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Everything shut down except construction projects. New Mexico’s governor warns tribal nations could be ‘wiped out’ by coronavirus.
Yesterday I wrote about the dangers the Keystone XL and Coastal GasLink pipelines posed to native people’s health. Pandemic and the pipeline about the Coastal GasLink pipeline construction in British Columbia. It’s like bringing smallpox blankets in about the Keystone … Continue reading
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The Pandemic and the Pipeline
Coastal Gas Link’s ongoing construction is putting entire communities at risk! (see the article here about COVID-19 and the Keystone XL pipeline contruction.) Please sign and share this petition to shut down man camps throughout the province that are endangering … Continue reading
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It’s like bringing smallpox blankets in
Relatives, Right now, TC Energy, with the backing of Homeland Security, is moving forward with construction of Keystone XL amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. As a Dakota elder who has been fighting Keystone XL for 12 years, I firmly continue to … Continue reading
Goodbye, Green New Deal?
I found the March 27, 2020 article by Kevin Williamson in the National Review, Goodbye, Green New Deal fascinating. He writes about the many sacrifices we are being forced to make because of the Covid-19 pandemic. I had to convince … Continue reading
Bad News for Oil
It has been a long, difficult struggle to attempt to protect Mother Earth from the devastation of fossil fuel extraction and burning. Indigenous peoples have been doing this work for centuries. “The coronavirus is telling the world what Indigenous Peoples … Continue reading
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No Deal with Wet’suwet’en but Pipeline Construction Continues
A natural gas company with a $6.6 billion plan to build a pipeline through northern British Columbia is continuing to clear forest and deliver pipe despite an Indigenous community’s calls to shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This … Continue reading
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DAPL Permit Revoked
Dear Jeff, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the nation, we’re aware that it could have an outsized impact on Indian Country. Relief programs may not provide needed tests and medical supplies for us — or anyone — on … Continue reading
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A #NoDAPL Victory
A federal judge handed down a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota on Wednesday, ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving federal permits for the Dakota … Continue reading
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Online Film Screening & Discussion of The Condor & The Eagle
RSVP Here WHAT: Join the UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) & UUA Green Sanctuary Program’s Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar series for an online screening & film discussion of the award-winning feature documentary, The Condor & The Eagle. WHEN: Thursday, March 26th. The film screening will … Continue reading
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COVID-19 and Wet’suwet’en
#covid_19 #MotherNature #takecare #AnotherWorldisPossible #ProtectTheSacred This is the perfect time to enact the reprieve we have received on pollution and climate destruction. There is Beautiful evidence of a fossil free world exemplified in China who could finally see blue sky or the canals in … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 