Canada’s dirty Tar Sands are destroying forests, poisoning our atmosphere and threatening community health. Meanwhile US corporations ship their products using transportation fueled by this destruction. On June 18th, people around the world will participate in the largest day of action ever […]
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Union of Ontario Indians protest plans to ship radioactive waste over Great Lakes
By Eartha Jane Melzer The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week. UOI, […]
Continue readingNative Americans gather in Portland to protest oil sands shipments
By Kelly House, The Oregonian An ancient Native American song emanated Sunday from the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Five drummers rhythmically pounded on a ceremonial drum while spectators passed around a seashell filled with smoking prayer leaves. “Ya-hey-ya-hey-ha,” […]
Continue readingPew Environmental Study Finds Boreal Forest is ‘Earth’s Water Keeper.’
A U.S.-based conservation group has concluded that the great ribbon of green that stretches across northern Canada is one of the world’s great storehouses of fresh water and influences the environment of the entire planet. Pew Environment Group researchers, whose study […]
Continue readingBig Northern Greenwash: Who Speaks for the Trees?
So a new management deal has been signed for Canada’s Boreal Forest. It’s being hailed as the largest forest deal in the history of the world. You can see the map above: orange will be ‘protected’, gray areas will not. The fragmentation […]
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