British Columbia Government Ecocide — January 2020

BC Environment & Climate Change

Long read: John Horgan’s envoy to Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs needs to come clean on carbon capture and storage | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Add your Voice – CodeBlue BC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oil-and-gas-industry-climate-change-international-energy-agency-1.5433475

https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/opinion/ndp-support-of-fracking-lng-industry-a-shame

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/01/23/Canada-LNG-Sales-Force-Green-Myths/

BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources

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One Year after RCMP Raid, Tensions Rise as Wet’suwet’en Evict Pipeline Company | The Tyee

UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline

‘The border is this imaginary line’: why Americans are fighting mining in B.C.’s ‘Doughnut Hole’ | The Narwhal

Green Party stands with Wet’suwet’en chiefs in opposing gas pipeline

Hydro dams in B.C.’s northeast at risk from fracking, report claims | CBC News

Fracking ban warranted to protect some of British Columbia’s biggest dams, FOI documents reveal | Corporate Mapping Project

Peace Canyon dam at risk of failure from fracking-induced earthquakes, documents reveal | The Narwhal

The Well from Hell : Policy Note

The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned | The Tyee

The Latest | Corporate Mapping Project

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Peace River Frack-Up | Corporate Mapping Project

Europe’s heavy blow against natural gas

‘A colossal waste’: BC Hydro report hints at cost overruns at Site C dam | The Narwhal

NDP support of fracking/LNG industry a shame – Cowichan Valley Citizen

‘A colossal waste’: BC Hydro report hints at cost overruns at Site C dam | The Narwhal

We’re fracked! – In-Sights

Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World | The Tyee

Maps | BC Mining Law Reform

Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World | The Tyee

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Timeline: How fracking poses risks to BC Hydro’s Peace River dams (1963-2019) : Policy Note

Global LNG Poised for Terrible Year as Supply Floods Market – Bloomberg

‘Dangerous, toxic and harmful’: Fracking a public health risk, doctors association says | CTV News

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Canadian doctors link fracked natural gas to cancer and birth defects | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/

http://peoplesvoice.ca/2020/01/20/growing-resistance-against-horgan-and-trudeau-energy-policies/

https://www.straight.com/news/1352781/climate-activists-arrested-david-ebys-office-rcmp-orders-others-out-jonathan-wilkinsons

BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources

Pacific Northwest forests fit trifecta for curbing climate change — if we stop logging them | Crosscut

Forestation: Healthy habitats and biodiversity – Adam Olsen, MLA

‘We’re going to see more of this’: B.C. forest experts call for legal changes to prevent future flooding | CBC News

Forest Summit Final Report, Dec 31, 2019 – Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society

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Defusing BC’s big, bad carbon bomb – Focus Magazine Jan/Feb 2020 – Focus on Victoria

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Public Safety Advisory Issued for Aerial Wolf Killing | Pacific Wild

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Send-a-Message! Protect BC’s Endangered Old-Growth Forests! — Endangered Ecosystems Alliance

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Letter: Spilling more wolf blood won’t save caribou – Revelstoke Review

Black Mount in Heart Forest (Clack Creek) – YouTube

Biologist wants to save Slocan Valley tree that’s likely bear den – Goldstream News Gazette

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LETTER: Efforts needed to save B.C.’s forests – Lake Country Calendar

Comment: Poorly managed forests responsible for mill closures | Times Colonist

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Support Our Effort to Ban the Pursuit-Only Season in British Columbia (comment period closes January 19, 2020) — Wildlife Defence League

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Jack Knox: The struggle to save jobs, and old-growth trees | Vancouver Courier

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Amid forestry struggles, panel finds ‘surprising’ consensus on old-growth logging concerns in B.C. | The Narwhal

Old Growth Forests Are Vital to Indigenous Cultures. We Need to Protect What’s Left | The Tyee

Echo Creek Wolves — Wildlife Defence League

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BC allows destruction of caribou habitat to the point of extinction: new report | Wilderness Committee

Clearcut Carbon: A report on the future of forests in BC – Sierra Club BC

That Time Canada Had a Public Lab that Made Life-saving Drugs | The Tyee

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Amid forestry struggles, panel finds ‘surprising’ consensus on old-growth logging concerns in B.C. | The Narwhal

https://envirosnowflakebrief.com/2020/01/13/british-columbia-officials-sweep-this-years-rotten-whitebark-pine-nut-awards/

