Topic: action report back
Friday Feb 1, 2013 Michelle Barlond-Smith is a photographer and “accidental activist” from Battle Creek, Michigan. Since Enbridge’s 2010 Kalamazoo River tar sands spill, which devastated her community, Michelle has studied the impacts of oil spills extensively and travelled throughout North America to share her story with other communities threatened by dirty oil developments. ... read more »
Tuesday Dec 11, 2012 There’s just one week left until the moratorium on Shell’s plans to frack for coalbed methane in British Columbia’s Sacred Headwaters expires on December 18. What will Shell decide? Will the company ignore the voices of First Nations, local communities, and tens of thousands of people around the world who have said ‘no’ to fracking at the source of three major wild salmon rivers?... read more »
Tuesday Nov 20, 2012 Actions by 18 well-known US companies are, together, a major step forward in solving the problem of Canada’s tar sands.... read more »
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012 Our goal was simple: to present BC Premier Christy Clark with the message that more than 15,000 of you had signed our petition, asking the Premier to protect the Sacred Headwaters in the province’s northwestern corner. The more difficult task was finding an opportunity to meet with the Premier face-to-face.... read more »
Thursday Oct 11, 2012 Today, as Enbridge executive Janet Holder prepared to address the BC Chamber Energy Summit on the topic “What’s in a pipeline for BC?”, I was just outside the conference site helping dozens of protestors assemble a 30-foot pipeline prop. ... read more »
Monday Sep 17, 2012 Every September, the so-called Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) holds an annual conference. Every year for the last three years, ForestEthics and local activists have been there to confront one of the most misleading greenwashing schemes in North America. 2012 was no different. ... read more »
Thursday Aug 16, 2012 Montana found itself in the center of national news earlier this year when the Supreme Court ruled on Montana's rejection of Citizen's United. Once again, we were neck-deep in some newsworthy happenings. The Otter Creek project is the first new coal project proposed in decades.... read more »
Friday Jul 27, 2012 On a rare sunny 80-degree Seattle day, I stood on the steps of City Hall helping my friend Tiffany into a five-foot tall salmon costume.... read more »
Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 ForestEthics supporters gathered on the banks of the Fraser River in British Columbia for a candle-lit vigil marking the anniversary of Enbridge's Kalamazoo River tar sands disaster. The rupture took place in Michigan, two years ago today. Dumping millions of litres of tar sands into the watershed, it's considered the costliest on-shore pipeline disaster in US history. ... read more »
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