This song from my teens, randomly came into my head by the levellers – on closer inspection I saw the following Lyrics:
“Your Walkman generation
In search of sweet sedation
While forests choke under a ‘lever sky
And the Exxon birds will never fly”
These lyrics refer to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill – Quite appropriate as we fight the Enbridge Pipeline in Canada.
Just a part of the massive cleanup operation of the Exxon Valdez
The U.S. pipeline safety agency launched an investigation on Saturday into an oil spill in Wisconsin on Enbridge Inc’s network that forced the partial shutdown of a main artery carrying light sweet Canadian crude to Chicago-area refineries.
Read the full article…..U.S. agency launches probe after Enbridge oil spill – The Globe and Mail.
Trying to silence the voices of those opposing the pipeline……
MLA pushes for Northern Gateway oil pipeline hearing to be reinstated in Hazelton.
If you don’t quite yet understand what the tar sands is or what is planned for this world, now is your chance to find out!
A veteran B.C. political cartoonist says his newspaper has backed down in a fight with one of Canada’s largest energy companies over a spoof of an advertisement.
Dan Murphy, of the Vancouver Province, created an animated parody targeting Enbridge Inc. and the potential environmental impact of its proposed multi-billion-dollar Northern Gateway pipeline proposal that would cross B.C. and Alberta.
Murphy says his publisher, Postmedia News, pulled the online animation off its website after Enbridge threatened to cut advertising with the newspaper chain, a claim Enbridge denies
This snippet was taken from this article on CBC News. After reading it, I contacted the cartoonist Dan Murphy via twitter who forwarded me the full video below:-
There is some uncertainty as to what the true reasons were for pulling this cartoon from the website, but one side of the story is copyright and the other side is that Enbridge threatened to remove $1million worth of advertising from post media news corp. Which ever reason it is, we all know Enbridge stinks and they’re wasting their advertising dollars anyway!
Some Good news, of sorts….
Enbridge Slapped With Record $3.7 Million Fine for 2010 Tar Sands Spill in Michigan : TreeHugger.
Enbridge said in a news release that the cause of the leak appears to be a failure of a flange gasket.
Oh of course a “flange gasket”. More reasons to not install a pipeline through the Great Bear Rainforest. Please people – keep fighting Enbridge!
via Enbridge Elk Point Spill Pumps About 230,000 Litres Of Heavy Crude.
I wanted to offer you all some valuable insights into what is truly happening nd this report is very informative and may help you understand a little more, what is truly going on!
Part 8 of the Great Bear Rainforest series looks again at the harmful potential of oil sands, pipelines, and tankers in the Great Bear ecosystem, with a focus on what would happen if there were an oil spill.
Read the full article at Great Bear Rainforest Part 8: Oil Sands Aren’t Forever | Ecologue.
Had to share this awesome video. The People of Haida Gwaii do not want to the northern gateway pipeline. It appears that Harper has been smoking something! Check it out and like the video to spread it far and wide!
Endorsed by Greenpeace, Forest Ethics and the Sierra Club, the “Take it Taller” Campaign over at www.savethegreatbear.org is another fantastic cause to get involved with.
As long as only half of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest is protected, the whole forest is still at risk. Science is clear that at least 70% of the natural old-growth forest needs to be off-limits to logging to save it from disappearing forever. That’s why we’re calling on the provincial government to Take It Taller.