BC Indigenous Relations

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/01/05/Year-After-RCMP-Raid-Wetsuweten-New-injunction/

https://www.cheknews.ca/un-racism-committee-calls-for-halt-to-site-c-trans-mountain-and-lng-pipeline-635045/

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-complaint-filed-by-coalition-that-includes-wet-suwet-en-hereditary-chiefs-1.5445950

British Columbia & Premier

Here are some reasons why the B.C. NDP needs to watch its back | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICIALS SWEEP THIS YEAR’S “ROTTEN WHITEBARK PINE NUT” AWARDS – Enviro SnowFlake BRIEF

Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise | The Tyee

Horgan Won’t Meet Wet’suwet’en on Northern Tour | The Tyee

B.C. Green leadership candidate Sonia Furstenau needs to put B.C. NDP government on the hot seat | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/opinion/ndp-support-of-fracking-lng-industry-a-shame/?

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Trans Mountain, LNG pipeline among projects UN racism committee urges to be stopped | Globalnews.ca

A year after RCMP’s violent raid, Wet’suwet’en people fear repeat | Canada News | Al Jazeera

Protesters across Canada support Wet’suwet’en anti-pipeline camps | CBC News

Opinion: For the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan peoples, justice has been denied. What else is new? – The Globe and Mail

Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrations take place across Canada – APTN NewsAPTN News

Why The UN Is Getting Involved With 3 Big B.C. Energy Projects | HuffPost Canada

Hereditary chiefs ask RCMP not to act with force against gas pipeline opponents

Open Letter from the BCCLA on the Injunction Granted to Coastal GasLink – BC Civil Liberties AssociationBC Civil Liberties Association

As sequel to Wet’suwet’en pipeline showdown looms, does B.C.’s UN pledge point the way forward? | The Star

Hereditary chiefs say “we never will” support Coastal GasLink pipeline – Smithers Interior News

Unist’ot’en Camp – Posts

Wet’suwet’en Nation supporters swarm downtown Kelowna in protest of pipeline – Kelowna Capital News

UNBC faculty, staff stands with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs | CKPG Today | Prince George, Northern BC | News, Sports, Weather, Obituaries, Real Estate

Activists occupy offices in Toronto’s financial district ahead of anti-pipeline solidarity rally | rabble.ca

Canada, the RCMP, and Human Rights Obligations to the Wet’suwet’en Nation | Common Dreams Views

‘The world is watching’: B.C. pipeline opponents brace for possible police action | Globalnews.ca

Hundreds take to the streets for pipeline protest | CTV News

B.C. human rights commissioner asks Canadian government to halt Coastal GasLink – Goldstream News Gazette

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs pose monumental challenge to $40-billion LNG project and the B.C. NDP government | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Rolling protest slows Highway 401 traffic in London region | CTV News

Blog | OneCity Vancouver

Reconciliation now includes heavily-armed police: Canada – Walking Eagle News

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‘What cost are human rights worth?’ UN calls for immediate RCMP withdrawal in Wet’suwet’en standoff | The Narwhal

Unist’ot’en Camp – Posts

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Canadian Jews Stand With Wet’Suwet’en: To Repair the World, We Must Decolonize – Independent Jewish Voices Canada

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UNIST’OT’EN | Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Call For UN Intervention

Canada’s long history of criminalizing Indigenous resistance | rabble.ca

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RCMP reactivated list of flagged activists days before Trans Mountain decision, documents show | CBC News

Police can use drones to taser people in North Dakota – YouTube

MEDIA ADVISORY” Legal Complaints Filed Against RCMP Exclusion Zone in Wet’suwet’en; Indigenous, Civil liberties, Human Rights & Labour Groups Condemn Exclusion Zone – UBCIC

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs seek UN’s help after Premier John Horgan says Coastal GasLink pipeline will be built | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

KKR to Acquire Significant Stake in Canada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project | Business Wire

‘What cost are human rights worth?’ UN calls for immediate RCMP withdrawal in Wet’suwet’en standoff | The Narwhal

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip & Peter McCartney: Canada must stop violating Indigenous human rights for megaprojects | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

‘Each Moment Here Is a Victory’: Wet’suwet’en Supporters Aren’t Backing Down | The Tyee

RCMP viewed B.C. Coastal GasLink protesters as ‘radicalized,’ court documents show – The Globe and Mail

