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Pipeline resistance grows as Trump revives Keystone XL and Dakota Access megaprojects

No longer just tweeting, President Donald J. Trump has been issuing a stream of executive orders and memoranda since his inauguration. On Tuesday, his pronouncements involved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Both projects were denied or delayed by the Obama administration, each after massive public protests. Now, with the Trump administration's actions, buttressed by a servile Congress under Republican control, fossil-fuel megaprojects are getting the green light.

But it will take more than the stroke of Trump's pen to quash the vigorous resistance to these two pipelines, or the growing global demand for urgent action to combat climate change.

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From Toronto to Standing Rock: #NoDAPL

Carrie Lester, Mohawk Land Defender and Water Protector, expresses solidarity from Toronto to Standing Rock/Tkarónto to Oceti Sakowin: #NoDAPL, and sings a Water Song in their honour, at the Standing With Standing Rock, #NoDAPL Solidarity March on November 5, 2016.

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Trudeau's Trumpishness bulldozes Indigenous rights

Considering the sick political calculus that rules Ottawa's backrooms, it is not inconceivable that the bubbly was pouring in Liberal circles with the stateside election of Donald Trump. Indeed, after having enjoyed a year-long honeymoon as the anti-Harper, Trudeau and his aides likely saw this new development as a gift that extends the honeymoon under the guise of being the anti-Donald.

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Land protectors and activists stand together for climate justice

Hurricane Matthew has come and gone, leaving devastation in its wake. So far, at least 1,000 people are reported to have died in Haiti, and at least 39 have died throughout the southeastern United States. In North Carolina, the rivers are still rising. In this election year, given the destruction, you would think climate change would be a major issue. In the presidential debates, which tens of millions watch, there has hardly been a mention. It is what is happening outside, in the grassroots around the country, that gives us hope.

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Photo: Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation on the front steps of the Supreme Court

Lasting ramifications of Tsilhqot'in decision on fish farms, pipelines

Brent Patterson

| September 1, 2016

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In November 2013, the Council of Canadians, along with our Williams Lake chapter, contributed $15,000 to an intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada in support of the legal challenge by the Tsilhqot'in Nation for a broad recognition of title to their territory in British Columbia.

Chapter activist Dr. Paula Tippet speaks to the NEB panel and Energy East repres

Five things I learned at the NEB hearings in New Brunswick

Robin Tress

| August 30, 2016

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We hope these five lessons will help make your intervention at the National Energy Board (NEB) hearings into the Energy East pipeline effective and empowering!

1. Tell your story.

Today The Guardian published this beautiful set of photos from people at the Sacred Stone Camp who are leading the fight against the Dakota Pipeline across the Missouri river. The Camp, like many others, is entirely supported by donations.