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      Stop the Northern Gateway Pipeline

      'Many Paddles, One Canoe': Allies Back First Nations as They Ready Tar Sands Pipeline Fight

      Week of fundraising events mark one year since Canada government gave greenlight to controversial Northern Gateway project

      Lauren Mccauley
      Jun 16, 2015

      In what has been described as an unprecedented grassroots mobilization, activists, environmental groups, and others concerned about the future of the Pacific coast this week are rallying to support a First Nations court battle to block the construction of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline.

      "First Nations are poised to stop this in its tracks," said Caitlyn Vernon, campaigns director for Sierra Club British Columbia, in a statement Tuesday. The campaign Pull Together was launched to "show these nations are not standing alone" as they confront the infinite resources of the fossil fuel industry.

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      Scientist Dr. Alejandro Frid crossing a police line on Burnaby Mountain.

      Protesting on Burnaby Mountain Was My Obligation as a Scientist, Parent and Canadian Citizen

      Alejandro Frid
      Nov 25, 2014

      Harper's conservative government is working hard to turn Canada into a petrostate. Their tactics include blatant inaction on climate change, dismantling environmental legislation, stripping government scientists from their ability to communicate research findings to the tax-paying public, and spying on citizens who, like me, dissent.

      Consistent with these tactics, Harper tasked the National Energy Board (NEB) with examining whether building new pipelines that enable increased exploitation of bitumen from the Alberta tar sands is in the best interest of Canadians. Proposed infrastructure under current NEB "scrutiny" include the Trans Mountain pipeline by Houston-based Kinder Morgan, which would increase the capacity to transport tar sands bitumen to an export port in Vancouver, and the Northern Gateway pipeline, which would transport bitumen to the export port of Kitimat. The NEB has approved Northern Gateway and appears to be well on its way to doing the same for Trans Mountain.

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