NGOs Send a message to the Environment Committee: Uphold Treaty and Human Rights before Corporate Rights
Posted: May 13, 2009May 13th, 2009, CALGARY — As the House of Commons Environmental Committee holds Oil Sands and...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
May 13th, 2009, CALGARY — As the House of Commons Environmental Committee holds Oil Sands and...Read More
Feds Won't Put Oil Sands Developments on Hold
Posted: May 11, 2009Peter Zimonjic, Sun Media, May 7, 2009, OTTAWA — The federal government has rejected calls by...Read More
Indian Activists Vow to Fight Northern Minn. Oil Pipeline
Posted: May 11, 2009Stephanie Hemphill, May 6, 2009, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minn. — Some Indian activists...Read More
First Nations Worry Oilsands Linked to Cancer
Posted: May 11, 2009Peter Zimonjic, Sun Media, May 5, 2009, OTTAWA — First Nations and environmental groups are...Read More
BC First Nations at Enbridge Annual General Meeting: No to Tar Sands Pipeline
Posted: May 6, 2009Gillian McEachern, Eric Swanson, Alphonse Gagnon, and Tara Marsden, May 6, 2009, TORONTO– The...Read More
Indigenous youths offer their take on climate change
Posted: April 28, 2009Mary Pemberton, April 22, 2009, Anchorage Daily News -- Members of the world's next generation of...Read More
N.W.T. targets oilsands
Posted: April 28, 2009Carol Christian, April 6, 2009, Fort McMurray Today -- Oilsands development is coming under fire...Read More
“Our Land is Not for Sale”: Nadleh Whut’en Take Stand on Enbridge Pipeline
Posted: April 28, 2009Nadleh Whut’en First Nation, April 3, 2009 -- Nadleh Whut’en First Nation recently hosted an...Read More
Common ground, but no agreement, reached with Dehcho: Imperial
Posted: February 19, 2009CBC News, February 17, 2009 -- The main advocate of a proposed natural gas pipeline through the...Read More
Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected: report
Posted: February 19, 2009CBC News, February 6, 2009 -- The number of cancer cases in Fort Chipewyan is higher than expected,...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
The Polaris Institute has created a series of 10 factsheets on different issues associated with tar sands development Read the Factsheets
11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence Read the Report
Financing of fossil fuels and renewable energy by Canadian banks A report by RainForest Action Network Read The Report
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