How to stop a pipeline: notify ‘abutters’ that a fracked gas pipeline is about to go through their backyard. Not as dramatic or exciting as camping out at the Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota. Wouldn’t make headlines on Democracy Now. But it’s small acts like this—notifying residents, writing letters to town councillors, holding ‘no pipeline’ signs and handing… Read More Your Standing Rock, Your Pipeline
https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/greenfaith/donation.jsp?campaign=58 Click Here to Sign To: LORETTA LYNCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JACK DALRYMPLE, GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA KELCY WARREN, CEO AND BOARD CHAIR, ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS RE: OPPOSITION TO THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE AND ANTI-DEMONSTRATION ACTIONS AT STANDING ROCK DATE: 1 NOVEMBER 2016 As leaders and lay members of faith communities… Read More Open Interfaith Letter on Standing Rock
Breaking: Activists Reportedly Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S. Originally posted at democracynow.org This is viewer supported news Climate activists are claiming they have shut down all tar sands oil coming into the United States by manually turning off pipelines in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Washington state. According to a statement posted… Read More DN: Activists Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S.
North Dakota is just the beginning. Jack Jenkins Senior Religion Reporter at ThinkProgress. Demonstrators in Canon Ball protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. CREDIT: Flickr/Joe Brusky When Pua Case landed in North Dakota to join the ongoing Standing Rock protests in September, she, like thousands of other participants, had come to defend the land. Masses of indigenous people and… Read More The growing indigenous spiritual movement that could save the planet
New Report Sheds Light on Fossil Fuel Industry’s Effect on Latinx Communities High asthma, low insurance rates and close proximity to oil and gas facilities make for a dangerous combination. The fossil fuel industry is harming the well-being of Latinx communities, according to a report the Clean Air Task Force released yesterday (September 27). “What we found… Read More Fossil Fuel Industry’s Heavy Impact on Latinx Communities
Editor: I’m posting this article because I came close to personally experiencing the drought and scarcity of water while living in Nova Scotia. Yarmouth and the southern-most county in the Province went through a severe drought this summer. For weeks the wells ran dry and residents did not have water to drink, to cook, or to wash. But… Read More The Water Crisis: When the Well Runs Dry
“On climate change and domination: Some thoughts on the Baton Rouge police protests and rain” Editor: This article by Alycee Lane is a profound analysis that uncovers the connections between police brutality and climate change. She shows that police oppression of Black, Indigenous and other colonized people is part of the same system that enforces the extraction and burning… Read More Atmosphere of Domination: Thoughts on the Baton Rouge police protests and rain
