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Lets make a Just Transition Act Tudeaus top priority
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 12:25
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Friends,
It’s been exactly 1 month since we elected our new government. And right at this moment, Trudeau is in the process of assigning his next cabinet and preparing a mandate letter for each of his ministers.
This is a critical moment as our new government sets its priorities. We have to ensure that they put the Just Transition Act at the top of the agenda.
Let’s make our voices heard. Sign our petition now to call on Trudeau to make a Just Transition Act the top priority for this new government.
After the summer we’ve just had, of unprecedented wildfires, heatwaves, and droughts, it should be a no-brainer that we need action on the climate emergency, and we need it now.
A Just Transition Act is the best way to ensure that we can phase out fossil fuels and usher in an era of 100% renewable energy in a way that leaves no one behind.
Sign the petition now to call on Trudeau to make a Just Transition Act his top priority.
Yesterday, the province of Quebec made a huge announcement. They...
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No Justice in Isolation
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 10:01
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Dear Friend,
Imagine being isolated in a tiny prison cell for days, weeks, or months on end.
You don’t know when you will be allowed to go out for a walk or some fresh air. When you look up, you see concrete walls and no windows. Often, the only interaction you have with someone else is when you’re handed a meal through a small food slot.
This is the reality for many people who are currently in the prison system. Imprisoned people are being denied basic needs – the ability to go on a walk, to have a conversation with another person, and access to institutional programs. This is not right. Long-term solitary confinement was found to be unconstitutional years ago, and yet, it still happens.
That is why we are going back to court to fight against solitary confinement.
Stocks For Change
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 09:00
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This week has been incredible, but there’s one more really exciting thing! Check out this video to find out.
Thank you for all you do, and for taking the time to celebrate with us. I’m so deeply inspired about everything to come in our next ten years together!
Emma and all the team at SumOfUs
P.S. You can watch all our anniversary videos and subscribe to our Youtube channel or browse our Instagram to look back and enjoy:
SumOfUs is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we’re not afraid to stand up to them when they...
Stop Canaltas Use of Distressed Dogs
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 October 2021 20:43
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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Stop Canalta’s Use of Distressed Dogs
Shaun Hofer started this petition to Canalta Group, Blair Christianson, Brooke Christianson, and it now has 13,924 signatures
Sign now with a clickWhile the database on animal behavioral...
Lytton fire investigation
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:21
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PAOV — Calls are growing for the Transportation Safety Board to reopen the investigation into the cause of the Lytton wildfire this summer. The TSB has closed the investigation, saying there was no link between railway operations and the fire. Lytton residents feel there are still unanswered questions from the investigation and want it reopened. If you think that the investigation should be reopened, sign the petition now.
We Demand The TSB Do A Proper Investigation Into R21V0143
1,165 have signed Ken White’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!
[bc-can] West Coast Climate Action Network Newsletter #23, Friday October 15th 2021
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 21:09
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Newsletter #23 Friday October 15th, 2021https://bcclimateactionnetwork.wordpress.com
Please forward to members of your climate action group You can now sign up to receive WE-CAN News directly: https://tinyurl.com/WE-CAN-Newsletter To share this newsletter online, click here
Read more: [bc-can] West Coast Climate Action Network Newsletter #23, Friday October 15th 2021
[bc-can] West Coast Climate Action Network - Newsletter Extra
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 21:08
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We have a few announcements that need distribution before Friday’s regular WE-CAN Newsletter:
Saturday October 16: The October Rebellion From Extinction Rebellion, Vancouver: The October Rebellion begins on Saturday October 16 at Noon, with a mass die-in at Burrard and Georgia, Vancouver. https://www.facebook.com/xrvanbc More details here: https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/october-rebellion-here
Guy Dauncey
President, Yellow Point Ecological Society
www.yellowpointecologicalsociety.ca
Co-Chair, West Coast Climate Action Network
https://bcclimateactionnetwork.wordpress.com
Author, Speaker,
https://thepracticalutopian.ca/about/
Ladysmith, BC
As a settler of British ancestry, I honour the title and rights of Snuneymuxw and Stz'uminus peoples on whose ancestral territory I live and work.
