ACTIVlist Update - April 4, 2016
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TransCanada shuts down Keystone after leak in South Dakota Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz rejects the Trans-Pacific Partnership Milk as an obstacle to the ratification of the TPP
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TransCanada has shut down its Keystone pipeline after a leak was discovered in South Dakota.
Council of Canadians helps organize PowerShift youth climate conference
The Council of Canadians helped to organize the PowerShift conference in Edmonton (Treaty 6 territory) this weekend.
Quill Plains chapter opposes nuclear waste dump in South Australia
The Council of Canadians Quill Plains chapter has signed an Australian... Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) petition against a proposed nuclear waste dump in South Australia.
World Gas Intelligence ranks the top 5 LNG projects most likely to proceed in Canada
It has been estimated that if five LNG terminals were to proceed in Canada, they would release 13 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision is the "worst part" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that the deal would prevent Canada from moving toward a low-carbon economy, and that the whole agreement should be renegotiated.
Milk is shaping up to be an obstacle to the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the United States.
Ask McKenna to review Massey Bridge proposal
The Council of Canadians and allies have been calling on the federal government to launch an environmental review of the proposed Massey Bridge.
Split-decision by NAFTA tribunal rules against Mesa Power
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens and his Texas-based company Mesa Power have lost their $658 million North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) challenge against Canada.
Council of Canadians supports First Nation water protection laws
The Council of Canadians supports the water protection laws recently adopted by the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation and the Stellat’en First Nation.
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