Tag: Tar Sands Oil
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Earth Day Every Day
As corporations and politicians engage in economic environmental extortion over North American energy export of Tar Sands crude and Powder River coal, others are weaving a new narrative for survival. At the heart of that narrative are the sacred stories denoting the obligations and responsibilities of indigenous peoples to the health and well-being of all…
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Coercion or Coexistence
In a landscape that is increasingly devastated by oil pollution from tar sands excavation, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is suing Shell Canada, the province of Alberta, and the Government of Canada for colluding in violating their treaty rights to an unpolluted environment. Having already ruined parts of their territory, Shell Canada now wants to…