Protecting our land – the Mishigamish in the Broadback Valley in Quebec

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Guest Post

Guest Post By Paul Gull, Chief of Waswanipi Cree Nation and Steven Blacksmith, Director of Natural Resources, Waswanipi Cree Nation

The traditional traplines of the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi are located in Northern Quebec above the 49^th parallel. These Cree ancestral lands are home to some of our community’s last unspoiled and untouched forest and Quebec’s last intact ecosystems rich in biodiversity. Known to the Crees as Mishigamish, which means “big ocean” in the Cree language, this land mass which is part of the Broadback Valley Endangered Forest is in desperate need for permanent protection. Continue reading →

America’s weakening thirst for oil is Houston’s growing problem

Posted on October 17, 2012 by James Turner

Oil companies have a secret. Or rather, there’s a crucial fact that they’d prefer you didn’t know. Right now it’s taken as gospel that America needs increasing amounts of oil, and that drilling here in the U.S. will help provide it. Even people who are concerned about spills and climate change will often concede that the oil industry is a necessary evil, like stealth bombers or regular dental appointments. Continue reading →