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Posts by Andy Rowell

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  BC Gov. Losses Appeal against Trans Mountain Pipeline As Local Resistance Grows

  Andy Rowell, March 26, 2018
  As local opposition against the highly controversial Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada continues to grow, pipeline construction passed another legal hurdle after the federal Court of Appeal ruled against the government of British Colombia’s latest legal challenge.
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  Meet John Bolton who says the UN Paris Agreement is a “self-licking ice cream cone”

  Andy Rowell, March 23, 2018
  The bombshell news came as it always does, with a thundering Donald Trump text.
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  “I’m taking this action to protect my grandchildren’s future”

  Andy Rowell, March 20, 2018
  Just because you get older, it doesn’t mean you cannot stop taking action for what you believe in. And yesterday was a case in point. Two seventy year olds, still putting their bodies on the line for environmental justice and indigenous rights.
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  An Early April’s Fool? Statoil Rebrands itself As Equinor

  Andy Rowell, March 19, 2018
  The Norwegian company, Statoil, is proposing to change its name to “Equinor”. The rebranding exercise – or what some may call greenwashing exercise - will cost as much as 250 million kroner or $32 million.
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  “There is no evidence that fracking can operate without threatening public health”

  Andy Rowell, March 14, 2018
  All together, findings to date from scientific, medical, and journalistic investigations combine to demonstrate that fracking poses significant threats to air, water, health, public safety, climate stability, seismic stability, community cohesion, and long-term economic vitality.
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  Schwarzenegger Plans to Sue Big Oil for “Murder”

  Andy Rowell, March 13, 2018
  Ex-Californian Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has vowed to take on Big Oil “for knowingly killing people all over the world.”
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  First Nations Build a “Watch House” in Path of Kinder Morgan Pipeline

  Andy Rowell, March 11, 2018
  The campaign against the controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline escalated yesterday when Indigenous leaders from across Canada and the United States came together to inaugurate Kwekwecnewtxw - “the place to watch from” - whilst others started building a traditional Coast Salish “Watch House” near the pipeline route.
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  Coast Guard responders “harmed by chemicals used to clean up BP’s spill”

  Andy Rowell, March 7, 2018
  A new study on Coast Guard workers who responded to the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 finds increased levels of exposure to toxic disperants led to a higher prevalence of coughing, shortness of breath, and more reporting of wheezing, skin rashes, vomiting and diarrhea.
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  Ending Amazon Crude Is “Key to Fossil-Free Movement”

  Andy Rowell, March 6, 2018
  Yesterday a coalition of some 50 environmental, indigenous and human rights groups sent an unprecedented letter to Californian policymakers and US-based corporations involved in the processing, use or financing of Amazon crude to “stem the influx of crude oil into the United States” from the region.
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  Oil-Lovin’ Trump Hurts Oil Industry with Tariff Imposition

  Andy Rowell, March 5, 2018
  Trade wars may be good in the chaotic mind of this President, but he has infuriated his buddies in the oil and gas industry by slapping tariffs on imported steel.