Environmentalists stage day of action to protest pipelines
100 organizations across country put on events to protest piplines, fracking
Anti-pipeline protests across Canada are expected Saturday as part of a national day of action on climate change.
Under the banner “Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities,” environmental organizations are staging events to raise awareness on the environmental impacts of pipelines and oil drilling.
- Enbridge Line 9 pipeline reversal approved by energy board
- Quebec pulls out of NEB hearings on Enbridge pipeline
- Enbridge launches hundreds of digs for cracks in Line 9
"From Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline to Keystone XL, Kinder Morgan, Line 9 and Energy East to ongoing [oilsands] expansion, there are many decisions looming on pipelines and extreme energy projects all across the country," Eriel Deranger of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations said in a Defend Our Climate news release.
"If built, these projects will allow the continued polluting of water, threaten communities and treaty rights, and accelerate climate change with significant impacts on all regions across Canada," the release continued.
In Quebec, activities are underway in Montreal, Quebec City and Cacouna (near Rivière-du-Loup, where the St. Lawrence seaway widens) under the tagline "Coule pas chez nous!" to protest the Energy East and Line 9 pipelines, as well as bitumen exploration in the Alberta oilsands.
