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‘This is Not Okay’: Protests Across Canada Stand Up for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders – The Energy Mix

“I think people are starting to wake
up to the fact that we have the right to our territory,” said Jen
Wickham, spokesperson for one of the five clans of the Wet’suwet’en
Nation, in a Canadian Press story picked up by both the Toronto Star and the fossil industry daily JWN Energy.
“They’re upset and they’re taking to the streets. They’re occupying
offices, they’re stopping traffic, and they’re stopping trains. They’re
saying, loud and clear, ‘This is not OK.’”

February 12, 2020

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Dozens Arrested in Vancouver as RCMP Raid on Wet’suwet’en Drags On

As an RCMP raid on Indigenous sites in northern British Columbia drags into a fifth day of arrests, another 43 people have been arrested in Vancouver for blocking port traffic in solidarity.

The Wet’suwet’en Nation has faced increasing police presence on their territory since early January, when hereditary chiefs evicted pipeline workers and police from their land. On Thursday, RCMP began removing Wet’suwet’en land defenders and supporters from camps along a snow-covered logging road to make way for the $6.6 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline

February 11, 2020

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6 arrested at Wet’suwet’en anti-pipeline camp | CBC News

Six people were arrested at a camp on traditional Wet’suwet’en
territory as RCMP conducted a pre-dawn raid to enforce an injunction
order against those blocking construction of the Coastal GasLink
pipeline in northern B.C.

According to supporters of the
blockade, more than a dozen RCMP officers moved past the police
checkpoint on Morice Forest Service Road early Thursday morning.

“It’s a whole damn army up there,” said Wet’suwet’en hereditary Chief Woos, who also goes by the name Frank Alec.

“They’ve got guns on, they’ve got tactical gear on. They look like they’re ready for war.”

February 7, 2020

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Global oversupply sets up LNG for a year of record low prices

Coastal Gaslink and the Kitimat LNG Facility are ramping up and expect to have thousands of workers on site by the end of this year.

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) – Liquefied natural gas prices are poised to test record lows this year thanks to an onslaught of new supply and warmer winter temperatures curbing consumption.

The startup of new export projects from Australia to the U.S. has flooded the market, while brimming stockpiles in Europe and an expected slowdown in Chinese demand have dumped cold water on consumption prospects. LNG for spot delivery to North Asia is on track to hit an all-time low this summer, while gas prices in Europe and the U.S. are trading at the weakest seasonal levels since 1999.

February 1, 2020

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UNDRIP Act Gives Horgan an Option in Wet’suwet’en Standoff. He Should Use It | The Tyee

The British Columbia government has put itself between a rock and a hard place with its stance on the Wet’suwet’en pipeline protests.

Premier John Horgan is trying to distance himself and his party from the controversy, suggesting it would be inappropriate for the government to intervene on a legal matter already decided by the courts. “The rule of law needs to prevail in B.C.,” he said last week.

Is he right? Can those of settler heritage stand by and watch as governments, the court and the RCMP use force to override the rights of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs?

I think not.

January 23, 2020

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