Nouvelles + Blogue
WEBINAR: Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Webinar featuring Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cedar George-Parker, Kanahus Manuel and Eriel Deranger. July 11, 2018
Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Canada’s government announced that it is going to pay $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan to buy both the existing 65-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline and the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one.
ICA’s Statement on Canada’s $4.5B Bailout of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one. In response, Indigenous Climate Action released the following statements.
Je me sens trahi·e – par le gouvernement et un système qui a détruit l’esprit de mon peuple
Les dirigeants actuels du gouvernement, Notley et Trudeau, ont tous deux été élus sur des programmes de réforme environnementale, de lutte contre les changements climatiques et de reconnaissance des droits des peuples autochtones. Cependant, depuis leur entrée en fonction, leurs promesses électorales n'ont pas été tenues.
Les peuples autochtones prennent des mesures audacieuses contre les pipelines et les sables bitumineux, et exigent de véritables réparations.
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), an Indigenous-led climate justice initiative in Canada supports the frontlines efforts of land defenders and water protectors being taken on Coast Salish territory to halt the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
La violence contre la terre est une violence envers les femmes
Ce webinaire explore comment la violence faite à la terre par l'extraction et l'exploitation des ressources et des combustibles fossiles perpétue la violence envers les femmes.
#ProtégeonsLeCouloir #ArrêtonsÀLaSource
On March 10th, 2018, over 6500 Indigenous and settler peoples from across Turtle Island -- including Indigenous representatives from the tar sands, Standing Rock and as far east as the Mohawk and Anishnaabe territory -- came together to stand in solidarity a the Protect the Inlet events with the Coast Salish Nations challenging the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
Red Tide Webinar
During this webinar Indigenous Climate Action, Toi Toi Manawa Trust and Pacific peoples Partnership discussed the Red Tide Climate Action Summit and Youth Conference which took place from May 1st to May 6th, 2018 in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
#JusticeforColten: We can’t talk about TRC while simultaneously sanctioning violence & hate
The verdict in the Stanley Boushie case does not support this. In fact, it has a message to society at large that Colten’s death was warranted, that we should be sorry for the perpetrator, and ultimately Colten got what he deserved. I find myself at a loss of how to respond to such a sick and twisted expression of pure apathy for human life.
Web of Change: Opportunity for Growth and Learning
I had been warned that previous Web of Change gatherings had been uncomfortable places for Indigenous and POC, but that there had been drastic changes of the representation on the board level and that this WOC would reflect those changes.
Why Indigenous voice matters in climate justice
“Who tells the story about climate justice? What are the crucial voices needed to make effective change? How does voice shape understandings and in turn, actions?”
#IndigenousLive
Executive Director Eriel Deranger and Executive Committee Member Clayton Thomas-Muller discusses ICA turning down a $150K award from Aviva Canada and the importance of Indigenous rights in the climate justice movement.
#IndigenousLive
Executive Director Eriel Deranger and Executive Committee Member Clayton Thomas-Muller (350.org) discussed ICA turning down a $150K award from Aviva Canada and the importance of Indigenous rights in the climate justice movement.
Indigenous Climate Action rejects $150,000 award from Aviva Canada due to moral conflict with Aviva
Early last week Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) received news they had won the $150,000 Aviva Canada Community Legacy Award. However, ICA made an unconventional decision to reject the award and cash prize because of a ‘direct contradiction’ with Aviva’s financial relationships
Why our developing organization decided to turn down a $150,000 cash prize
Aviva Canada reached out to notify us we were the winners of the Community Legacy Fund – an exclusive $150,000 cash prize. This news should have been reason to celebrate: But we had discovered something.
ICA and Standing Rock community member attend New York City Pension Fund public hearing on Climate Change
It is past time for New York City’s pension funds to divest from fossil fuel companies. The NYC Pension Funds have more than $3 billion in oil, gas, and pipeline companies, like Exxon, Chevron, and TransCanada.
Honouring Marlene Bird
Indigenous Climate Action would like to acknowledge this woman for her bravery, the legacy of her life and the dire need to shine a light on issues of state violence and work toward bringing an end to all violence against our people.
Wrap up of the ICA at the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany!
It’s been about five days since the official closing of the UNFCCC #COP23. I really wanted to make some time to get home and be home. Centered and thoughtful about this last round-up of #COP23 thoughts.