The Action Camp

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This is the second video subMedia.tv has produced about the struggle to stop a natural gas transport project called the Pacific Trails Pipeline or PTP. The Unis'tot'en, a clan of the Wet'suet'en Nation have built a protection camp to bock PTP, in so called British Columbia in Canada. This is the third time the Unis'tot'en have called for a convergence in their territories.

This year's camp attracted over 150 people who came from as far east as Montreal and as far south as Florida. The camp organizers opted not to tap large environmental ngo's for material support, and instead reached out to grassroots, community based allies.

Out of the proposed pipeline projects that would cross through Unis'tot'en land, Pacific Trails is the first one slated to begin construction and poses and immediate threat. The PTP project is partnership between Apache Canada, Encana and EOG Resources formerly Enron Oil and Gas. The 463-kilometer PTP pipeline would connect a liquified natural gas port in the pacific ocean to the Spectra Energy Westcoast Pipeline in North East BC, with the aim of transporting gas extracted through fracking to overseas markets. The much talked about Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline would transport tar sands oil from Fort McMurray, an extraction project that is devastating the nature and indigenous communities in the Athabasca region of Northern Alberta. The Enbridge pipeline would be built side by side to the PTP.

These dirty energy schemes not only threaten nature and indigenous communities in the north. They also have global implications. If decisive action is not taken to stop the flows of oil and gas, the effects of global climate change could be catastrophic for people, plants and animals the world over. This is why Indigenous people and their allies traveled from far away to this camp.

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[Cindy Spoon]

Solidarity from the Tar Sands Blockade down in Texas.

[fightpollution]

nice to see Vancouver Media Co-op valuing and supporting the production of a video

[neisy2362]

Tar sand rally with John Bolenbaugh of the Michigan oil spill and others on Feb. 18th in Washington DC. Please come if you can! check out John's channel on yt or call him at 269.580.5393 P.S. this is not spam, just info

[SiouxSyndicate]

Not a Woodstock, but a WOODBLOCK!! Occupy! the Crazy Horse prohesy, Now boys and girls, all you people out there, showing custer again what a cunt he is! All colours, all creeds, all you true Rainbow Warriors in effect, back from the Wall streets into the forests this time, for survival, for defense, camping out with ten thousands (at least!) millions..hippies are also welcome,to walk in the way(:to end; The Belo Monte Dams in Brazil---End the Tar sad pipe lines in the US. One;love,Take care

[DavidLeeWilsonYT]

all good but the "click here to make a donation" link is not there (?)

[Kamau Minneh Bushby CT]

Heartbeat.

[N0g0dzN0masterz]

NO PASARAN!

[SiouxSyndicate]

On the 25th of Sept 2012 the lovely facist Texas police used pepper spray and tasers to move peaceful tree climbers like they own the land. They attacked protesters against the Tar Sand Pipeline in the US/Canada. Together with the Belo Monte Dams in Brazil these are two main and direct battle grounds we now face. Take care, dont give up.

[ProthoPectore]

In a landmark case for the Rights of Nature, officials in New Zealand recently granted the Whanganui, the nation's third-longest river, with legal personhood "in the same way a company is, which will give it rights and interests". The decision follows a long court battle for the river's personhood initiated by the Whanganui River iwi, an indigenous community with strong cultural ties to the waterway.

9/6/2012

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[DeNuS Cambly]

btw the pipeline is being built in Alberta and there are 17 construction cranes in the Bruderheim area.

[DeNuS Cambly]

sorry about being late ...just spread the video around the Net. You are amazing!

[fuzztanks]

But it's volunteer run, and parts come from volunteers and much of it scrap. Jesus.