Raven Coal Mine Proposal Rejected!

A letter to John Tapics, Compliance Energy CEO, from the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO), says the 12,000-page application for the Raven Coal Mine, is missing information. The BCEAO “has determined that the application does not contain the required information and has decided not to accept the application for detailed review,” it says. The letter is accompanied by 114 pages identifying areas not adequately addressed.

We can’t say how long it will take Compliance to re-submit their application (it could be a couple weeks or it could be a year). WHEN they do it will be 210 days before the process ends. This means, at the very earliest Raven Coal construction won’t start until late February 2014 if everything goes smoothly for them. This has definitely struck another major blow to the project and it is a time for celebration. But as they have already sunk millions into this project and they have so many millions to be made we should certainly not assume this struggle is over.

Stay tuned for upcoming posts on this site. In the mean time you can read BCEAO letters, corporate media and other articles pouring in at coalwatch.ca

June 11: Help Locked-up Comrades Remember they are NEVER ALONE!

The third anniversary of the international day of solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid, and other longterm anarchist prisoners is quickly approaching!

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Gitga’at Natives Tell Enbridge Chumps Where to Go

On May 16th, Gitga’at people instructed Enbridge to leave their territory after the company and a team of oil spill response surveyors showed-up uninvited, during the nation’s annual food harvesting camp, a time of rich cultural activity and knowledge sharing.

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Montreal: Subverting Earth Day – A Reportback from the anticapitalist contingent at the “March for the Earth”

This year in context of Earth Day Inc., a call out for an anticapitalist contingent for the 21 April march somewhat spoiled this yearly ritual of greenwashing and self-flagellation.

A year almost day-to-day after the wild riots of the Salon du Plan Nord – for many the decisive moment when the student strike transcended its reducing identity and took the form of an uprising against authority – it was inspiring to see the black and green flags in the streets once again, carried by a loud and energetic crowd of a hundred or so, contrasting intensely with the thousands of others at the March for Earth Inc. which seemed more like a funeral procession of those ready to bury it already. That same contrast clearly defined whom in the crowd felt true desire to face the enormity of the task of liberating this planet from destruction.

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Toxic Mining Tour in Vancouver April 29, 2012

Reposted from Vancouver Media Co-op

Organized by Mining Justice Alliance

The world’s “Greenest City” is home to some very dirty business. Mining Justice Alliance out on a “Toxic Tour” of Vancouver’s mining headquarters and public action coinciding with the BC Mining Week Gala. Featuring creative performances, testimonies and presentations from Tibetan, Filipino, Mayan, Latin@, and local Indigenous communities , video footage from affected areas and action-packed surprises.

BC Black Out : Among the stops along the tour, it also stopped outside Compliance Energy Corporation Headquarters located at 800 West Pender Street. Vancouver is home to over 1200 mining companies! For more information on the companies, local and international struggles see

Mining Justice Alliance.