The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation headed to Vancouver last week to defend its appeal of Shell’s federally approved Jackpine oilsands mine expansion in Federal Court.
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With over half a million dollars in legal funds raised by Neil Young’s “Honour the Treaties” concert tour, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) of northern Alberta is gearing up for another legal fight in an attempt to stop further oilsands expansion on its traditional territory.
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There’s really only one word that can accurately describe the seemingly endless capacity for struggle embodied by Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation: Relentless.
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Nearly three weeks after a tailings pond breach sent 670,000 cubic metres of tailings into the Athabasca River, the Alberta government issued a formal environmental protection order last Tuesday demanding Sherritt International clean up what many say is the largest coal slurry spill in history.
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The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) gained a small victory last week in its ongoing efforts to slow oilsands development on its traditional territory with a month-long delay on Shell’s Jackpine open pit mine expansion imposed by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA).
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The Alberta government’s plan to create a new, arms-length agency to monitor oilsands projects has the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) concerned it’s just another effort to “save face” without consulting them.
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