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    Stunning Victory for Indigenous Nations as Canada Halts Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

    Stunning Victory for Indigenous Nations as Canada Halts Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

    A Canadian court “quashed” approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Thursday, a major setback for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose government agreed to purchase the controversial project from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion Canadian dollars (U.S. $3.5 billion) in May. It’s a stunning victory for Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the project, […]

    Standing Rock Veterans Lead Fight to Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline

    Standing Rock Veterans Lead Fight to Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline

    A group of Standing Rock veterans and their allies have set up camp in Northern Michigan to stop another pipeline: Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline that passes under the Straits of Mackinac between Lakes Huron and Michigan as it carries oil from Western Canada to Ontario, Michigan Radio reported Sunday. The protesters, about 15 in total, […]

    Indigenous Australians Take Fight Against Giant Coal Mine to the United Nations

    Indigenous Australians Take Fight Against Giant Coal Mine to the United Nations

    By Noni Austin For tens of thousands of years, the Wangan and Jagalingou people have lived in the flat arid lands of central Queensland, Australia. But now they are fighting for their very existence. Earlier this month, they took their fight to the United Nations after years of Australia’s failure to protect their fundamental human […]