Tragedy and grace in the Great Bear Rainforest
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 21:06
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When disaster strikes, the effects can be surprising.
...Double your impact for Beaver Lake Cree Nation
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 13:42
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As they prep for the Supreme Court of Canada, BLCN poised to set an important precedent.
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19 years ago, as Tsilhqot’in Nation was fighting its groundbreaking title case, the Nation accessed a little-known but powerful tool. Called an Advanced Cost Order, it provided funding to pursue a precedent-setting, nationally-important challenge, equipping the Tsilhqot’in to stand up against Canada’s army of justice department lawyers.
It worked. With the financial stamina to pursue the case long-term, the litigation made it to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2014, a panel of judges unanimously declared that Tsilhqot’in hold Aboriginal title to a large swath of their lands, recognizing the right to proactively control and manage the land. It is the first such declaration from the Court in Canadian history.
At the same time, a new challenge was being shaped by Beaver Lake Cree Nation. With exponential growth of oil and gas projects in their territory, Beaver Lake Cree faced a stark choice: let go of their stewardship responsibilities and allow the tar sands to darkly bloom all around them, or stand up, and defend Treaty 8 in court.
They stood.
But that decision has come at an enormous cost. Strewn in the path have been multiple government attempts to derail the case. It’s all part of a pattern of ‘deny, delay and outspend’ that forces many Indigenous plaintiffs to abandon legal actions due to financial exhaustion.
In 2019, Beaver Lake Cree Nation applied for — and was granted — the same type of Advanced Cost Order that helped Tsilhqot’in Nation go the distance. As those of you who read this newsletter may know, that cost order now hangs in the balance after a cynical appeal by Alberta overturned the lower court ruling. This has forced the Nation into the ugly position of having to argue yet again — on their own dime — that after two centuries of colonialism and state neglect they are indeed impoverished. Now, the fate of their larger treaty case is in jeopardy.
The final reckoning, in the Supreme Court of Canada, comes this November 4th.
Just as treaties are only meaningful if they are upheld, justice is only achievable if it is accessible. Will you help Beaver Lake Cree Nation defend its Advanced Cost Order, and propel this historic treaty rights case forward?
Council Catch-Up
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 13:29
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October 2021 Update: The work of, and for, women
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 09:34
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AXA: Your Credibility is on the Line
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- Published on Monday, 18 October 2021 05:43
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In 10 days, AXA could adopt a breakthrough new climate policy -- but you can bet oil and gas lobbyists are not going to stand by idly.
A, can you tell CEO Thomas Buberl to practice what he preaches on climate and stop insuring new oil and gas projects?
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It’s decision time. Next week, AXA’s CEO,Thomas Buberl, could decide to stop his multinational company from insuring any new oil and gas projects.
Withdrawing insurance coverage from these dirty projects is a powerful lever to keep fossil fuels in the ground. In the past AXA has done a pretty good job - by becoming the first insurer to exclude all coal projects.
And in 10 days, on Climate Finance Day, AXA could do exactly the same thing for oil and gas. Problem is, the initiative is facing a lot of backlash and opponents are doing their best to water down the new policy to save their most juicy and climate-wrecking...
A Florida Anarchist Will Spend Years in Prison for Online Posts Prompted by Jan. 6 Riot
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- Published on Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:04
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Boris
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- Published on Sunday, 17 October 2021 05:27
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Coal baron Gautam Adani’s reputation is in ruins – and he wants to use the UN climate conference to clean it up.
But we can get him booted off the program. Tell UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to give mining giant Adani a platform!
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We’ve received a tip that coal baron Gautam Adani is trying to elbow his way in and secure a primetime speaking spot at the upcoming UN climate summit.
