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Debriefing Elsipogtog
Miles Howe
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Description for Debriefing Elsipogtog
Paperback. A riveting, first-hand account of the struggles - and victories - of Elsipogtog First Nation and their allies against Southwestern Energy, the fourth-largest gas extraction company in the United States. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCR; 3JM; JFSL9; JPWF; KNBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
In 2009, the New Brunswick provincial government leased over a million hectares of land to Texas-based Southwestern Energy for the purposes of natural gas extraction. For years, tens of thousands of New Brunswickers signed petitions, wrote letters, demonstrated and sought legal recourse against the deal and the threat of hydraulic fracturing it brought with it but the province responded only with diminished regulations and increased police presence. In the spring of 2013, Elsipogtog First Nation, the largest Indigenous community in New Brunswick, became the focal point of this resistance. Emboldened to its potential to make political change, and accompanied by ... Read more
In 2009, the New Brunswick provincial government leased over a million hectares of land to Texas-based Southwestern Energy for the purposes of natural gas extraction. For years, tens of thousands of New Brunswickers signed petitions, wrote letters, demonstrated and sought legal recourse against the deal and the threat of hydraulic fracturing it brought with it but the province responded only with diminished regulations and increased police presence. In the spring of 2013, Elsipogtog First Nation, the largest Indigenous community in New Brunswick, became the focal point of this resistance. Emboldened to its potential to make political change, and accompanied by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552667446
SKU
V9781552667446
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Reviews for Debriefing Elsipogtog
"With a probing eye, extensive research and thorough on-the-ground reporting, Miles Howe shares the remarkable events of the 2013 Elsipogtog uprising against fracking. Most inspiringly, he weaves into this story an exploration of the deep significance of Indigenous treaty rights and asks what it would mean for real solidarity to shape our relations with the land and with each other." ... Read more