Exploring Theme: "International Environmental Issues"

APTN News: Concerns over how Canadian mining companies are conducting themselves in foreign lands landed squarely on the floor of the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. “We would like the Canadian government to listen to us and stop destroying our Indigenous territories,” said Zenaida Yasacama from Peru through an interpreter. “Our territories, our...

U.S. submits nuanced argument in court case that, ultimately, sides against shutdown CBC News: The Biden administration has weighed in for the first time on a major cross-border legal dispute that could shut down portions of Enbridge’s Line 5 Canada-U.S. oil pipeline. The opinion came in an amicus brief that, although nuanced, argued against shutting down the...

Tyler Bender on the Kakagon Sloughs. Photo courtesy of Richard Schultz / 50 Eggs Films  Canada’s National Observer: It all started with a chance meeting. Mary Mazzio, a self-proclaimed recovering lawyer, was looking for a legal case that could provide an “amphitheatre” for a documentary showcasing the voices of Indigenous Peoples in the United States....

Lake Koocanusa is seen, June 16, 2021, northeast of Libby, Mont. File photo by: The Canadian Press/AP/Hunter D’Antuono/Flathead Beacon Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups announced a proposal on Monday to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways and...

Shuar Arutam People come together to discuss and deliberate strategies against extractive megaprojects at an assembly last year in Macuma, province Morona Santiago. Photo by LluviaComunicación Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: As the world’s largest mining conference unfolds in Toronto, a Canadian company is facing a complaint about a proposed copper mine in Ecuador.  The...

Canada’s National Observer: Amazonian women at an International Women’s Day march in Quito, Ecuador in 2020. Sovereignty of their ancestral lands in the face of mining and oil extraction is a key demand for Amazonian women. Photo by Karen Toro / Climate Visuals Countdown Listen to article A proposed Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement could put corporate...

CBC Indigenous: Residents of Akwesasne are concerned about plans to develop a hydrogen facility near the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community. Air Products and Chemicals Inc., an industrial gas company, is proposing to construct the facility in Massena, N.Y., about 30 kilometres west of Akwesasne, which straddles the Quebec, Ontario and New York state borders. Dr. Ojistoh Horn, a...

The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission is calling on the province of B.C. and Canada to allow it to be consulted on mining projects that impact transboundary rivers. APTN News: A southeast Native Alaskan organization is petitioning the province of B.C. to be granted formal Indigenous recognition so it can be consulted on mining projects...

There are a wide range of perspectives from Canada headed to the UN climate conversation  People walk near a logo for the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)  APTN News: A major annual international climate meeting kicks off tomorrow in Dubai, in the United Arab...

Michelle WoodhouseWater Program Manager Nationtalk: Environmental Defense – Earlier this summer, we celebrated the news that a U.S. judge in Wisconsin had ordered the Canadian oil company, Enbridge Inc., to shut down the section of the Line 5 pipeline that runs through the territory of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa by June 2026....

The Globe and Mail: The Canadian Press – Indigenous leaders in Canada and the U.S. are turning up the pressure on Ottawa for an investigation of toxic mining runoff from B.C., despite high-level bilateral promises of an agreement by this summer to “reduce and mitigate” its impact. Tribal and First Nations leaders were in Washington,...