On September 22, the Council of Canadians participated in the ‘Global Frackdown’ worldwide mobilization, and will do so again this coming October 19.
How have we challenged fracking over the past five months?
1- We are on the cusp of winning a municipal bylaw that would ban fracking that we hope we set a precedent for other municipalities to pass similar resolutions.
- NEWS: Public hearings on Inverness County bylaw against fracking underway, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18919
2- We have helped to form a new anti-fracking coalition in Prince Edward Island, and are seeking to do the same in other provinces.
- UPDATE: Council of Canadians helps launch ‘Don’t Frack PEI’ coalition, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=19104
3- Our chapters have been mobilizing and in the media opposing fracking.
- UPDATE: Fredericton chapter calls for provincial fracking moratorium, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=19602
- NEWS: Council activists in Nova Scotia and PEI strategize to stop fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18470
- 400 people rallied at NB Legislature for opening of fall session, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18166
- Global Frackdown in Auld’s Cove, NS, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=16730
4- We are monitoring the Harper government’s failure to take action to protect water and the environment from fracking.
- Fracking review flawed, relies on industry information: Council of Canadians, http://canadians.org/media/water/2013/25-Jan-13.html
- NEWS: Environment Commissioner warns about fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=19162
- How are fracking and water protection affected by eliminating the Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission?, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18503
- Omnibudget could have an impact on fracking chemical exemptions, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17380
5- We have called on the Ontario government to ban fracking.
- NEWS: Council of Canadians calls on Ontario’s next premier to ban fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18828
- ACTION ALERT: Shale gas in Ontario? No fracking way!, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18573
- NEWS: Council of Canadians calls on Ontario to follow Quebec’s lead on fracking moratorium, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18058
- Ontario government quietly drills shale gas formations in the province, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17802
6- We have helped to equip activists to comment about fracking during the ‘Water Conversation’ now taking place in Alberta.
- Water Groups Slam Government Water Conversation Survey, http://canadians.org/media/water/2013/13-Feb-13.html
- NEWS: Groups say Alberta water consultation ‘almost meaningless’, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=19359
7- We have extended our solidarity to the Fort Nelson First Nation and their demand to protect their water against the impacts of fracking on their territory.
- VIDEO: New trailer for ‘Fractured Land’ documentary, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18836
- UPDATE: More than 25,000 sign petition in support of the Fort Nelson First Nation’s concerns about water use and fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18584
- ACTION ALERT: Sign petition against Encana water-taking from Fort Nelson First Nation, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17968
8- We continue to oppose the Pacific Trails fracked-gas pipeline.
- Burnaby City Council to Call for a Moratorium on Fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=19471
- UPDATE: Council of Canadians backs Unist’ot’en clan opposition to pipelines, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18132
- NEWS: Adrangi to speak in Kelowna on pipelines, Nov. 16, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17912
- Why I am going to be in Victoria on October 22nd, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17138
9- We have highlighted that trade deals and major energy deals will only worsen the impacts of fracking in Canada.
- NEWS: Company launches $250 million NAFTA challenge against Quebec’s moratorium on fracking, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17955
- NEWS: Trew says NAFTA fracking challenge contradicts Harper’s Canada-China FIPA promises, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17964
- NEWS: Harper approval of Petronas bid would mean major expansion of fracking in BC, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18329
- NEWS: Encana-PetroChina deal means more fracking in Alberta, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18484
- NEWS: Cameron approves fracking in the UK, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=18498
10- We have commented that the commodification of wastewater does not make fracking more environmentally sustainable.
- NEWS: Shell buys 10-years of water with funding of town’s wastewater plant, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=17880
- Council of Canadians calls for ban on treatment of fracking wastewater in Nova Scotia, http://canadians.org/media/water/2012/19-Oct-12.html
For more about our ‘Don’t Frack With Our Water’ campaign, please go to http://canadians.org/fracking.
