[All] GREN NEWS

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Here's the latest scoop. 
Local News
Jan 12 Maude Barlow in Paris Ont.Maude Barlow is coming to Paris Ontario to help stop a 600 acre gravel pit project over their water supply. She'll be speaking Saturday Jan 12 at the Paris Fairgrounds at 1pm. Poster in the attachments with further info. 
Jan 23 Film: TomorrowDivest Waterloo is partnering with the Working Centre and Princess Cinemas to host TOMORROW which is not just a film, it is the beginning of a movement seeking to encourage local communities around the world to change the way they live for the sake of our planet. The Ecology-To-Scale Film Series is one component of The Working Centre's Finding Our Place: A Year of Reflection and Discussion exploring the thought and themes of Wendell Berry. For nearly forty years Wendell Berry has insisted that it is at a local scale that environmental issues are most properly and effectively addressed. Facebook Event page is here for further info. https://www.facebook.com/events/195169754368729/
March 7th at the Registry TheatreThe Chemical Valley Project: Protest Performance and Reconciliation is a theatrical performance focused on the environmental issues of Aamjiwnaang. Through a unique blend of documentary-theatre, projections design, object puppetry, and solo-performance by Kevin Matthew Wong, the show seeks to spark conversations on Canadian environmental policy, treaty rights and indigenous relations, as well as the current nature of Canadian identity and values. The Chemical Valley Project is created by Kevin Matthew Wong and Julia Howman, with the dramaturgy and advisement of Vanessa and Lindsay Gray.  Details on dates and times are forthcoming. For more details on the show visit here:  
http://www.broadleaftheatre.com/chemical-valley-project/


Line 10 Permit expires soon...Enbridge Line 10 was approved using section 58 of the NEB Act. It is set to expire on Jan. 26, 2018. Construction is still underway but there has been no permit renewal to date. I am in dialogue with the NEB currently about the lack of EA on the lands where the work is being done. An archaeologically sensitive area was found but the NEB just gave permission to Enbridge to drill a bore hole under it. Documents in the attachments including the map. How can folks make prior and informed consent if the archaeology isn't even done yet?  Hmmmm. 
Provincial News
Regarding Aamjiwnaang:Ontario launches an investigation into the massive flames that happened at the Sarnia chemical plant last year. Article in the Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/01/10/province-launches-investigation-into-flames-at-sarnia-chemical-plant.html


Greenbelt Updates: Interesting titles in the articles of various communities: Ajax wants Pickering included into the Greenbelt https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/8042291-ajax-wants-lands-in-pickering-included-in-greenbelt/Wellington County wary of Greenbelt expansion. https://www.southwesternontario.ca/news-story/7987945-wellington-county-wary-of-greenbelt-expansion/Innisfil council "insulted" by Greenbelt study https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/8034349-innisfil-council-insulted-by-greenbelt-study/Brant & Brantford welcome the Greenbelt Study http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2017/12/11/greenbelt-consultations-are-welcomedOrangeville Citizen: Greenbelt Expansion Needs to Happen  https://www.orangeville.com/opinion-story/8005690-greenbelt-expansion-needs-to-happen/Simcoe County Groups ask Ontario to Expand Greenbelt Further https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/6124643-simcoe-county-groups-ask-province-to-expand-ontario-s-greenbelt-further/And My favorite right here... Environmentalists Cheer Greenbelt Study published in the KW record featuring GREN members Ken and Deb. (Great job folks!) https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7989878-environmentalists-cheer-greenbelt-study/
Federal News
Mon. Jan 15th, 12pm - 1:30 PST Free Web even with Polis Project : Collaborative consent and revitalizing Indigenous Laws: Pathways to Indigenous Water Governance and Co-governance. Speakers share insights from recent research and applied work on collaborative and Indigenous-led approaches to watershed governance.  Info and registration online here:  Collaborative Consent and Revitalizing Indigenous Laws: Pathways to Indigenous Water Governance and Co-Governance
Interesting report by Desmog showing the connection of Hydro projects to pipeline schemes. A recent document filed by Manitoba Hydro to the province’s public utilities board estimated that the cancelled Energy East pipeline will result in a loss of 534 gigawatt-hours in annual demand, equivalent to 12 per cent of their Hydro dam’s production.  The new Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline would use 1,046 gigawatt hours per year or the equivalent of about 20% of the production of the Site C dam (about half of that power will be consumed in B.C. with the other half being consumed in Alberta). 
https://www.desmog.ca/2018/01/10/dams-dilbit-how-canada-s-new-hydro-dams-will-power-oil-pipelines

International News
NY Divesting Pension Fund and Sues Big Oil for Climate Change.On Twitter Bill McKibben stated:  "Please read the first few pages of NYC's lawsuit against the 5 biggest oil companies. It lays out their complicity in spare, careful, and overwhelming prose." Here is the court document: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4346469-12018-01-09-Complaint-Filed-Legal-8031957-1-4.html
Naomi Campbell's reaction via her latest article is here: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/11/new-york-city-big-oil-fossil-fuels-climate-change/
Quick sign petition:
Support Greenbelt Expansion with Environmental Defence Petition here: https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/17451/action/1
Have a good one everybody! 
Lulu :0)
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