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Think Tankers: Riki Ott Speaks About the Exxon Valdez Spill in Haida Gwaii

haidagwaiicoast — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:20:34 +0000

Want to know more about what happened in Alaska when the Exxon Valdez Spilled a supertanker of oil? How about what’s going on now? Come and see Riki Ott speak in Masset and Charlotte about her own experiences with clean-up and as an “incidental activist.” This event is supported by CoASt and the TBuck Suzuki Foundation.

Queen Charlotte

Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 7:00 pm
Queen B’s Cafe, 3208 Wharf Street

Masset

Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:00 pm
The Haven, Harrison Ave (above Green Gaia)

Download the poster HG Think Tankers.

Van Observer Writers Publishing eBook on Coastal Pipeline Proposals

haidagwaiicoast — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:19:23 +0000

Need some straight facts to back up your opposition to Enbridge and Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposals? Vancouver Observer journalist Carrie Saxifrage will be editing an eBook that will offer just that. Providing an alternative to Enbridge and KMP’s highly funded PR campaigns, the eBook will explore the long-term effects of oil spills like the Exxon Valdez and their possible impacts up and down the coast as well as revealing the many half-truths and snow jobs the two companies are selling to the public.

The new eBook, featuring a foreword by former Greenpeace International campaign director Tzeporah Berman, will be put together through an online campaign you can donate to at indigogo.com. To learn about the project, get involved, or donate, go to:

http://igg.me/p/127271

Oil man’s son gives powerful testimony at pipeline joint review panel

haidagwaiicoast — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:31:31 +0000

This is a video that appeared in the Tyee’s collection of Video recommendations today. It’s an interesting and powerful testimony about oil refining in India and the oil industry in general. It also gives you a sense of how the people testifying are badgered by the panel to finish up and not provide their own opinions. For the first minute the camera isn’t on Lee Brain who is testifying, but it gets fixed…

BC’s Huge Gamble: Check Out a Short Film About Northern Gateway’s Risks

haidagwaiicoast — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:57 +0000

Major Oil Spill off Nigerian Coast: Shell

haidagwaiicoast — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:42:12 +0000

It’s not a question of if it will happen, but when it will happen – yet another spill, this time of over 40,000 barrels, has just happened off the coast of Nigeria. Satellite monitoring service Skytruth reports that their imagery “reveals a slick covering 923 square kilometers (356 square miles).” Read about the new spill here.