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Tagged ‘Tides Canada‘

Dec 08

2015

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350.org / 1Sky, David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Defence Fund, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Pembina Institute, Sierra Club, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Cenovus CNRL ConocoPhilips David Suzuki Foundation Environmental Defence Canada Environmental Defense Equiterre ForestEthics Greenpeace Leap Manifesto Participants New Democratic Party (NDP) Pembina Institute Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Shell Statoil Suncor Tarsands Tides Canada Tzeporah Berman WWF

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)

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Oct 24

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Sierra Club

350.org Bill McKibben Canadian Boreal Initiative Capitalism CPAWS Dow Chemical Enbridge Gateway Environmental Defense ForestEthics Greenpeace Canada Keystone Living Oceans BC Michael Marx MoveOn.org NATSC Nexen North American Tar Sands Coalition Pembina Institute Pew PowerUp RAN Sierra Club BC Suncor Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tides Canada Tides Foundation Tzeporah Berman WWF

How Tides Canada Controls the Secret North American Tar Sands Coalition

"Before Tzeporah Berman began her current position as head of the North American Tar Sands Coalition, Tides Canada had already established these structures to create near-total control over budgets– and therefore, most decisions– for staggering numbers of organizations. Berman was around at the time, working for PowerUp pushing forward offsets garnered by river destruction. Some of the participant organizations already had working partnerships with multiple tar sands producers. The over-whelming majority were already greased by primarily high donors and foundations. Thus, joining the NATSC meant, essentially, double dipping."

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Sep 18

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

350.org Bill McKibben Bolivia Capitalism CBFA Cochabamba NAFTA Naomi Klein Tides Canada Tzeporah Berman

The Problem With the Big Green’s Naomi Klein Gripe

"Now the rule has become this: If you have staff and are an environmental organization in North America, you are funded and directed by foundations who see “saving capitalism from itself” as the goal of environmentalism today. So what are we left with? Unfortunately, more of the same. South of the border, Bill McKibben’s outfit, 350.org, is a new face of this game. If only they were not."

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Jun 20

2012

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex

Ducks Unlimited Elizabeth May Forest Ethics Green Party Canada Pembina Pew Charitable Trusts Tides Canada

So who is funding Canada’s “Environmental” groups?

"Among folks who have been around these struggles over the past years, it is common knowledge that ForestEthics is the supreme representation of everything that is wrong with so called “environmental groups” — backroom negotiations with corporations (and government) and zero accountability to communities on the ground. They represent the best among the tradition of Rockefeller funded groups that do more damage to environmental and social movements than good. In BC alone, ForestEthics has repeatedly severely undermined Indigenous land defenders and grassroots environmental groups."

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