The Trans Mountain expansion is about to start running. Could an Indigenous Rights case impact operations?

A TMX decision “undermines Secwépemc law,” according to the nation, which is boosting title claim efforts to protect sacred spaces. via ayesha habib thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain…

Oil & gas industry and plastic-producing countries have been lobbying hard against a production cap during global #PlasticsTreaty talks. We need to continue to pressure govs to incl. a cap in the final text and Indigenous voices need to be amplified. #INC4 apnews.com/article/plasti…

Tomorrow the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget is investigating #BigOil 's efforts to avoid accountability for its role in causing #ClimateChange . budget.senate.gov/hearings/denia…

Get your applications in by the end of this week – Friday, May 3! Spend your summer engaging communities around West Coast's work and ways to take environmental and climate action

Solidarity with Aamjiwnaang FN ✊ The continued environmental & health crises in Sarnia / #ChemicalValley is unacceptable and 'denies their ability to engage their inherent and constitutionally protected Aboriginal and Treaty rights.” #EnvironmentalRacism aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

'Canadians would be horrified to learn that when they go to the recycling bin and put out their recycling, that it's actually having a seriously negative impact on people living in developing countries.'—Gord Johns #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 #PlasticPollution cbc.ca/news/climate/c…

Canada's Minister of Environment agrees that recycling plastic &/or banning single use plastics isn't going to solve the #PlasticPollution crisis. That's why we need the world to agree to a production cap at #INC4 ! Take action here: wcel.org/blog/earth-day… nationalobserver.com/2024/04/27/new…

Non-partisan experts who actually study the matter are clear: the #CarbonTax has a negligible impact on inflation; most Canadians receive more from the rebates than they pay at the pump and elsewhere; and it does help lower emissions. #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/pierre-poiliev…

Arctic Indigenous Peoples have some of the highest concentrations of pollutants on Earth thanks to ocean flows, where chemical & plastic pollution arrive from all corners of the world. Their voice is integral to forming an effective global #PlasticsTreaty
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Indigenous environmental sovereignty in action 👏Congrats to Kitasoo Xai’xais and their work to establish and uphold the Gitdisdzu Lugyeks #MarineProtectedArea , which is now an internationally recognized example of excellence in marine protection.
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#ClimateCosts are rising and fossil fueled extreme weather is contributing to a rise in insurance premiums, meaning that some Canadians especially in vulnerable areas can no longer afford to be covered. nationalobserver.com/2024/04/24/inv…

Aamjiwnaang FN has been subjected to Chemical Valley and its 'permission-to-pollute colonialism' for years. Their knowledge is instrumental for an ambitious, inclusive global #PlasticsTreaty and we support their call to be active participants in its design nationalobserver.com/2024/04/25/new…