Posts Tagged "resource extraction"
Worship in Celebration of Earth Day
March 7, 2012
A complete Earth Day worship service! This resource features everything you need to plan a meaningful and interactive worship in your community focussing on climate justice and Indigenous rights.
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New Study Calls for Transition Away from All Fossil Fuels, Including Tar Sands
February 27, 2012
The front page headline in the February 21 Globe and Mail screamed “Science rides to aid of oil sands.” The story purports to show that a leading Canadian climate scientist indicates that “oil-sands emissions are not the dark-shirted villain some…
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Fundamental Justice Issues at Stake in Gateway Pipeline Debate
January 25, 2012
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, comprising two 1,170 kilometre pipelines from northern Alberta across Indigenous lands to Kitimat, BC, would carry 525,000 barrels a day of diluted bitumen from the tar sands to the west coast for export, and return 193,000…
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Fate of Tar Sands Pipelines Crucial for Climate Justice
January 12, 2012
KAIROS’ August 2011 paper outlines the key issues in the controversy over both the Gateway and Keystone pipelines. Both violate the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,…
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Policy Briefing Paper #30: Coal and Shale Gas Obstacles to Climate Justice
December 14, 2011
While much attention has focused on the tar sands as the fastest growing source of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions, climate justice demands that we also curb emissions from coal and shale gas. The most recent KAIROS briefing paper examines these…
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Policy Briefing Paper #29: Arctic Melting Sounds the Alarm for Life on Earth
December 1, 2011
Accelerated melting of Arctic ice and permafrost is among the clearest signals that climate change is rapidly approaching a point of no return. This latest KAIROS Briefing Paper “Arctic Melting Sounds the Alarm for Life on Earth” summarizes several recent…
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Ecuador’s Oil Struggle: Reflections on an Amazonian Journey
November 25, 2011
In July 2011, KAIROS staff Rachel Warden and Sara Stratton, together with Fort Chipewyan activist George Poitras, travelled to Ecuador to learn more about the impacts of oil exploration on the Indigenous peoples and ecosystems of Ecuador’s Amazon region. The…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS plays key role in World Council of Churches North American Hearings on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology.
November 15, 2011
From November 6th to 11th, representatives from churches in Canada and the United States, joined by guests from every continent, met in Calgary, Alberta for a consultation convened by the World Council of Churches on issues of poverty, wealth and…
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KAIROS Letter to Philippine President on the Murder of Father Tentorio
November 3, 2011
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Charting a Road Map to a Sustainable Future: Making Critical Choices
October 19, 2011
KAIROS’ Sustainability team brings together our global economic justice and ecological justice program areas, and integrates components of our partnerships and education work. That’s a big portfolio, and the staff team thought that some kind of framework would be useful…
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Call to Action: Vigil for human rights and social justice in Colombia
September 20, 2011
On Thursday September 22nd, those able to afford the minimum $1,000 ticket price will attend a gala at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto to honour Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as Statesman of the Year. The award from the Canadian Council…
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KAIROS is deeply saddened and troubled by the recent murder of Father José Reinel Restrepo
September 19, 2011
View the Joint Letter ‘Re. the Assassination of Father José Reinel Restrepo of the municipality of Marmato, Colombia’ KAIROS is deeply saddened and troubled by the recent murder of Father José Reinel Restrepo, parish priest of the municipality of…
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Fate of Tar Sands Pipelines Crucial for Climate Justice
August 12, 2011
Please read KAIROS’ Report “Fate of Tar Sands Pipelines Crucial for Climate Justice” President Barack Obama is facing a crucial decision that will define the U.S. position on climate justice. He can heed the advice from the Environmental Protection Agency…
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Letter to Hon. John Baird re. visit of Salvadoran Attorney General Romeo Barahona
August 11, 2011
Dear Minister Baird: We write as Canadian organizations with long standing relationships with human rights, development, environmental and faith based organizations in El Salvador. Our organizations represent Canadians from across the country concerned about the increasing violence perpetrated against Salvadoran…
