Recent highlights
Scientists were right about global warming – and we still aren’t prepared for it
August 14, 2018
According to an article in the National Post, 2018 is shaping up globally to be the fourth hottest year on record. The only years hotter were the three previous ones. Temperatures are rising and there is no clear idea of when they are going to stop.
The article states, “The disruptions to everyday life have been far-reaching and devastating. In California, firefighters are racing to control what...
Win! Mexico bans fracking
August 14, 2018
When asked in a recent press conference about the potential risks of fracking, Mexican President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that under his government the nonconventional extraction method would no longer be used. This is a major step forward in the fight to end fracking in North America. Although other jurisdictions have moved to ban fracking, Mexico would be the largest area in...
Council of Canadians mourns the passing of Windsor activist Pat Noonan
August 14, 2018
Maude Barlow says Pat Noonan was the “quintessential activist.” She was always ready to stand up for what she believed in, says Maude. “From the fight for women’s equality to the environment, justice for refugees and the peace movement, Pat was there in the front lines. She was a long time member of the Council and supported our cross border solidarity work with water justice activists in...
Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in damages
August 13, 2018
According to The Guardian, the giant agrochemical corporation Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million in damages because of its weedkiller, Roundup.
Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper, won a huge decision in a landmark court case with the “jury determining that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer and that the corporation failed to warn him of the health hazards...
'Grassroots Grow Deep' gathering builds power in Indigenous communities on the frontlines of the tar sands
August 13, 2018
The gathering was held on the beautiful Cold Lake First Nations' treaty grounds and had 45 participants from Treaty 6, 7, and 8 territories, plus facilitators and guests from the Standing Rock/Oceti Sakowin Camp, the Trans Mountain fight on unceded Coast Salish territories, and other interconnected keep it in the ground struggles across the continent.