BC Civil Liberties enters Coastal GasLink fray – Economy, Law & Politics | Business in Vancouver

Opinion: No, those who defend the Wet’suwet’en territory are not criminals – The Globe and Mail

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Far-Right Rebel News Media contributor allowed past RCMP media blockade — The Canada Files

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Heiltsuk Nation’s leadership, Heiltsuk Tribal Council, and Heiltsuk Hemas issue statement on handcuffing of Maxwell Johnson and granddaughter | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise | The Tyee

The invisible thread? The Coastal GasLink decision and why we must do more to recognize the application of Indigenous law | West Coast Environmental Law

When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police | The Tyee

First Nations chiefs prepare to take on Quebec over its legal challenge of new federal child welfare law | CBC News

BC Civil Liberties enters Coastal GasLink fray – Economy, Law & Politics | Business in Vancouver

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The criminalization of Indigenous land defenders is a global concern | rabble.ca

‘They are erasing our history’: Indigenous sites buried under Coastal GasLink pipeline infrastructure | The Narwhal

RCMP concerned Indigenous rights advocates will gain public support: new study | The Narwhal

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The Colonizer Always Comes Out | The New Republic

Crossing the RCMP checkpoint on Wet’suwet’en territory | Ricochet

Amnesty | Stop forced and coerced sterilization

‘Show some respect’: Horgan ruffles feathers with LNG plant visit that skips Indigenous leaders | Globalnews.ca

Crossing the RCMP checkpoint on Wet’suwet’en territory | Ricochet

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Grand Chief Stewart Phillip & Peter McCartney: Canada must stop violating Indigenous human rights for megaprojects | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Calls for dialogue as Coastal GasLink pipeline polarizes some in northern B.C. – Goldstream News Gazette

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RCMP Denies Drone and Flyover Surveillance at Wet’suwet’en Camps – VICE

‘We’re backed into a corner’: Wet’suwet’en bristle as RCMP control access to anti-pipeline camp | Globalnews.ca

Researchers say RCMP action against Wet’suwet’en would place corporate interests over Indigenous rights – APTN NewsAPTN News

MP Paul Manly will travel to Wet’suwet’en territory this weekend

All Eyes on Wet’Suweten: Solidarity Round-Up

BC Green Leader Crosses RCMP Checkpoint, Visits Wet’suwet’en Camps | The Tyee

Montrealers stand in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en | Globalnews.ca

Pipeline protesters block access to Victoria ferry in support of B.C. First Nation – The Columbia Valley Pioneer

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/swartz-bay-ferry-terminal-protest-1.5433100

What the Wet’suwet’en case says about how Canadian courts address Indigenous law – Goldstream News Gazette

The Gitxsan Hereditary chiefs have extended support to the Wet’suwet’en | CFNR Network

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In the path of the RCMP: An interview with Sabina Dennis | Ricochet

Protesters block entrance to Victoria government building to support Wet’suwet’en First Nation – Goldstream News Gazette

Why having a journalist on the ground at Unist’ot’en matters | Ricochet

Sha’tekarihwate Clan of Grand River calls for support actions for Wet’suwet’en | Real People’s Media

UNDRIP Act Gives Horgan an Option in Wet’suwet’en Standoff. He Should Use It | The Tyee

UNIST’OT’EN | Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Lacks BC EAO Final Permits For Construction In Wet’suwet’en Territory

Dozens of Indigenous youth arrested after occupying government buildings overnight

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RCMP Admits It’s Monitoring Wet’suwet’en Camps by Air Now – VICE

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/01/22/news/coastal-gaslink-pipeline-could-harm-healing-centre-says-unistoten-camp?NDP leader calls Wet’suwet’en standoff ‘concerning’ – APTN NewsAPTN News

B.C. human rights commissioner defends her support of hereditary chiefs who oppose LNG pipeline | CBC News

Indigenous young adult overnight occupation of B.C. Ministry offices ends in 12 arrests

‘They are erasing our history’: Indigenous sites buried under Coastal GasLink pipeline infrastructure | The Narwhal

Green Party calls on Trudeau and Horgan to respect Wet’suwet’en rights

UNIST’OT’EN | Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Lacks BC EAO Final Permits For Construction In Wet’suwet’en Territory

RAVEN » Get Clear on Wet’suwet’en Law: Unpacking Canadian Court and Media’s Confusion

