chapter calls on FONOM to reject the Energy East pipeline
The Council of Canadians Sudbury chapter has written Sudbury city council about the position FONOM has taken on the Energy East pipeline.
Harper's record = unsafe meat exports
In September 2012, U.S. food inspectors found E. coli bacteria in a shipment of beef from the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta.
Ship carrying tar sands crude to arrive in Spain on May 1
Our allies at Brussels-based Transport & Environment report that a ship carrying 523,000 barrels of crude will arrive in Cartagena, Spain on May 1.
Barlow to speak against fracking in the Yukon on May 4
On Monday May 4, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be speaking at a rally on the steps of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Whitehorse against the Yukon Party government's decision to allow fracking in the Kotaneelee gas fields in the Liard basin in southeast Yukon.
Fractured Land Premieres in Toronto
Last night, Fractured Land premiered to a sold-out audience at the Hot Docs International Film Festival in Toronto.
Communities Confront Barrick Gold
Almost 100 protestors gathered outside Barrick Gold’s Annual General Meeting in downtown Toronto yesterday to confront the company about human rights abuses and environmental violations at their mines and to stand with impacted communities.
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