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Stand with the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Say No to Shell's Tar Sands Expansion

Alberta Chipewyan First Nation - Case Against the Tar Sands
Sierra Club Prairie Chapter
Oct 23 2012 (All day)

Want to help stop the expansion of the tar sands?

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation are bringing forward a question of constitutional law before the Joint Review panel challenging the application of Shell Oil's Jackpine Mine Expansion on October 23rd in Fort McMurray, AB. They are asking the public to join them and stand in solidarity as they present their evidence against Shell's proposed tar sands expansion project.  Read more »

Location

MacDonald Island Park
Fort McMurray, AB
See map: Google Maps
Facebook event page

Posted October 18, 2012 by AEN

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Solidarity Action: Support First Nations' rights within the Lower Athabasca!

Sierra Club Prairie
Jun 6 2011 - 4:30pm

Today at 1pm Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Chief Roxanne Marcel of the Mikisew Cree First Nation will be meeting with Ministers in the Alberta government to convey their frustration at the failures of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan. Both ACFN & MCFN have made repeated requests to the Government of Alberta to incorporate the meaningful policies and data that would ensure their treaty and Indigenous rights are upheld and yet most of their requests have been effectively ignored. 

As today is the last day for the public to fill in the online workbook, it would be great is some folks could find the time between now and 430pm to fill in the workbook and help demand that the LARP uphold treaty and Indigenous rights!  Read more »

Posted June 6, 2011 by AEN

Draft Athabasca Land Use Plan Infringes Treaty 8

First Nations in Oil Sands Region say that the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan does not protect enough land and resources to sustain their traditional livelihood and creates legal risk for Alberta

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
8 Apr 2011

Fort McMurray -  Alberta Government’s Department of Sustainable Resource Development, headed by Minister Mel Knight, released the draft Lower Athabasca Region Plan (LARP).  The draft plan proposes a 16% increase to conservation areas in the oil sands region, which is significantly less than the recommendations from the Regional Advisory Council (RAC), who advised up to 32%, and considerably less than recommendations from First Nations.  Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted April 11, 2011 by AEN

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COMMENTS: Sierra Club Prairie, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Local Cree Elder on Lower Athabasca Land Use Plan

Sierra Club Prairie
5 Apr 2011

Please see comments below from Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Alice Martin a Local Cree Elder from Ft. Chipewyan, and Sierra Club Prairie Energy Campaigner Dustin Johnson on the Mel Knight's release of the Lower Athabasca Land Use Plan.  Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted April 6, 2011 by AEN

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T’Sou-ke First Nation: The Most Solar-Intensive Community in Canada

Solar Energy Society of Alberta
Mar 23 2011 - 7:00pm

Chief Gordon Planes with Andrew Moore – Project Director

Following a year-long visioning process the T’Sou-ke community embarked on a programme to achieve energy autonomy, economic self-sufficiency and food sustainability while utilizing the ancient wisdom and skills still available within First Nations communities.  Their on-going achievements include three solar electric systems totaling 75kW, thirty eight residential solar hot water systems, and an ambitious energy efficiency programme along with indigenous plant propagation and food-producing greenhouses.  In the process of building these many projects the T’Sou-ke First Nation has trained many young people in the solar and sustainability trades and inspired many other communities to follow their lead. Read more »

Source: Solar Energy Society of Alberta

Location

CN Theatre – Room 5-142
Grant MacEwan University — City Centre Campus
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted March 17, 2011 by AEN

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CPAWS Northern Alberta AGM & Celebration

CPAWS Northern Alberta
Nov 2 2010 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

CPAWS Northern Alberta is 42 — Come celebrate at our AGM!

Celebrate with us — Event is free and all are welcome.  Come for all or part. Read more »

Source: CPAWS Northern Alberta

Location

trathcona Branch, Edmonton Public Library
8331 104 Street
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted October 29, 2010 by AEN

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U.S. decisions on tar sands imports will impact First Nations communities, leaders say

Pembina Institute
22 Sep 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. officials heard first-hand this week how their decisions about importing oil from the Canadian tar sands are affecting First Nations communities on both sides of the border.

A delegation of Canadian and American First Nations leaders met with officials at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the State Department, the Department of Interior and others. They also discussed their experiences and concerns with the staff of key congressional representatives and non-governmental organizations. Read more »

Link: U.S. decisions on tar sands imports will impact First Nations communities, leaders say

Posted September 22, 2010 by AEN

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TOTAL North Mine Project Hearing Adjourned

Sierra Club Prairie
21 Sep 2010

FT. MCMURRAY, EDMONTON - Following a day of legal arguments, the Joint Review Panel for Total's Joslyn Mine hearing has adjourned to review a number of concerns including the Constitutional Question of Treaty Rights infringements raised by Mikisew Cree and the inadequacy of the environmental assessment provided by Total as raised by the Oil Sands Environmental Coalition. Read more »

Link: TOTAL North Mine Project Hearing Adjourned

Posted September 22, 2010 by AEN

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First Nations leaders bring concerns over tar sands impacts to U.S. capital

Pembina Institute
Natural Resources Defense Council
20 Sep 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A delegation of indigenous leaders from Canada and the U.S. will hold a media briefing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, September 22. The leaders are in the U.S. capital this week to discuss their concerns over the impacts of tar sands development with high-ranking officials in light of deliberations over the Keystone XL pipeline project Read more »

Link: First Nations leaders bring concerns over tar sands impacts to U.S. capital

Posted September 20, 2010 by AEN

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Environmental Groups Name Feds in Filing for Caribou Protection

Alberta Wilderness Association
Pembina Institute
Ecojustice
8 Sep 2010

EDMONTON — Environmental groups took steps today to ramp up pressure on the federal government to protect the province’s precious and declining caribou herds.

Ecojustice, on behalf of the Alberta Wilderness Association and the Pembina Institute, filed an application this morning for a federal judicial review, which asks the court to order Environment Minister Jim Prentice to recommend emergency protections for seven caribou herds in northeastern Alberta. Read more »

Link: Environmental groups name feds in filing for caribou protection (Ecojustice)

Posted September 8, 2010 by AEN

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