By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications On Monday, October 8, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N. – sponsored group of the world’s top scientists, released a much-anticipated report on our warming world. And the verdict? We only have 12 years left – at the most – to change our habits, halt the steadily […]
On August 30, 2018, the Canadian Court of Appeal overturned the approval of the highly controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, siding unanimously with indigenous groups who have been fighting the project for years. Citing the government’s failure to consult with First Nations communities, the Court ruled to stop the expansion projects indefinitely. The decision […]
By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications Earlier this month Ecuador’s Constitutional Court made a unanimous decision to reject Chevron’s final appeal of a $9.5 billion pollution judgment that found the company guilty of deliberately dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste into the Amazon rainforest. This was a huge victory for indigenous groups that […]
The Ituango hydroelectric dam on the Cauca River, Colombia’s largest hydropower project to date, was slated to bring millions of dollars and a host of detrimental environmental impacts to the country and its people. For the many locals who live near the project, their ways of life have been severely altered by the construction – […]
By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist On Tuesday, May 29th, the Canadian government announced that it will buy Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline and expansion project, ensuring the future of its controversial construction. The C$4.5 billion dollar federal investment will effectively triple the amount of tar sands transported from Alberta to the British Colombia […]
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