Last Updated on October 4, 2013
With both the City of Seattle and Metro Vancouver opposing major new coal export terminals proposed for the Salish Sea that spans the Washington-British Columbia border, the interests of Wall Street heavies like Goldman Sachs, Peabody Energy and Warren Buffett are pitted against Coast Salish tribal nations and the fishing industry. While organized labor and environmentalists also line up on opposite sides of the issue, it is the competing jurisdictions of state, provincial, federal and tribal governments under national and international law that is likely to be the deciding factor.
Wednesday, June 19, COAL: The Documentary airs on Oregon and Washington public television.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
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