The beating of drums echoed throughout the seaside community of Prince Rupert, BC, on February 4 as thousands of First Nations and BC citizens banded together to express their opposition to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway twin pipelines from the Alberta Tar Sands to nearby Kitimat on BC’s central coast. Watch this exclusive documentary video report on the historic gathering – featuring the Gitga’at drummers and dancers of Hartley Bay, young aboriginal signer-songwriter Ta’kaiya Blaney, local political leaders, and a number of powerful First Nations speakers.
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Natural Resources Council of Maine, Sierra Club Maine, Natural Resources Defense Council, & National Wildlife Federation co-sponsored: February 9 2012 Press Conference held in Portland Maine on the Port. Discussion abou the “Trailbreaker Pipeline” , Enbridge has asked for approval to reverse the flow of oil in its Line 9 Pipeline-part of a larger project that would carry Alberta tar sands oil through the port in Portland Maine. videofootage&edit MSpiess
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What: As Prime Minister Harper visits China with a delegation of oil executives, environmentalists, First Nations and other concerned Canadians will be at the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver with a message for the people of China that Prime Minister Harper doesn’t speak for all of us and that tar sands pipelines and oil tankers are a bad investment. Statements for the media will take place out front of the Chinese Consulate in order to bring attention to the opposition in Canada to tar sands pipelines and oil exports through the west coast.
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