Is our right to peaceful protest disappearing? | The Council of Canadians

Unist’ot’en Healing Center requests EAO to withhold CGL final permits – My Bulkley Lakes Now

Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Horgan Re: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs’ Opposition to Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project | First Peoples Law

EDITORIAL | No pipeline against Indigenous consent is a good pipeline

Reconciliation Pipeline: How to Shackle Native People – APTN NewsAPTN News

Reconciliation now includes heavily-armed police: Canada – Walking Eagle News

RAVEN » A Measure of Integrity: First Nations Respond to the Bitumen Reference Case Decision

B.C. minister travels to Smithers, but isn’t able to meet hereditary chiefs | Times Colonist

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The Colonizer Always Comes Out | The New Republic

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Jordan Hollarsmith: B.C. cannot afford the Coastal GasLink pipeline | The Province

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Opinion: Who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en people? Making sense of the Coastal GasLink conflict – The Globe and Mail

Opinion: No, those who defend the Wet’suwet’en territory are not criminals – The Globe and Mail

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Petition · Canada should respect our Wetsuweten Hereditary system as THE ONLY governance · Change.org

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RCMP violate press freedom by barring journalists from First Nations territory | Ricochet

RCMP denies restricting air traffic into Wet’suwet’en territory, but local companies say otherwise | Ricochet

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Special Manitoba Hydro rate class needed to offset challenges of living on First Nations, appeal court hears | CBC News

Gitksan join the Wet’suwet’en on Vimeo

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Meet with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, academics and lawyers tell Justin Trudeau and John Horgan | Ricochet

RAVEN » Wreckonciliation: the curse of Indigenous pipeline ownership

Premier appoints provincial liaison with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs | BC Gov News

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Penticton Indian Band stages protest in support of Wet’suwet’en | Globalnews.ca

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Hundreds of students walk out of classes in Metro Vancouver in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

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Stand in solidarity with the Nuchatlaht Nation

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Inside the Wet’suwet’en Anti-Pipeline Camp That Police Are Blockading – VICE

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Former UN committee member defends stance on Coastal GasLink pipeline – Smithers Interior News

B.C. government appoints Nathan Cullen as liaison with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs | Globalnews.ca

Climate activists arrested in David Eby’s office; RCMP orders others out of Jonathan Wilkinson’s office | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Canadian Jews Stand With Wet’Suwet’en: To Repair the World, We Must Decolonize – Independent Jewish Voices Canada

Whatcom County, WA: Rail Shut Down in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Fight Against Colonial Invasion – It’s Going Down

Indigenous Woman Says She Was Barred from WestJet Flight in Alleged Profiling Incident – VICE

Coastal GasLink opponents build new camp near pipeline route | CBC News

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‘We need to gather together’: NB rally supports Wet’suwet’en pipeline protest

Indigenous protesters file complaints after Victoria police arrests | CBC News

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RCMP complaint filed by coalition that includes Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs | CBC News

Long read: John Horgan’s envoy to Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs needs to come clean on carbon capture and storage | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

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Coastal GasLink pipeline still lacks key environmental authorization in contested Wet’suwet’en territory | The Narwhal

RCMP Limits on Access to Wet’suwet’en Land Illegal and Arbitrary, Groups Say | The Tyee

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Statement from the Premier’s Office on the Wet’suwet’en agreement to join the Province at a ‘Wiggus’ Table | BC Gov News

Wet’suwet’en construct additional lodge ahead of police roadblock at 27 kilometre – Smithers Interior News

RCMP confirm deployment in Bulkley Valley for enforcement of Coastal GasLink injunction – Smithers Interior News

RCMP off the Yintah on Vimeo

Coalition submits complaint asking for public investigation into RCMP actions at B.C. pipeline checkpoint – The Globe and Mail

RCMP Harassment at 39KM Checkpoint

Call-in Campaign: Telkwa and Houston Community Centres to House RCMP during Gidim’ten and Unist’ot’en Raid Attempt » Montréal Counter-information

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Indigenous activists file complaint, allege Victoria police caused ‘multiple’ injuries at protest | CTV News

‘It looked like paradise’: Mi’kmaw elders reflect on how paper mill pollution changed their community | CBC News

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RCMP Aerial Surveillance at Unist’ot’en Camp

“The World is Watching”…and this is what it sees: