Support needed for NB anti-Fracking protest
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Support needed for NB anti-Fracking protest
Supporters and encouraged to come to the Sacred Fire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR ANTI-FRACKING
PROTESTS FROM THE ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW
BRUNSWICK
June 21, 2013
* Your solidarity is needed: a call to join the protest at the
Sacred Fire at the junctions of highway 126 and 116
* Funds and resources also needed to support the protests
* 32 protesters have already been arrested
* Fracking will endanger our water and future generations
* The government has put the profits of a foreign corporation ahead
of the people of New Brunswick
* These actions contravene aboriginal rights and treaties
Brothers and Sisters,
The Province of New Brunswick has allowed South-Western Energy (SWN), a
Houston-based corporation, to explore 2.5 million acres of lands for
the purpose of shale gas extraction, or “fracking”.
Fracking involves drilling wells that fracture shale rock beds and
pumping millions of gallons of pressurized fresh water and toxic
chemicals (including known carcinogens and neurotoxins) into the well
to bring up natural gas. This hydraulic fracturing process is known to
cause earthquakes, contaminate water, and disrupt animal life. Millions
of litres of fresh water become contaminated with a toxic cocktail of
chemicals, petroleum by-products and with the naturally-occurring
ionizing radiation that is brought up from deep within the earth. These
chemical and radio-toxins travel through the food chain. There is no
guaranteed safe way to treat and dispose of this dirty waste water.
Some dirty frackwater may have already been dumped into the ocean.
The people of New Brunswick elected prime minister David Alward on a
platform that included enacting a moratorium on fracking. Once elected
he changed his position because he views it as a quick way to deal with
provincial debt and unemployment. We know that fracking will not create
sustainable jobs in New Brunswick. Even the drivers of the tracking
trucks are brought in from the US. The few local jobs that are
generated are low-paying, non-unionized and short-term. We know that
all the profits will go south to line the pockets of multi-national oil
and gas executives and investors who do not live here and will never
have to suffer the consequences. We know that the human and
environmental health impacts are devastating.
Seismic testing has already begun causing irreparable harm in New
Brunswick. The people of Penobsquis are now trucking in their water;
many of their wells have caved in or dried up and homes have started
sinking into the ground after seismic testing. Insurance companies will
not cover their damage claims.
The grassroots Indigenous people of Wabanaki are asserting their legal
Aboriginal rights and responsibilities to their traditional territory
and resources. They have not been consulted nor have they given their
consent. This shale gas activity is not an isolated event but the
continuation of 500 years of colonial exploitation. The Government of
Canada has no treaty right or legal authority to allow a foreign
corporation to destroy the waters and poison the lands, homes and
livelihoods of the Indigenous peoples and of all their neighbours who
are living in their territories.
Water is not a commodity that can be owned. It is a resource that must
be cherished and protected. If the water is poisoned, there can be no
sustainable jobs, or life at all on this land. We are unwilling to
accept that outcome.
It is unacceptable to risk the poisoning of millions of litres of fresh
water while so many Aboriginal and settler communities are already
without secure clean drinking water. It is unacceptable that our
governments are acting without accountability against their own
promises and against the will of the majority of the people.
The Acadian, English, and Aboriginal communities of Kent County are
standing together peacefully against fracking. At present, an estimated
32 people have already been arrested for peacefully standing their
ground to stop seismic testing trucks and equipment.
Right now, the physical presence of all our supporters and all people
who care about the water and the earth is needed at the site of the
sacred fire gathering to stand in solidarity and protect these
resources for future generations.
We must stop this insanity before irreparable damage is done. To do
that, we need your support. We are calling on the solidarity of all our
union brothers and sisters, environmental groups and NGOs, concerned
health agencies, and conscientious individuals to stand up for our
common interests.
First and foremost, we need our allies present at the sacred fire
gathering site currently located at the junction of highways 126 and
116. Donations of food and camping supplies, travel, print and
communications resources, and money are needed, welcome and very much
appreciated.
Please join us in Elsipogtog, Kent County, New Brunswick, and be IDLE
NO MORE!
---For more information, please contact -------.
John Levi (War Chief), Amy Sock
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/451969464893759/?fref=ts
PLEASE NOTE: Because the sacred fire and camp gathering sites are
located in a rural area, communications can be intermittent and are
sometimes intercepted… please use your best wisdom and judgment to
bring support to this action that is now under the watch of more and
more people of the earth.
