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The Collaborative Model Takes Root in Alberta’s Tar Sands

"Merran Smith of ForestEthics was listed without affiliation, as was Tzeporah Berman, who worked to privatize BC’s rivers as director of PowerUp Canada, and who is slated to start work this month as Greenpeace International’s Climate Campaigner." Berman is one of many who contributed to the text of the "Leap Manifesto", an initiative founded by Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything" project. (see photo)

Fracking Indigenous Country

"Mi’kmaq struggles against fracking have taken place completely outside of the framework of large environmental NGO’s; many have stated their belief this is a huge reason for the cohesive, community outlook of the struggles. Most of the larger ENGO’s have an internal policy against opposition to fracking. The reason? Big Capital control through foundations has determined that such a campaign is not a likely “win,” and Big Capital is also involved in labelling Natural Gas– including that from “fracking”– as a “transition fuel.”

Dropping Science: Tzeporah Berman URL-bombed at Vancouver Rally

"Though I was actually there to assist in the setup of this event, I'd consider my betrayal here minor compared to theirs. After being more than a little suspicious of these outfits for some time I now firmly believe the ENGOs are nothing more than left-gatekeepers for capitalism and the Indian Act chiefs of the environmental movement... And so I dropped some science on how and why the environmental, settler-ally "left" is losing. After volunteering for too many muti-million dollar budget, enemy-funded foundations over the years, I think I'm finally cured."

Boreal Forest Agreement With Industry: Not One Hectare Of Forest Has Been Protected In Three Years

"This collaboration with the logging industry was supposed to be a game-changer for the protection of species and conservation in Canada's threatened Boreal forest," said Nicole Rycroft, Founder and Executive Director of Canopy. "The disappointing reality is that not one hectare of forest has been protected and species and ecosystems are still at risk."

David Suzuki: A Figure of Left-liberalism — At Its Breaking Point

Image by ‘Mad Love’ Overcoming Doom with Dr. David Suzuki by Andrew...

A Tar Sands Partnership Agreement in the Making?

By Macdonald Stainsby Canadian Dimension August 1st 2011   Campaigns against tar...

ENGOs sign over right to criticize, companies continue to log caribou habitat

May 26, 2010 The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Reconsidered ENGOs sign over...

LEAKED DOCUMENT: Greenpeace, ENGO’s, Foundations cutting secret deals, greenwashing all forestry

Read the leaked document here: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/CBF_leak.pdf Greenpeace, ENGO’s, Foundations cutting secret deals,...