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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 9, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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ACTION ALERT: Tell the National Energy Board that Energy East is Our Risk, Their Reward
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Merkel's political imperatives spell trouble for CETA
German chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa for a visit on Monday, but she may not be bringing the news Stephen Harper wants to hear when it comes to the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic...
Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's "Black Spring"
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- Published on Sunday, 08 February 2015 23:22
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1078 .... February 9, 2015
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Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's
"Black Spring"
Ernest Tate
A press report in 1983 that a popular uprising in Upper Volta, a small and poor land-locked country in Western Africa had led to an obscure, but charismatic army officer becoming head of state was truly inspiring news for all those looking for some kind of breakthrough against imperialism in that part of the world. It had come after the depressing news that Margaret Thatcher's Britain had defeated Argentina in the Malvinas and Ronald Reagan's America had crushed Grenada, a clear message to the world that, on a moment's notice, imperialism would brutally crush anything that threatened its power. But because the American empire had been taken by surprise by the Cuban revolution twenty-four years earlier,...
Here's how you can plug in on Global Divestment Day:
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- Published on Sunday, 08 February 2015 14:22
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Friends,
Some weeks it’s hard to keep up with how quickly the world is changing.
Yes, part of that is the climate crisis: we live in a world that’s been profoundly and dangerously altered. But the politics of climate change are changing too, and some weeks you can feel a really tangible shift in what is possible and what is not.
This is one of those weeks, and Global Divestment Day is a chance to be part of that shift. Next Friday, we’re changing the game and putting fossil fuels on the defensive.
Click here to find a Global Divestment Day event near you on February 13th.
Want to really feel the world changing under your feet? There's nothing like taking action in person. But even if you can't make it to a Global Divestment Day event next week, you can still be part of this movement and this moment. Here's how:
[coalalert] ALBERNI VALLEY TIME ARTICLE ON RAVEN COAL MINE
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- Published on Sunday, 08 February 2015 12:00
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NOTE: THE LINK AND ARTICLE ARE BELOW. MR. ELLIS SEEMS TO TAKE A DIM VIEW OF THE JOB THE EAO DID ON THE EVALUATION OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION, AND BELIEVES THE REQUIRED INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED, BUT THE EAO COULDN’T FIND IT………..
http://www.avtimes.net/news/local-news/raven-mine-application-submitted-for-assessment-by-environmental-office-1.1751767
Raven mine application submitted for assessment by environmental office
A provincial regulator's assessment of a mine that could bring three truckloads of coal to Port Alberni each hour is underway.
Public input on the Raven Underground Coal Project is expected to begin in March if the application proceeds.
On Jan. 30 Compliance Energy submitted the project to the Environmental Assessment Office, opening up a 30-day period for the regulator to determine if the application has addressed potential effects of the development.
The project proposes to produce 1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal annually...
Read more: [coalalert] ALBERNI VALLEY TIME ARTICLE ON RAVEN COAL MINE
A Just Transition Campaign
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- Published on Sunday, 08 February 2015 06:22
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Environmental Justice, the Tar Sands, and Indigenous Rights
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- Published on Saturday, 07 February 2015 23:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 1 February 2015
Environmental Justice, the Tar Sands, and Indigenous Rights
Tar Sands extraction projects, located primarily in Treaty 6 and 8, have radically damaged and contaminated a huge area of land in so-called Alberta, and poisoned the Athabasca watershed. As a result of the toxic operations, some Indigenous communities are experiencing unusually high rates of rare cancers and other illnesses. Traditional ways of life are also at risk as hunting, fishing, and collecting medicinal plants is becoming more difficult in polluted waters and lands. These lands are the traditional territories of a number of Indigenous Nations whose right to hunt, fish, and live are protected by Treaties, which are currently being violated.
Moderated by Greg Albo. Presentations by:
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Keith Stewart is the coordinator of Greenpeace's climate and energy campaign which...
