Laure Waridel will participate in a talk on fair trade to be held at the Centre for Sustainable Devlopment (better known by its official name, Maison du développement durable) as part of a lecture series celebrating Equiterre's 20th anniversary. (In French only.)
Ecosociologist Waridel will join a panel of experts that will include Dario Iezzoni, director of marketing and...
Many Quebec residents are taking the lead, both alone and as part of a group, with inspiring action to protest against the arrival of tar sands oil in Quebec. Here are some ideas to help build the movement.
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The pipeline company Enbridge has asked the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow in its Line 9 pipeline and to use it to carry tar sands crude to Montreal.
Equiterre senior director Steven Guilbeault will:
explain the risks
propose alternatives to tar sands oil
A great way to find out what you can do!
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The pipeline company Enbridge has asked the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow in its Line 9 pipeline and to use it to carry tar sands crude to Montreal.
Equiterre senior director Steven Guilbeault will explain the risks of such a project and propose alternatives to tar sands oil.
Find out what you can do!
Brought to you by Equiterre in...
“The tar sands are heading East,” a conference on pipeline projects and Indigenous rights, Concordia University.
Find out why you should be concerned about the tar sands coming east at this conference featuring:
Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a Lubicon Cree Indigenous rights advocate and tar sands climate & energy campaigner for Greenpeace, on the frontline impact...
Montreal, April 4, 2013 – Today, Polar Bear on Thin Ice, a new exhibit, launched at the Place des Festivals of Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal. Artist Armand Vaillancourt was on hand to document the event with a live painting session. The sculpture, which will be on display until April 21, 2013, illustrates the negative impact of climate change on communities and...
Polar Bear on Thin Ice comes to downtown Montreal.
Enbridge is proposing to reverse the flow of its 9B pipeline from North Westover (Ontario) to Montreal. If its application to the National Energy Board is accepted, tar sands oil could soon flow to Quebec and possibly on to Portland, Maine passing through Montérégie, Basses-Laurentides, Lanaudière, Laval , Montreal and the Eastern Townships.
The National Energy Board (NEB) is the federal agency that administers oil, gas or electricity projects traversing provincial boundaries. As such, it is responsible for organizing public consultations on pipeline construction or pipeline flow inversion. However, the NEB does not evaluate any upstream or downstream consequences of the projects that have been submitted, such as...
Do you want to participate in the movement against the pipelines and tar sand development? Several local groups have already formed in the towns along the route of Enbridge’s Line 9 and along the Montréal-Portland pipeline. Don’t hesitate to contact a group to find out how you can get involved.
If you would like to start a new group in your municipality, contact...
