Wednesday, August 14, 2013

“My generation has stood up and said, 'No more'”

Click here to access article by Aaron Lakoff from Vancouver Media Co-op (Canada).

Indigenous peoples in British Columbia are organizing actions against the proposed Northern Gateway pipelines through their territories. 
...major oil companies such as Chevron and Exxon are seeking to connect the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific coast for export. The Unis'tot'en claim that these pipelines, requiring clear cutting and prone to leaks and spills, would threaten watersheds, forests, rivers, and salmon spawning channels—source of their primary staple food.
(Also, listen to this 6:29m audio report.)