A U.N. special rapporteur (a fancy word for reporter) today blasted Canada for, among other things failure to consult around pipeline development, "which is contributing to an atmosphere of contentiousness and mistrust that is conducive neither to beneficial economic development nor social peace." He continues, "resource extraction should not occur on lands subject to aboriginal claims without adequate consultations with, and the free, prior and informed consent of, the indigenous peoples concerned." Game over? Naw.
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Upstream News, Downstream Views:
Line in the Sand puts Human Face on the Northern Gateway Opposition
Be aware, reader; the way other Canadians are being treated on these environmental and First Nations sovereignty issues are likely coming down the pipe to a backyard year you. Knowing this is the first step to making a difference.
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Fatal Tragedy at Suncor
The Oilsands are butt up against the wild nature of the boreal forest. Tailings ponds sit next to rivers teeming with fish. Deer and moose are often seen near camps and SAGD wells. Aside from Fort Chipewyan 300 KM away, and a couple sporadic camps, nature reigns north of the 'Bridge to Nowhere', part of Fort Chipewyan's ice road infrastructure.
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Forgetting Damning Court Decision, Alberta Bans Same Green Groups from Oilsands Hearings Again
Echoing the same view that the judge found to be ”fatally flawed” and hinging on ”irrelevant and improper reasons” – which barred the groups from the hearing based on an impression that they would be uncooperative, had previously published negative media on the oilsands and were not ”directly” impacted by the project – Alberta Environment official Kevin Wilkinson once again denied them access to the review process.
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In typical Vice fashion, this 3 parts exhaustive/1 part sassy article titled 'Indigenous Lawsuits could Paralyze the Tar Sands' digs deeply into the expensive courtroom battles being waged against the Federal and Alberta governments. Thorn, meet side.
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Film Update: We’re aiming for TIFF!
Lights, Camera, Cross your fingers! The feature length documentary One River, Many Relations has been submitted to the Toronto International Film festival.
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Musings on the industrial resource extraction boom in the Arctic from New York, New York. He is a silly man.
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Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]
![Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]](../../wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dv764037-300x160.jpg "Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]")
Oy! News that Parks Canada, Canada’s favourite political whipping boy, wants to install Wifi in it’s National Parks and historic sites has been making the rounds today. The outrage is flowing mightier than spring break up! I’ve heard commenters opining how...
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Science finds Smoking Gun, but No Bullet, After Tailings Water Identified in Environment
New science shows that there is an identifiable difference between groundwater tainted by Oil Sands Affected Water (or tailings pond water) and that which is found naturally. The oil sands are leeching chemically unnatural tailings into the environment.
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Fort Chip Solar Potential Breaks Through Shadow of Oil Sands
Fueled by a vision for an alternative world where houses and businesses could run on energy from the land, Mercredi has been almost singlehandedly investigating and pushing for renewable energy solutions in his isolated northern Alberta community for years.
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