BCSEA June Newsletter

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Published on Monday, 17 June 2019 08:04

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[evoz] Ginger Goodwin's grave vandalized !!

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Published on Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:47

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The neo-fascists vandals have vandalized Ginger Goodwin's grave by chiseling off the hammer and the sickle symbol.. They are trying to erase history from our collective memory. Others in the past tried the same using concentrations camps.

The stone has been somewhat restored, for now. If you are planning attending the June 22 Miners Memorial Day in Cumberland please consider bringing placards and signs rebuking this vandalism against our labour heroe’s grave.

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Full court summary from camp! Take action today!

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Published on Saturday, 15 June 2019 10:50

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Save the Skagit River from a Mt. Polley disaster

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Published on Saturday, 15 June 2019 10:00

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Updates from the courtroom. Support the Legal Fund.

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Published on Friday, 14 June 2019 11:17

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Tomorrow is the final day of court. Read summaries of the last two days and donate today to fund this fight!

Updates from the Courtroom

The last two days have been dramatic in the court room. Coastal Gas Link is seeking a permanent injunction and asking for an enforcement order to remove Unist'ot'en cabins established on the territory.

Unist'ot'en and their counsel have been defending their sovereignty and unceded lands. 

You can read a full summary of what has happened in court below and follow the page for live updates tomorrow. 
Day 1: Coastal Gas Link presents their argument
Day 2: Unist'ot'en Defense presents their argument 

Donate to the legal fund today!

Take action on June 15th!

If you're in Vancouver the main action is tomorrow June 14th at 1 pm at Oppenheimer Park! Details here!

If you're in Ontario check out the action in Hamilton here

If you want to come to camp Register Today

Stay tuned for further updates!
-Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade

     





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[evoz] IN NEED OF A RIDE...Miners Memorial Day in Cumberland

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Published on Friday, 14 June 2019 09:44

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There is a comrade passenger who is looking for a ride to go to Cumberland next weekend. However, he needs to come back to Victoria the same day...if you have room available in your vehicle please let me know and I’ll give you the details.

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Next Steps To Stop Trans Mountain Expansion

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Published on Thursday, 13 June 2019 09:52

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A transformative plan to fight climate change

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Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 15:39

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[evoz] CORRECTION, CORRECTION, CORRECTION,...Miner Memorial CUMBERLAND

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Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 06:08

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PLEASE SEE CORRECTION BELOW

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We are planning to attend the Miners Memorial Day in Cumberland SATURDAY JUNE 22. [not this week]

I hope to see you there, and....a little picnic afterwards with friends and comrades...

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Carlos Flores

CUPE Local 50, OH&S Adviser

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REMINDER: Hold Big Oil accountable for fueling climate change

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Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 11:03

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Dear Paov,

You are an everyday climate hero, making green lifestyle choices and doing what you can within your power to make a difference in the fight against climate change.

So you’re likely aware of how climate change is reshaping and impacting our planet. Wildfires, drought, mass floods and violent storms are daily reminders of how rising temperatures are affecting ecosystems and communities in escalating, profound and frightening ways.
 
Will you give $5 a month to support legal strategies that will hold Big Oil accountable for fueling climate change?

How has our country, our planet – our home – reached this crisis? It has been almost thirty years since Canada first sat alongside world governments and promised to take climate action. Yet decades on, fossil fuel emissions have continued to rise while international agreements remain weak and unenforceable.
 
As a result of this systemic inaction in addressing the biggest environmental, health and economic threat of the century, taxpayers and the victims of climate change are forced to bear the loss of life and ecosystems and the costs of preparing for and rebuilding communities after climate impacts.1
 
But there is hope. British Columbians are taking climate justice into our own hands.
 
If fossil fuel companies – whose products are the major drivers of climate change – had to pay even a fraction of the associated climate costs, they would not be able to bankroll decades-long campaigns to mislead the public on climate science2 and lobby against government action. They would not be able out-compete renewables and would pivot towards sustainable alternatives without delay.
 
