Anti-mining protests in Mexico, Canada
Text The July 22 Global Day of Action Against Open-Pit Mining, most widely observed in the Andean nations, also saw coordinated protests in NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada. The July 22 Global Day of...
View ArticleGuatemala: mining companies are dealt setbacks
Text Courts in Guatemala and Canada have issued important rulings in favor of anti-mining activists, and even President Pérez Molina has called for a moratorium on new licenses.A panel of Guatemala's...
View ArticleRon Paul schmoozes clerical fascists
Text Ron Paul is scheduled to speak at a confab sponsored by a wing of the "Traditionalist" Catholic schism, sharing the bill with Italian neo-fascist leader Roberto Fiore. Ron Paul's connections to...
View ArticleRCMP attack Mi'kmaq anti-frack protesters
Text RCMP troops used tear-gas and rubber bullets to break up an anti-fracking protest roadblock by the Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq First Nation.Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers on Oct. 17 used tear-gas...
View ArticleNative resistance to North American pipeline plans
Text The Keystone XL pipeline from Canada's oilfields to Texas is now matched by alternate routes to British Columbia and the Maritimes—all meeting opposition from Native peoples.On Nov. 13, members...
View ArticlePersian Gulf militarized —by drug war
Text In addition to the naval face-off over a global oil outlet, the Persian Gulf has seen escalating militarization by international forces in the guise of narcotics enforcement.The past year has...
View ArticleLubicon Cree fight injunction on anti-frack protests
Text The Lubicon Lake Nation of Cree in Alberta, Canada, is appealing a court order prohibiting the indigenous community from blockading gas operations on unceded territory.The Lubicon Lake Nation of...
View ArticleMay Day mining disaster in Colombia
Text An unknown number of miners—perhaps as many as 40—were buried alive as an illegal gold mine collapsed at El Palmar, in Colombia's southern region of Cauca.An unknown number of miners—perhaps as...
View ArticleCanada's high court upholds aboriginal title
Text First nations across British Columbia are celebrating a unanimous ruling by Canada's Supreme Court that recognizes aboriginal title to traditional territories outside reserves.First nations...
View ArticleGreat Game for Arctic in Ukraine struggle?
Text At the NATO summit called in response to the Ukraine escalation, a particularly hard line is being taken by Canada—now in a race with Russia to claim Arctic oil resources.Ukrainian President...
View ArticleCanada court rules Khadr may be released on bail
Text A judge for the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that former Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr can be released on bail while he appeals his US war crimes conviction.A judge for the Alberta Court of...
View ArticleAnishinaabe 'Water Walk' against pipeline plan
Text Anishinaabe activists in north Ontario are walking 125 kilometers of the proposed Energy East pipeline route to demonstrate their opposition, citing a threat to the region's waters.A group of...
View ArticleRussia files revised bid for arctic territory
Text Russia's Foreign Ministry submitted a new bid claiming over 350 nautical miles of oil-rich Arctic sea shelf before the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.Russia's Ministry of...
View ArticleBritish Columbia mine waste spill: one year later
Text One year after a catastrophic waste spill at British Columbia's Mount Polley Mine, the facility is set to re-open—but its expansion is blocked by the opposition of local First Nations.One year...
View ArticleUS eases oil export ban
Text The US Department of Commerce agreed to allow limited crude oil trading with Mexico, easing a ban on crude exports that has been in place for 40 years.The US Department of Commerce on Aug. 14...
View ArticleCanada rules for Ecuador villagers in Chevron case
Text Canada's high court ruled that Ecuadoran villagers seeking to enforce a multi-billion dollar judgment against Chevron may pursue the case against the company's Canadian subsidiary.The Supreme...
View ArticleObama and the KXL-TPP contradiction
Text Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline a day after announcing he will sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership—which includes mechanisms for challenging the KXL cancellation.An ominously ironic...
View ArticleBehind oil slump: shale boom or geopolitics?
Text Experts tell us the North American shale oil boom is responsible for low prices despite Middle East unrest. But the price slump serves Western aims of weakening Russia and Iran.As we noted in...
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Mohawks threaten to block Energy East pipeline
Text The Mohawk nation is threatening to do everything legally in its power to block TransCanada's Energy East pipeline project, calling it a threat to their way of life.canada_sm_2014.gifThe Mohawk...
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Canada high court to hear prior consultation case
Text Canada's Supreme Court announced that it will review two decisions of the National Energy Board related to oil development and aboriginal consultation.canada_sm_2014.gifThe Supreme Court of...
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