environment

A conversation on 'Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America'

redeye — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:33:30 +0000

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A new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that occur as a result. Todd Gordon is a professor of political science at York University. Todd Gordon speaks with Redeye host James Mainguy.

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Build the opposition to Trumpism in Canada

The Activist Toolkit — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:51:55 +0000

Currently, the United States is headed in directions I couldn't have foretold in my worst nightmares. Perhaps I lacked imagination. Perhaps I should have read George Orwell's 1984 more closely. I have been working to organize within the political system in the U.S. and Canada for decades and, now, all I can do is resist. As I am drawn into new networks of organizers who are building locally and globally to oppose the attacks on everything we believe in, I am inspired by the tools I am finding.

Community-owned wind project folds after Saskatchewan gives go ahead to natural gas plant

redeye — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 03:44:25 +0000

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Dozens of anti-wind organizations have sprung up following the imposition of large-scale renewable projects on rural communities. Community-owned power projects could turn that opposition around but they need the support of provincial governments. Saskatchewan just took a step in the wrong direction. James Wilt is a Winnipeg-based freelance journalist who frequently writes for DeSmog Canada and Vice Canada. He speaks with Redeye host Esther Hsieh.

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Vancouver Island old-growth forest almost gone

redeye — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 02:46:57 +0000

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Ninety per cent of the forests on Vancouver Island have been logged. Now the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Union of B.C. Municipalities have joined with environment organizations, First Nations and forestry unions to call for an end to the logging of old growth forests. Torrance Coste is with the Wilderness Committee. He speaks with Redeye host James Mainguy.

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People Powered: The Activists Behind Vancouver’s Climate Justice Movement

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:33:50 +0000

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Like all types documentaries, radio documentaries are extremely resource intensive. They take a lot of time to research, record and put together.

But every documentary producer will agree that the results are well worth the extra effort. There are some fine documentary producers out there, and when we can get permissions to bring you some of our favourites, we will do it.

There's a collection of documentaries that have come out of Simon Fraser University's radio station CJSF 90.1 FM that deserve to be heard over and over again. They are part of a project called "Making Time for Radio."

Unpacking Kinder Morgan's employment promises

PolicyNote — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 04:32:40 +0000

After the federal approval of Kinder Morgan's controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX), Alberta Premier Rachel Notley came to B.C. to sell the pipeline's economic benefits. She claims B.C. will get a $1 billion per year boost in GDP as a result of the pipeline, as well as thousands of jobs in both construction and operations once the pipeline is built.

There is good reason to believe, however, that the incremental income and employment gains for ordinary working British Columbians are likely to be substantially less. The project would lead to a small increase in total GDP in the province, but the main benefits are in the construction phase, and even there the benefits have been grossly inflated. In the long run, we can only bank on about 50 new permanent jobs.

Highlights from the rabble podcast network in 2016

rabble staff — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:35:46 +0000

Take a break, sit back and have a listen to some of our favourites from the rabble podcast network in 2016.

The year in your ear

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:02:48 +0000

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What a year it was. Coming off of the maddening, disappointing and very scary U.S. election, it's too easy to look back and wish that we could have just fast forwarded from December 31, 2015 right to January 1, 2017.

But that's not the whole story. In many ways it was also a really good year. Admittedly, we have to work a little harder to lift our spirits in this holiday season than in other years. But we know that rabble listeners and readers know that these things happen in cycles. Better days are ahead.

Lots of work for us to do in the new year to help restore this planet to health and happiness. But for now, take a break and have a listen to some of our faves.

Thousands pledge to fight Kinder Morgan in the streets

redeye — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:32:05 +0000

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Following Justin Trudeau's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, thousands of people have pledged to do whatever it takes to stop the project. This is just one of three possible ways to fight the pipeline project, according to Sven Biggs of Stand.earth. Sven Biggs talks with Redeye host James Mainguy.

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Standing Rock inspires Canadian mobilization against extreme pipelines

Council-of-Canadians — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:50:29 +0000

The mobilization at Standing Rock and the conviction to speak out against extreme pipelines is having a profound affect here in Canada.

"More than 10,000 have come here from all over the world", reports BBC's James Cook in his compelling news report from the Standing Rock camp.

Pipeline puts Alberta's Notley offside with other NDPers

karl nerenberg — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 03:55:24 +0000

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Late Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Trudeau and his government gave the green light to a pipeline that would carry heavy-oil through the most densely populated part of Western Canada.

Book: The Peace in Peril

redeye — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:19:44 +0000

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In late September 2015, writer Christopher Pollon and photojournalist Ben Nelms paddled the 83-kilometre stretch of the Peace River that will be destroyed by the Site C dam reservoir. They concluded their trip by touring the same stretch on land, interviewing and photographing the people who live on the banks of the Peace. Christopher Pollen speaks with Redeye host Jane Williams.

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Opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion

redeye — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 01:52:01 +0000

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Justin Trudeau will soon announce his decision on Kinder Morgan’s plans to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline, and ship almost 900,000 barrels of oil per day down to Burrard Inlet in Vancouver. Thousands of people marched in Vancouver last Saturday to show their opposition to this pipeline expansion. In October, Ricochet Media hosted a presentation with five leading figures in the movement to oppose Kinder Morgan: Reuben George, Cecilia Point, Mary Lovell, Claris Figueira, and Brad Hornick.

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Better discourse for a kinder world

David Suzuki — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:18:13 +0000

The U.S. election was a chilling illustration of the atrocious state of public discourse. It doesn't bode well for a country once admired for leadership in education and science.

As public relations expert and former David Suzuki Foundation board chair James Hoggan writes in I’m Right and You’re an Idiot, "polluted public discourse is an enormous obstacle to change." How, he asks, do we "create the space for higher quality public debates where passionate opposition and science shape constructive, mind-changing conversations?"

A conversation with Dr. David Suzuki

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:45:16 +0000

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On November 15 Wayne MacPhail from harrowsmithnow.com got to sit down with Dr. David Suzuki. That was just a few days after Donald Trump became president-elect. So, as you can imagine, they had a lot to talk about. They touched on environmental issues in a time when facts don't matter, about David Suzuki's life and even career choices he might have made. You can check out the full video interview Wayne did with Dr. Suzuki at harrowsmithnow.com.