There are consequences for companies that sell products that they know cause harm. The tobacco, asbestos, lead-paint and pharmaceutical industries are just a few of the sectors that have learned this the hard way.

Please donate today for legal strategies to hold Big Oil accountable for fueling climate change.
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In 1998, an internal Royal Dutch Shell memo predicted that as the impacts of climate change got worse, fossil fuel companies might be sued in a class-action lawsuit “on the grounds of neglecting what scientists (including their own) have been saying for years …”
 
West Coast Environmental Law empowers BC communities to hold Big Oil accountable for climate costs. BC communities are sending climate accountability letters to fossil fuel companies demanding compensation, and calling on the provincial government to enact a law to clarify the legal responsibility of these companies.
 
To date, more than 20 BC communities – representing about 460,000 British Columbians – have sent climate accountability letters to 20 of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies like Chevron, Exxon and Saudi Aramco. We are beginning to see serious conversations by local governments on the potential for a class-action climate lawsuit against global fossil fuel companies.
 
In 2018 more than 50 BC environmental, Indigenous, human rights and faith organizations signed on to our letter to the BC Premier asking that the provincial government enact a Liability for Climate Related Harms Act. The legislation – modelled on BC laws that define the legal liability of tobacco companies and opioid manufacturers for deaths caused by their products – will be a powerful tool in fighting climate change.
 
Litigation, climate accountability letters, and legislation are important tools in our legal toolbox for holding fossil fuel companies accountable for harm caused by their products – ensuring that the Chevrons and Exxons of the world have a financial incentive to stop working against a sustainable future.
 
Paov, history is in the making, and I hope you will join us in our pivotal climate law campaign for real change and hope for the future. Please become a monthly donor or donate to West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation today.



Warmest regards,
Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer
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P.S. Demanding that fossil fuel companies take “cradle to grave” responsibility for the harm caused by their products is good economics. Your support will help create a future that shifts from industries destroying the health of our global atmosphere towards those that enable a cleaner energy future.

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• Why hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate costs?
• Most Canadians want Big Oil to pay for climate costs — Industry is gaslighting Whistler
• Climate Law in our Hands: Campaign Brief

[1] BC communities face millions, and collectively, billions, of dollars of expenditures to prepare for and recover from events made worse by climate change. It is estimated that climate is costing Canadians about $5 billion per year and rising. Currently taxpayers pay all of these costs while victims pay with their homes, their health and their lives.

[2] Big Oil knew in the 1960s that their products would cause the current climate conditions and devastating impacts to communities around the world. https://www.smokeandfumes.org/

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MATCHING FUNDS: donations doubled to Unist'ot'en's urgent court case

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Published on Sunday, 09 June 2019 08:30

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It's World Oceans Day! DOUBLE your impact today

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Published on Saturday, 08 June 2019 04:30

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[Sjsall] upcoming events

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Published on Friday, 07 June 2019 13:33

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Dear Friends of SJS,

June 8:

Tiny House Warriors Safety Orientation and Tool Demonstration from 10AM-12 PM at 953 Balmoral RD :

Hi There,

We (a group of students and community members) are building tiny house for the Tiny House Warriors from June 8th-18th. We welcome you to join us in providing tangible support to the Tiny House Warriors initiative that seeks to resist the Trans Mountain pipeline project and foster Indigenous resurgence in Secwepmc territories.

Tiny House Warriors’ Our Land is Home initiative is led by Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society members Kanahus, Mayuk, Snutetkwe, and Ida Manuel and their extended kin. Ten tiny houses will be built and placed strategically along the 518 km Trans Mountain pipeline route transiting Secwepemc territories to assert Secwepemc Law and jurisdiction and block access to the pipeline.

Back to court to save the bees!

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Published on Thursday, 06 June 2019 17:00

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