Read more: Environmental Justice, the Tar Sands, and Indigenous Rights
They said no to Harper. Whoa.
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- Published on Saturday, 07 February 2015 08:44
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 6, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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French Senate calls for ISDS to be removed from CETA
State level opposition in Europe to the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision continues to grow.
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Survival slams conservation for violating tribal peoples' rights - News from Survival
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The Fight Against Street Deaths in Toronto
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- Published on Thursday, 05 February 2015 21:22
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1077 .... February 6, 2015
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The Fight Against Street Deaths in Toronto
John Clarke
The twin agendas of urban redevelopment and austerity have increased the scale of the homeless crisis in Toronto. Over 4,000 people cram into the emergency shelters every night and many more try to survive out on the streets. This situation raises the question of what lengths the agenda of austerity can be taken to. If people are allowed to freeze to death for lack of basic shelter then we have moved beyond reduced entitlement and arrived at a situation of reckless and lethal social abandonment.
As the New Year got underway, four homeless men perished in Toronto within a less than two week period. Two froze to death, one burned lighting a fire to try...
[coalalert] Mayor Mike Ruttan worries about Raven Coal Mine's impact on Port Alberni
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Mike Ruttan worries about Raven Coal Mine's impact on Port Alberni
CBC On The Island, February 4 2015
The Compliance Coal Corporation put in a new application for the Raven Coal Mine in the Comox Valley. Mike Ruttan is the mayor of Port Alberni, one of the communities that will be affected by the mine.
On The Island host Gregor Craigie talks with Mayor Ruttan about the impacts that the proposed mine will have on Port Alberni, its roads, harbour, air and residents.
Mayor Ruttan on the purported economic benefits to Port Alberni: "The ship ... would only come in once every two weeks. ... In...
Read more: [coalalert] Mayor Mike Ruttan worries about Raven Coal Mine's impact on Port Alberni
[coalalert] PQB NEWS article: " Raven Coal Mine Job Possibilites Applauded
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http://www.pqbnews.com/news/290939041.html
NOTE: The link to the article is above. Anyone want to send in a letter commenting on the article??
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 5, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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Ontario energy minister has "significant concerns" about Energy East pipeline
Ontario energy minister Bob Chiarelli has expressed "significant concerns" about the Energy East pipeline.
TransCanada CEO says it "is crazy" to link GHG emissions with the Energy East pipeline
On Monday, Council of Canadians organizer
Aleah Loney and members of our Calgary chapter joined with 350.org, Leadnow.ca, Greenpeace and
Read more: [ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 5, 2015
VIDEO: Life, Death & The Law
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 4, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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NAFTA challenge against
fracking moratorium is "fast-tracked"
The Lone Pine Resources investor-state challenge is proceeding.
Comox Valley chapter opposes Raven coal mine on Vancouver Island
Compliance Energy has just re-submitted an application for its proposed Raven coal mine on Vancouver Island.
Harper's Memorial to the Victims of Communism raises numerous concerns
The Harper government is promoting a 5,000-square-metre Memorial...
Mr. President, give bees a chance!
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 February 2015 12:44
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Time to Turn up the Heat on Energy East. Phase two:
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 February 2015 11:00
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Friends,
Earlier this week a group of organziers in Calgary and I hand delivered 106,000+ messages to the National Energy Board demanding a climate review of the Energy East pipeline.
Gathering these messages was Phase 1 of what we've been calling the People's Intervention, and now it's time to launch Phase 2. The NEB has opened its application period for the Energy East review, and we want to file thousands of applications from people who want the NEB to consider climate change. We want to force force the NEB to choose: either listen to people or listen to polluters.
Here's the plan for Phase 2.
First, we're going to organize People's Intervention Gatherings to file hundreds of applications en masse to the NEB demanding to intervene on climate. These gatherings will be a chance to build organizing power and connect and deepen the climate movement across Canada,...
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