Tribal members fight Enbridge oil pipeline
Posted: July 2, 2009John Myers, June 29, 2009, Duluth News Tribune--Saying the environmental damage to their native...Read More
Aboriginal Rights
Many aboriginal groups are being left out of the process and run over in the race for development of the tar sands. First Nations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories have claimed that traditional lands are being destroyed for tar sands exploration and extraction, and First Nations are not being included, or properly compensated for their lost and destroyed lands and water supplies.
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Aboriginal Rights Articles
John Myers, June 29, 2009, Duluth News Tribune--Saying the environmental damage to their native...Read More
Cree lawsuit would drain energy royalties: Native band says 15,000 oilsands developments planned on ancestral land
Posted: June 12, 2009Elise Stolte, June 12, 2009, Edmonton Journal--The amount Alberta owes First Nations affected by...Read More
BC Pipeline Plans Meet Resistance: ENBRIDGE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE DOWN ACTIVIST PROPOSALS AT MEETING
Posted: June 9, 2009Susan Kirwin, Volume 95 Number 14, in The Northern Miner--First Nations, activist shareholders and...Read More
Event Galvanizes Opposition to Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
Posted: June 9, 2009Alphonse Gagnon, George Poitras and Guujaaw, June 8, 2009, Moricetown, BC – Community opposition...Read More
GNWT won't call for halt to oil sands
Posted: June 2, 2009Katie May, June 1, 2009, Northern News Services, INUVIK --The GNWT has no plans to ask the Alberta...Read More
Mixed waters signal rough road for Enbridge in BC
Posted: May 29, 2009Eric Swanson , May 25, 2009, Dogwood Initiative--A First Nations delegation - assisted by Dogwood...Read More
N.W.T. passes anti-oilsands resolution
Posted: May 27, 2009Carol Christian, May 27, 2009, Fort McMurray-- With northern Alberta water quality concerns...Read More
Concerned About Water, Communities From Across the Northwest Territories Call for a Moratorium on Oil Sands Development
Posted: May 26, 2009May 26, 2009, Inuvik, NWT, – The Northwest Territories Association of Communities, which...Read More
KAIROS Visit to Fort Chipewyan Seen as Successful
Posted: May 25, 2009May 25, 2009, Fort Chipewyan - Residents of Fort Chipewyan are hailing the recent visit of a very...Read More
Protect water from oilsands or risk lawsuits: First Nations
Posted: May 19, 2009Hanneke Brooymans, May 12, 2009, edmontonjournal.com, EDMONTON — First Nations groups warned a...Read More
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Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region A report by the Polaris Institute that summarizes the findings and recommendations of 10 Ontario youth who traveled to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor in August 2009. Read the Report
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11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence Read the Report
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Federal Government Missing in Action on Most Destructive Project on Earth – the Tar Sands [February 2008] A report from Environmental Defence highlighting the downstream effects of tar sands development. Read More