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Sign Now: Wet’suwet’en solidarity in the face of disaster capitalism.
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, the same company behind the Keystone XL pipeline is going ahead with construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, putting communities and their workers at even more risk.
We’ve seen this again and again over the last few days: Billionaire oil CEOs and industry lobbyists see the corona virus crisis as an opportunity to push through fossil fuel infrastructure and demand massive government bailouts.
Sign now to support the Wet’suwet’en and demand disaster capitalists stand down. |
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John, As I type this, in the midst of a pandemic, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in Canada is under attack by the same company behind the KeystoneXL pipeline.
We’ve seen this again and again over the last few days: Billionaire oil CEOs and industry lobbyists see the corona virus crisis as an opportunity to push through fossil fuel infrastructure and demand massive government bailouts while they think the world is looking the other way.
Today, it’s happening in Canada as TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) pushes ahead with construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, putting communities and their workers at even more risk. The investment firm KKR is in the process of buying 65% of Coastal GasLink. If we can stop the sale, we can help stop the pipeline from being built.
That’s why today, March 23rd, we’re joining allies and friends across North America (turtle island) to flood the inbox, phone lines, and twitter feeds of this projects financiers with messages telling them to respect the rights of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and drop the risky Coastal GasLink pipeline immediately!
Take a moment to sign our #ShutDownKKR petition and tell all your friends to do the same! After you sign, we'll re-direct you to additional steps you can take today by writing, calling, and/or tweeting at KKR - So if you're one of the more than 140,000 people who've signed already, sign again! And get connected to those tools. |
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Here’s the back story, if you’re just learning about the Wet’suwet’en today:
The same company that wanted to build the KeystoneXL pipeline, TC Energy, is about to start building a 417-mile, multibillion dollar fossil fuel pipeline in northern British Columbia, Canada. It’s set to cut right through Wet’suwet’en lands without the consent of the hereditary chiefs. To protect their sovereignty and defend their lands, different camps were built along the pipeline route where land defenders have been living for over 6 years.
In the last month, militarized police have raided the Wet’suwet’en camps with assault rifles, dogs, sound cannons, and helicopters while Indigenous elders and youth stood by in shock. Now, all eyes are on Wet’suwet’en — and their hereditary chiefs are urgently calling out for massive global support.
Here in the U.S., you can help by calling out the largest funders of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, JPMorgan Chase and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR). Their plans to invest in the pipeline aren’t final and there’s still time to stop them.
Drew and 198 Climate Chaos Profiteers to stop team |
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