Gitxsan speak up at Kispiox LNG meeting
Today, a group of around fifty Gitxsan hereditary chiefs, house members, and other community supporters took over the mic at an LNG meeting being put on by the BC government and the Gitxsan Development Corporation at Kispiox Hall. A government official hired to promote LNG opened the meeting with a long speech including statements like: "LNG is really about family values", "Fracking has zero negative impact on water", and "We have a moral obligation to help China get off coal
Lax Kw'alaams rejects $1 billion bribe from Petronas for LNG plant
"After a week of voting in three different cities, the message from the Lax Kw’alaams Nation to Pacific NorthWest LNG is clear: even $1.15 billion dollars cannot purchase social license. Malaysian-owned energy company Petronas is in the process of securing permission to build and operate a liquefied natural gas pipeline and terminal near Prince Rupert on the northwestern B.C. coast. While the provincial government is extremely supportive of the project, Petronas has faced cha
Youth Days a huge success!
Our first ever Madii Lii Youth Days blew our expectations out of the water. Over 600 youth, family, and friends came out to the territory to connect with the land, to share in our cultural activities, and to learn about the risks of LNG pipelines and terminals to our land, water, and salmon. The sounds of children giggling and laughing as they frolicked about on the territory filled the weekend, as did shared stories of how we once gathered to share the songs, legends, & the
Petronas offers bribe for LNG plant
Yesterday, the Malaysian state owned company Petronas, who has an abysmal corruption record , attempted to bribe one of our neighbours, Lax Kw’alaams, with $1 Billion dollars to allow them to build their LNG terminal on Lelu Island. A terminal at this site may spell collapse for Skeena watershed salmon, as this site sits directly on top of the most sensitive eel grass habitat for juvenile salmon in the entire river system - Flora Bank. Our camp is standing in the way of the T
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