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Coastal GasLink Pipeline protests
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Trial of land defenders fighting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline is put on hold as Canadian police come under scrutiny for excessive force

The defense for three activists from First Nations argues abuse of process by security forces around the pipeline construction site, as the U.N. and Amnesty International allege excessive force, surveillance and criminalization of land defenders.
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CGL drill site arrests
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Trial begins for land defenders arrested at CGL drill site

Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, Shay Lynn Sampson and Corey Jocko face criminal contempt charges.
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RCMP protecting CGL pipeline
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RCMP spent record amount to protect CGL pipeline last year

The force spent $11 million to patrol a remote road in Wet’suwet’en territory.

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Private equity giant KKR is funding environmental racism
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Private equity giant KKR is funding environmental racism, new report finds

The climate impacts of the private equity industry create significant harm to BIPOC communities in Texas, Louisiana and British Columbia, Canada, it found.
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Coastal GasLink Pipeline politics
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Copyright: Leonid Eremeychuk
Release: Signed model release filed with Bigstock.

Have a dozen stop-work orders changed anything for CGL?

BC’s Environmental Assessment Office says things have improved. We won’t know until the next big downpour.
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Coastal GasLink sediment spills
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Photos show Coastal GasLink sediment spills into wetlands, rivers

On an Indigenous-led monitoring flight over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, The Narwhal documented worksites overwhelmed by spring melt and numerous environmental infractions including slope failures, flooded worksites and sediment entering wetlands and waterways
Threatened Telkwa caribou herd
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The last 33 caribou: fighting for a Wet’suwet’en herd’s survival

Surrounded by industrial development and human habitation, less than three dozen caribou remain on Wet’suwet’en territory. As government biologists fight to keep the herd alive, recovery efforts will need to look to the past to plan for the future.

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Why Greenland’s warming landscape is fueling geopolitical tensions

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Trump renews political threats over California wildfire disaster aid

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