The biggest protest of the year in the U.S. is about the tar sands and pipelines. On Wednesday, Feb. 13 nearly 50 prominent Americans were arrested in front of the White House, again, to protest tar sands development and the proposed Keystone bitumen pipeline.
The provincially-appointed "City Council" of the Jumbo Resort Municipality will hold its first meeting on Feb 19 2013 in Radium. Several folks from the West Kootenays will be headed over to join a rally in protest of the meeting.
Regional energy independence Can we get off the tar sands? The future of energy is a huge topic today. Are we going to depend on the tar sands, coal and fossil fuel or are we going to evolve to sustainable systems?
Keith Wiley has written up a handy summary of the Kelowna events (see Kelowna Enbridge report.pdf below).
Nearly 40 people from the Kootenays got on the EcoSociety bus and traveled all day to bear witness at the protest and Enbridge pipeline hearings in Kelowna, January 28th.
Government announces ban on gas fracking in the Sacred Headwaters
