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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesAre We Drawing the Right Lessons from the Gulf Oil Disaster?2010-05-03 Richard Martin We are already hearing calls from environmentalists for a moratorium on oil drilling and exploration in coastal zones, with a definite "I told you so" attitude. Unfortunately, that would be drawing pr... Community groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 92015-12-09 More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the rece... Toronto Council Moves to Protect City's Water from Pipeline Spills2015-04-05 Municipal Action Committee, Toronto No Line 9 Network Toronto City Council's motion asking for emergency shut-off values on either side of the City of Toronto's major watercourses reflects increased resident pressure on the city to defend us all against ... A Walk for Mother Earth sets off from Kanehsatake2014-06-21 People for Mother Earth A Walk for Mother Earth aims to draw attention, both provincially and nationally, to the serious environmental impacts of oil sands pipelines sprawling from Alberta to different corners of North Ameri... Sources Select ResourcesAlarm sounded as TransCanada set to drill in Bay of FundyO'Keefe, Derrick Article 2015 Ricochet An open letter was released by 20 groups in New Brunswick opposed to TransCanada's plans to begin drilling in the Bay of Fundy. The procedure has the potential to hurt resident's foundations and drink... Canadian lawyers and Chevron's court battle over environmental damage in EcuadorIler, Kirsten Article 2014 rabble.ca A storm of controversy erupted amongst Canadian lawyers when the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) decided to intervene in Chevron's appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal is part of Chevron's... Chevron's $80 million ad campaign gets flushedArticle 2010 Yes Lab A day-long comedy of errors, and Chevron's waking nightmare, began when Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, together with the Yes Lab, pre-empted Chevron's multi-million dollar "We Agree" ad c... Community groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 9Sources News Release Article 2015 More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the rece... Dirty Water, Dirtier PracticesEcuador's Battle with Texaco's Legacy Pollution Ospina, Hernando Calvo Article 2014 Le Monde Diplomatique Texaco (now owned by Chevron) left polluted soil and ground water after 20 years of oil extraction in the Amazon in Ecuador. The legal claims and counter-claims over responsibility and reparation cont... Fighting fracking in Poland: the farmers resistance movementAn improverished farming community in Zurawlow is using creative tactics to stop Chevron's shale gas plans Rozmyslowicz, Marta Article 2014 Red Pepper When Chevron arrived in Zurawlów, a small village in Poland's rural Grabowiec county, it was like a UFO landing in the open wheat fields. In June last year a high-tech surveillance caravan appeared in... Huge Pipeline Company Kinder Morgan Hired Off-Duty Cops to 'Deter Protests' in PennsylvaniaBrown, Alleen Article 2015 The Intercept Kinder Morgan, the self-proclaimed "largest energy infrastructure company in North America," paid $50,000 for off-duty police officers from a Pennsylvania department to patrol a controversial gas pipe... Just the Beginning of Canada's Filthy Tar SandsA Qualitative Jump Down a Black Hole Stainsby, Macdonald Article 2013 CounterPunch The technology used in Canada's tar sands will be used to open up other potential oil deposits that could more than double all know oil reserves. The disaster threatens to keep expanding. Keep it in the GroundArticle 2015 The Guardian A campaign by The Guardian newspaper to stop climate change by keeping fossil fuels in the ground, featuring a series of articles on different aspects of the issue across the world. Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Line 9Climate Change and the Line 9B Reversal Project Article 2015 A letter from community organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted Indigenous communities, and national organizations that would like to express adamant opposition to the recent 'Leave to ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017April 1 issue Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Connexions Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critica... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 21, 2018What are we eating? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 Connexions What are we eating? A simple question which opens up a labyrinth of devilishly complex issues about production and distribution, access to land, control of water, prices, health and safety, migrant la... The Politics of PachamamaNatural Resource Extraction vs. Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America Dangel, Benjamin Article 2014 CounterPunch While many economies and citizens have benefitted from the state’s larger involvement in the extraction of these resources, extractivism under progressive governments, as it had under neoliberalism, s... Rumble in the jungleCarroll, Rory Article 2009 Guardian Weekly Could Peru's uncontacted Amazonian tribes be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don't exist. Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western CanadaHorn, Steve Article 2016 Desmog A groundbreaking study published in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link between hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for oil and gas and earthquakes. Toronto Council Moves to Protect City's Water from Pipeline SpillsSources News Release Article 2015 Municipal Action Committee, Toronto No Line 9 Network Toronto City Council's motion asking for emergency shut-off values on either side of the City of Toronto's major watercourses reflects increased resident pressure on the city to defend us all against ... Unregulated oil fracking boom does permanent damageRobin, Maxime Article 2013 Le Monde diplomatique We know about the dangers of pollution from fracking. But its lethal, long-term byproducts and the ease with which they leak or are dumped may be causing worse problems in a state that can’t even ques... When oil is more important than lifeOil exploitation leaves trail of pollution and death in the Peruvian Amazon Moiola, Paolo Article 2014 latinamericapress.org The dumping of oil waste into the waters of the Marañón, Corrientes, Pastaza and Tigre rivers and the Amazon forest is producing fatal consequences for the local population, mostly to the Kukama ethni... Why Exxon Executives Deserve the Ultimate PunishmentStreet, Paul Article 2015 Counter Punch In a series of articles based on internal documents from Exxon Mobil going back to the 1970s and on interviews with former company scientists and employees, ICN shows that Exxon's "own research confir... 'Yes, I Lied': Vindicating Villagers, Star Chevron Witness Busted for PerjuryFulton, Deirdre Article 2015 Common Dreams Chevron has taken the people of Ecuador and the U.S. court system on a ride, full of lies, deliberate delay, and obstruction of justice, says Amazon Watch. Sources BookshelfA Line in the Tar SandsStruggles for Environmental Justice Russell, Joshua Kahn; D'Arcy, Stephen; Weis, Tony; Black, Toban Book 2014 The fight over the tar sands in North America is among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time, and one of the first that has managed to quite explicitly marry concern for frontl... Stupid to the Last DropHow Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care) Marsden, William Book 2007 As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, ... 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