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A #BritishColumbia #FirstNation has established a #blockade on its traditional territory to close the access point into the #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission #pipeline #PRGT #ManCamp.

#Gitanyow #HereditaryChiefs decided to blockade the #CranberryConnector, a forest service road that passes over the #CranberryRiver, on Thursday after reports arrived from Gitanyow camps that large trucks and machinery were crossing their traditional territory.

As the blockade was being established, a ceremony was held to burn 10-year-old pipeline benefit agreements over the PRGT. Gitanyow maintains that the agreements are outdated and that “the project route and scope have undergone significant changes since the existing #environmental assessment was conducted in 2014,” a Gitanyow press release said.

The #PRGTpipeline was bought by the #NisgaaNation and their industry partner #WesternLNG from #TCEnergy in March of this year. The proposed pipeline will connect #CoastalGasLink to the #KsiLisims terminal, jointly owned by the Nisga’a and Western LNG.

nationalobserver.com/2024/08/2

Canada's National Observer · First Nation blockades road ahead of LNG pipeline constructionThe Gitanyow have established a blockade on their traditional territory to close the access point into the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT) man camp.
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A Look Inside Secret, Sordid Side of Lobbying
TC Energy’s BC lobbyist offers peek behind curtains
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/12/

* lesson in dirty tricks, undue influence, esp. in getting B.C. government to enrich TC Energy
* boasted of success in shaping government policy
* how TC Energy gamed political events

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Energ

The Tyee · A Look Inside the Secret, Sordid Side of Lobbying | The TyeeBy Paul Willcocks

Despite the risk of military explosives, TC Energy wants to build ‘Ontario’s battery’ on Georgian Bay

"Pumping water in and out of a National Defence site in Meaford could be a win for clean energy. Locals are wary of TC Energy’s track record — and the buried weapons putting soil, water and wildlife at risk"

#canada #ontario #onpoli #climatechange #polution #politics #cop28 #batteries #industry #dod #energy #tcenergy #ecosystem #climatecrisis

thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-batter

The Narwhal · Despite the risk of military explosives, TC Energy wants to build ‘Ontario’s battery’ on Georgian BayBy Fatima Syed

#FossilFuel firms spent millions on #US lawmakers who sponsored #antiprotest bills

About 60% of #OilAndGasIndustry operations protected from protest due to money spent on lobbying, says #Greenpeace USA report

Nina Lakhani
23 Oct 2023

"Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest laws – which now shield about 60% of US gas and oil operations from protest and civil disobedience, according to a new report from Greenpeace USA.

"Eighteen states including #Montana, #Ohio, #Georgia, #Louisiana, #WestVirginia and the #Dakotas have enacted sweeping anti-protest laws which boost penalties for trespass near so-called critical infrastructure, that make it far riskier for communities to oppose pipelines and other fossil fuel projects that threaten their land, water and the global climate.

"Another four states have enacted narrower versions of the same law, but which could still be exploited to issue trumped-up charges against peaceful protesters. Many were based on a 'model bill' promoted by the industry-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec).

"According to the report, nine of the top 10 companies that lobbied most for anti-protest bills since 2017 are fossil fuel companies, including US companies #ExxonMobil, #KochIndustries and #MarathonPetroleum, as well as Canadian companies #Enbridge and #TCEnergy (#TransCanada).

"In addition, 25 fossil fuel and energy companies have contributed more than $5m to state anti-protest bill sponsors in this timeframe, data from political finance trackers #OpenSecrets and #FollowTheMoney shows."

Read more:
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

The Guardian · Fossil fuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest billsBy Nina Lakhani
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@breadandcircuses
The only change we've seen is record profits and record new projects.

While #canada is pretending to do better, they just completed the #tcEnergy #costalGasLink - more than $40BN and against thousands of permanent demonstrators.

$40BN could create aprx 8,160 wind turbines & assoc. infrastructure.

Instead it will export #fossilGas #methane for generations.

They're about to destroy a wetland reserve in #alberta.

Have you heard of the oil reserves off the #gaza coast?

Feds OK #NaturalGasPipeline expansion in #PacificNorthwest over #environmentalist #protests

By CLAIRE RUSH
Updated 6:41 PM EDT, October 19, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — "Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address #ClimateChange and could pose a #wildfire risk.

"The project, known as GTN Xpress, aims to expand the capacity of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, which runs through Idaho, Washington and Oregon, by about 150 million cubic feet (4.2 million cubic meters) of natural gas per day. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave it the green light in a vote on Thursday.

"#TCEnergy plans to modify three compressor stations along the pipeline — in #KootenaiCounty, #Idaho; #WallaWalla County, #Washington; and #ShermanCounty, #Oregon. Compressor stations help maintain the pressure and flow of gas over long distances in a pipeline.

"Environmental groups criticized the decision."

apnews.com/article/natural-gas

AP News · Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific NorthwestBy CLAIRE RUSH

Can you guess how #FossilFuel lobbyists acted while #Canada was on fire this summer?

#Oil and #gas lobbyists met with the government 131 times to promote their interests, lobbying for:

  1. Delaying and weakening critical climate policies

  2. Pushing for exceptions, delays and loopholes in the Clean Electricity Regulations

  3. Asking for billions of dollars in government subsidies and financial guarantees

environmentaldefence.ca/2023/0

Environmental Defence · While Canada burned, Oil & Gas Lobbied 131 times - Lobby BotWhile communities and governments rallied to action in the wake of disasters in June, can you guess how oil and gas companies responded?