The COP summit is a place for world leaders, experts and representatives from the frontlines of the climate crisis to come together and work on solutions. The people who should be centre stage are those fighting for climate justice -- not a billionaire businessman who wants to open up one of the biggest new coal mines in the world.
As host of the summit, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has...
Meet PBI's frontline brigadistas!
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- Published on Saturday, 16 October 2021 11:30
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Our webinar with Giulia, Charlotte, Valentina and Anuja is coming up soon – Sunday October 24!
They will be talking about what it’s like to be a PBI brigadista accompanying at-risk land and environmental rights defenders in Colombia and Guatemala.
We may also have a PBI volunteer speaking from Honduras.
You can register for that webinar by clicking here.
The planning for our webinar on Saturday November 6 about the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland is also progressing.
You can register for that webinar by clicking here.
It will feature Danilo Rueda from Colombia, Juana Ramona Zuñiga from Honduras, Amaru Ruiz from Nicaragua, and a representative from Salvemos los cerros (Save the hills) in Mexico. We should have news for you next week about the speakers we’ll have from Guatemala and Kenya, so please stay tuned for further updates.
Accompaniments this week
1- PBI-Guatemala accompanies lawyers at hearing on the 1982 Dos Erres village massacre
3- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Olopa communities at ceremony for Indigenous resistance
Steven Donziger is facing jail time for standing up to Big Oil. NY Democrats are silent.
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- Published on Saturday, 16 October 2021 08:11
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When oil giant Chevron lost a multibillion-dollar environmental lawsuit to a group of Indigenous Ecuadorians, the company refused to pay up — and instead went to war against Steven Donziger, the attorney who won the historic judgment.
Since 2009, hundreds of lawyers from 60 firms have made Donziger’s life a living hell. For the last two years, he’s been under house arrest in New York, forced to wear an electronic ankle monitor — and now he’s facing a six-month prison sentence after refusing to turn over his electronic devices to Chevron’s lawyers.
Donziger has appealed to his own New York congressional delegation for help, but powerful Democrats including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler have remained...
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Farmer vs Nestlé
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- Published on Saturday, 16 October 2021 02:58
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Didier Thouvenin is a farmer in Vittel, France -- home to one of Nestlé's massive water-guzzling projects.
Together with other whistleblowers, he exposed that Nestlé was illegally dumping huge amounts of plastic and chemical waste, forcing it to admit to creating NINE massive dumping sites.
But instead of cleaning up the mess and apologizing to local residents, Nestlé filed a legal complaint against Didier for trespassing! We know it won’t stop there -- there were 11 other activists with Didier that day and Nestlé is famous for doing everything they can to silence opposition to protect its profits.
Didier just told us he URGENTLY needs to secure a lawyer to fight back. If enough of us chip in, we can create a legal defense fund for Didier and other brave activists standing up to Nestlé... can you help?
If you’ve saved your...
Wetsuweten
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- Published on Friday, 15 October 2021 06:11
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Construction work on Coastal GasLink is ramping up on Wet’suwet’en territory.
A majority of Canadians bank at the Big 5 banks, and if we collectively call on the banks to take action, we can stop Coastal GasLink.
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TC Energy is ramping up its construction work in Wet’suwet’en territory two years after land and water defenders caught the world’s attention by peacefully resisting the RCMP.
Since then, TC Energy has attempted to keep a low profile, hoping that the world will look away. Recently, they have started encroaching deeper and deeper into Wet’suwet’en territory, and last week they started construction that would endanger the Sacred Headwaters.
Enough is enough: the construction on Coastal GasLink needs to stop now. And we can stop this pipeline if its biggest financial backers pull-out
RBC, TD, Scotia, BMO, and CIBC are bankrolling TC Energy to the tune of tens of billions of dollars and if it calls on the corporation to...
The race to save stads kun
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- Published on Thursday, 14 October 2021 17:00
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Next Up in CoDev's Spotlight Series!
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- Published on Thursday, 14 October 2021 16:14
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