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/18075
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wabanaki-news/
Supporters and encouraged to come to the Sacred Fire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR ANTI-FRACKING
PROTESTS FROM THE ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW
BRUNSWICK
June 21, 2013
* Your solidarity is needed: a call to join the protest at the
Sacred Fire at the junctions of highway 126 and 116
* Funds and resources also needed to support the protests
* 32 protesters have already been arrested
* Fracking will endanger our water and future generations
* The government has put the profits of a foreign corporation ahead
of the people of New Brunswick
* These actions contravene aboriginal rights and treaties
Brothers and Sisters,
The Province of New Brunswick has allowed South-Western Energy (SWN), a
Houston-based corporation, to explore 2.5 million acres of lands for
the purpose of shale gas extraction, or “fracking”.
Fracking involves drilling wells that fracture shale rock beds and
pumping millions of gallons of pressurized fresh water and toxic
chemicals (including known carcinogens and neurotoxins) into the well
to bring up natural gas. This hydraulic fracturing process is known to
cause earthquakes, contaminate water, and disrupt animal life. Millions
of litres of fresh water become contaminated with a toxic cocktail of
chemicals, petroleum by-products and with the naturally-occurring
ionizing radiation that is brought up from deep within the earth. These
chemical and radio-toxins travel through the food chain. There is no
guaranteed safe way to treat and dispose of this dirty waste water.
Some dirty frackwater may have already been dumped into the ocean.
The people of New Brunswick elected prime minister David Alward on a
platform that included enacting a moratorium on fracking. Once elected
he changed his position because he views it as a quick way to deal with
provincial debt and unemployment. We know that fracking will not create
sustainable jobs in New Brunswick. Even the drivers of the tracking
trucks are brought in from the US. The few local jobs that are
generated are low-paying, non-unionized and short-term. We know that
all the profits will go south to line the pockets of multi-national oil
and gas executives and investors who do not live here and will never
have to suffer the consequences. We know that the human and
environmental health impacts are devastating.
Seismic testing has already begun causing irreparable harm in New
Brunswick. The people of Penobsquis are now trucking in their water;
many of their wells have caved in or dried up and homes have started
sinking into the ground after seismic testing. Insurance companies will
not cover their damage claims.
The grassroots Indigenous people of Wabanaki are asserting their legal
Aboriginal rights and responsibilities to their traditional territory
and resources. They have not been consulted nor have they given their
consent. This shale gas activity is not an isolated event but the
continuation of 500 years of colonial exploitation. The Government of
Canada has no treaty right or legal authority to allow a foreign
corporation to destroy the waters and poison the lands, homes and
livelihoods of the Indigenous peoples and of all their neighbours who
are living in their territories.
Water is not a commodity that can be owned. It is a resource that must
be cherished and protected. If the water is poisoned, there can be no
sustainable jobs, or life at all on this land. We are unwilling to
accept that outcome.
It is unacceptable to risk the poisoning of millions of litres of fresh
water while so many Aboriginal and settler communities are already
without secure clean drinking water. It is unacceptable that our
governments are acting without accountability against their own
promises and against the will of the majority of the people.
The Acadian, English, and Aboriginal communities of Kent County are
standing together peacefully against fracking. At present, an estimated
32 people have already been arrested for peacefully standing their
ground to stop seismic testing trucks and equipment.
Right now, the physical presence of all our supporters and all people
who care about the water and the earth is needed at the site of the
sacred fire gathering to stand in solidarity and protect these
resources for future generations.
We must stop this insanity before irreparable damage is done. To do
that, we need your support. We are calling on the solidarity of all our
union brothers and sisters, environmental groups and NGOs, concerned
health agencies, and conscientious individuals to stand up for our
common interests.
First and foremost, we need our allies present at the sacred fire
gathering site currently located at the junction of highways 126 and
116. Donations of food and camping supplies, travel, print and
communications resources, and money are needed, welcome and very much
appreciated.
Please join us in Elsipogtog, Kent County, New Brunswick, and be IDLE
NO MORE!
---For more information, please contact -------.
John Levi (War Chief), Amy Sock
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/451969464893759/?fref=ts
PLEASE NOTE: Because the sacred fire and camp gathering sites are
located in a rural area, communications can be intermittent and are
sometimes intercepted… please use your best wisdom and judgment to
bring support to this action that is now under the watch of more and
more people of the earth.
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/18075
<========<< o >>========>
IndigeNews - Indigenous News Service
News about / by / for Indigenous Peoples
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indigenous-news/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wabanaki-news/
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