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From January to March 2020, a series of civil disobedience protests were held in Canada over the construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline (CGL) through 190 kilometres (120 mi) of Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation territory in British Columbia (BC), land that is unceded.
The following is a timeline of the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests which originated with the opposition by the hereditary chiefs of the Wetʼsuwetʼen people in British Columbia (BC), Canada to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project.
In 2019 and 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) entered the blocked area and cleared road access for construction using the threat of lethal force, [4] arresting several of the protesters. The 2020 arrests sparked widespread protests across Canada in solidarity with the original protests. Protests targeted government offices, ports ...
A court decision in 2020 granted an injunction against the Unisʼtotʼen clan and its supporters. In February 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) dismantled the blockades and checkpoints on the Morice Road to enforce the injunction. After the RCMP's actions, there have been numerous protests across Canada supporting the Wetʼsuwetʼen.
Coastal GasLink pipeline. 2020 Candainan pipeline and railway protests; Corrib gas controversy; Dakota Access Pipeline protests; Grassy Mountain Coal Project; Hambach Forest; Karachaganak Field; Keystone pipeline; Lago Agrio oil field; 2012–2014 Romanian protests against shale gas; Environmental issues in the Niger Delta. Movement for the ...
The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new laws that supercharged policing powers. Climate protesters are taking ...
Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said ...
Timeline of the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests; 2020 Cannes Film Festival; Statue of George Carteret; Chhapaak; Coastal GasLink pipeline; Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics; Controversies regarding COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom; Controversy over academic freedom at the University of Ottawa; COVID-19 ...