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Lawsuits on mining-related abuses will test limits of Canadian law
July 7, 2011
Four groundbreaking lawsuits have been launched in Canada over the past two years by plaintiffs alleging that they or their family members suffered grave human rights violations linked to the activities of Canadian mining companies operating abroad. KAIROS is hopeful…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice
KAIROS joins call for investigation into the murder of yet another mining activist in El Salvador
June 27, 2011
KAIROS is deeply saddened and concerned to learn that another environmental and community activist has been murdered in El Salvador. We join civil society organizations in El Salvador and Canada in calling for a full investigation into the murder of…
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
May 25, 2011
UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Adopted by the UN General Assembly 13 September 2007 “The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday September 13, by a majority of…
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Ecumenical Conference on Mining – Final Statement
May 5, 2011
(Conferencia Ecuménica sobre Minería >>) Gathered under a banner bearing Psalm 24’s reminder – “The Earth is God’s, and all that is in it” – about 150 people from all parts of the Earth considered the impact of Canadian mining…
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Indigenous communities finding common ground
May 3, 2011
Grand Chief Stan Beardy of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Northern Ontario said something interesting last night at the public panel on Indigenous Rights and Resource Extraction: We face the same challenges as indigenous peoples around the world – yet…
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The Importance of Ecosystem
May 3, 2011
As I have sat here at the Ecumenical Conference on Mining, listening to people from Canada and around the world talking about the impacts of mining, one thing has come home to roost very firmly with me. And that is…
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The Power of Story
May 2, 2011
As Kelly mentioned in her blog earlier today, there are people at this conference from 20 countries around the world. Each of the 150 delegates here brings their own experience of mining, of faith, and of justice to the table….
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The world coming together on mining
May 2, 2011
Guest post by Kelly Di Domenico, Communications Officer at Development and Peace There are 150 people gathered at this conference from close to 20 countries around the world. Papua New Guinea, Zambia, Brazil, Honduras, Madagascar, the Philippines, these are just…
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Ecumenical Conference on Mining
May 2, 2011
Guest post by Simon Chambers, Communications Coordinator at the Primate’s World Relief and Devleopment Fund of the Anglican Church of Canada In the past few days as I have been preparing to attend the Ecumenical Conference on Mining (or #Ecumining…
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MPs delay debate on responsible mining bill
April 21, 2011
Liberal MP John McKay continues to face a barrage of criticism from Canada’s mining lobby over his modest bill to deny government financing to irresponsible mining operations. His private member’s bill, Bill C-300, will soon return for consideration by the…
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The Rights of the Lubicon Must be Protected
April 6, 2011
“My grandmother and mother have a trap line of their own on which they go hunting and snaring but it is rare that they will bring any rabbits, moose, deer, prairie chickens, or even bears back home…With all these roads,…
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Pumped Up: How Canada Subsidizes Fossil Fuels at the Expense of Green Alternatives
February 15, 2011
KAIROS’ 60 page 2011 study “Pumped Up: How Canada Subsidizes Fossil Fuels at the Expense of Green of Green Alternatives” demonstrates that the fossil fuel industry receives subsidies amounting to 1billion dollars a year from the federal government — resources…
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SpOILer?
January 6, 2011
There is a lot of talk of oil in Juba. The referendum on splitting up the country which begins on Sunday will begin to clarify positions on who benefits from the considerable oil revenues of Sudan. It won’t be the…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice
The Business News Network interviews KAIROS’ Ecological Justice and Corporate Accountability Program Coordinator Ian Thomson on Bill C-300
November 11, 2010
The Business News Network interviews KAIROS’ Ecological Justice and Corporate Accountability Program Coordinator Ian Thomson on Bill C-300 and the value of a voluntary arbitration system for Canadian mining companies abroad. Some useful, clear and articulate answers by Ian to…
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