Media
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August 15 coverage:
La Voix de L'Est
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/la-voix-de-lest/actualites/201008/16/01-430685...
Les Affaires
http://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs-d-activite/energie/enbridge--des-cit...
CTV Toronto:
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100815/quebec-pipeline-...
CyberPresse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/environnement/201008/16/01-4306810-oleoduc-a-d...
Yahoo News
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100815/national/que_pipeline_opposition
The Tyee
http://thetyee.ca/CanadianPress/2010/08/15/Que-Pipeline-Opposition/
La Presse Canadienne
http://qc.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100810/nationales/pipeline_manifestat...
Metro Montreal
http://www.journalmetro.com/linfo/article/603644--des-citoyens-denoncent...
CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100815/quebec-pipeline-project-100815/
Other Coverage:
Les verts convergeront vers Dunham
http://cowansville.enregion.ca/index.asp?s=detail_actualite&ID=4856
March and rally against the Trailbreaker project!
Meeting at 1h00, at Park l'Envol in Dunham
On road 202, (3350 rue Principale)
Sunday August 15th you are invited to join the march to demonstrate CLEARLY our opposition to the projected flow inversion of the Montreal-Portland pipeline and the construction of a pumping station in Dunham. This is a call-out to all citizens living in municipalities neighbour hooding the pipeline and to all people out there supporting us!
Recent events in the Gulf of Mexico and the recent spill on an Enbridge pipeline in Michigan tell of the urgency to take action so that such dangers are avoided here.
COME IN LARGE NUMBER TO CELEBRATE OUR POWER
TO STOP THE TRAILBREAKER PROJECT!
We will get to the Dunham Town Hall for speeches and a community gathering
A free snack will be served.
Bring drums and whistles so that will be heard all over!
This will be a festive and pacific march! Families are welcome!
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This march is organised as part of the Camp for Climate Action taking place in Dunham from the 7th to the 23rd of August in collaboration with the Comité pour l'Environnement de Dunham and the Coalition du corridor de l'oléoduc Montréal-Portland. For more info: www.uncampement.net
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PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
Grassroots groups organize Climate Action Camp against the Trailbreaker tar sands pipeline project
Montréal, July 28th 2010 - From the 7th to the 23rd of August a Climate Action Camp, part of an international movement for climate justice, will take place in Dunham in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, to fight against the implementation of a pumping station that would reverse the flow of the Montreal-Portland pipeline and bring Alberta tar sands oil through Quebec. The local community, which is already largely opposed to the Trailbreaker project, will be joined by groups from across Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and the United States, broadening the debate about alternatives to society's oil dependency.
"Our objective is to unite in order to act on the root causes of climate change. It is the right time to denounce and block the Trailbreaker project. We question Canadian energy policy-makers that give the green light to Montreal-Pipeline and Enbridge's project to have tar sands oil flow through Quebec. Local communities and ecosystems cannot afford more oil spills, like that in the Gulf of Mexico." says Pierre-Olivier Parent, a Climate Action Camp organizer.
"This gathering concerns all citizens living nearby the pipeline, from Montréal-Est to the American frontier, passing through 14 different municipalities in Montrérégie and the Eastern-Townships. For fifteen days, the event will promote solutions to stop the destructive exploitation of tar sands from Alberta. Everyone interested in protecting our ecosystems from the dangers presented by the pipeline can join the camp to take action with us!" says Cameron Fenton, who will participate in the camp. The climate camp will feature dozens of workshops, activities, and training sessions -- ranging from alternative transportation, to urban agriculture through non-violent direct action -- that will help participants to acquire the tools for social change in their communities.
Activities are scheduled to start on Saturday August 7th. The days from the 14th to the 17th of august will be dedicated to building alliances with the local community, with a mass rally on August 15th. "Convergence days" will take place between August 18th and 22nd, gathering people from all over in order to unite and act to curb runaway climate change.
Contact média:
Pierre-Olivier Parent, relations média (FR)- Téléphone: (514) 525-3162
Cameron Fenton, spokesperson (EN) - Téléphone: 514-467-6413
For more info : www.uncampement.net
Notes to the editor:
1) What is the Climate Action Camp? It is an autonomous space, organized non-hierarchically , that aims to spread alternative practices, information and strategies to realize fundamental social change. The initiative aims at gathering people to put forward solutions to the environmental crisis and take action on the root causes of climate change.
2)The Climate Action Camp happens in solidarity with the international movement for climate justice. Similar camps are/will be happening throughout the world.
