{"id":11734,"date":"2017-10-30T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.p4.greenpeace.org\/international\/uncategorised\/11734\/mazaska-talks-how-you-can-help-stop-dirty-oil-projects\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:51:21","slug":"mazaska-talks-how-you-can-help-stop-dirty-oil-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/11734\/mazaska-talks-how-you-can-help-stop-dirty-oil-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazaska Talks: how you can help stop dirty oil projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, people around the world called on banks financing harmful fossil fuel projects to clean up their acts. Projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline and tar sands pipelines threaten a healthy environment and do not have consent from Indigenous communities whose territories they cross. Responsible banks should not be supporting them.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These banks are financing projects that desecrate Mother Earth &amp; trample Indigenous Rights. Tell them to stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DivestTheGlobe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DivestTheGlobe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopKM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopKM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emS7U0FDEk\">pic.twitter.com\/emS7U0FDEk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeHudema\/status\/923987194234195968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>Tar sands pipelines from Canada are slated to snake across North America, carrying dirty, tar-like, unrefined tar sands oil across numerous waterways to the coasts, putting at risk the communities and ecosystems in their paths. These pipelines threaten clean water and wildlife and are fundamentally incompatible with the action we so desperately need in order to avoid climate change-related disasters, such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods and drought.<\/p>\n\n<p>Together, we have the power to stop pipelines \u2014 and we can do that by following the money. That\u2019s why on October 23-25 people all around the world, from New York to Geneva to Melbourne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MazaskaTalks\/posts\/478743789192354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took part in<\/a> the Indigenous-led Mazaska Talks Global Days of Action against major banks bankrolling these destructive projects. Their mission: to #DivestTheGlobe.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Divest the Globe\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/236236302?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mazaskatalks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mazaska Talks<\/a> is a coalition of Indigenous groups and Nations that led these Global Days of Action. The word \u201cmazaska\u201d means \u201cmoney\u201d in Lakota, an Indigenous language spoken by the Standing Rock Sioux, who are resisting the Dakota Access pipeline.\u00a0 The actions were carried out by Indigenous Land and Water Protectors, grassroots activists, and NGOs such as Greenpeace and 350.org.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2018\/01\/79e3fa8f-79e3fa8f-139288_250483..jpg\" title=\"Oakland joins cities across North America telling banks to stop funding pipelines. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 350 DC<\/div>\u00a9 350 DC&#8221; alt=&#8221;Oakland joins cities across North America telling banks to stop funding pipelines. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 350 DC<\/div>\u00a9 350 DC&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-11787&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oakland joins cities across North America telling banks to stop funding pipelines. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 350 DC<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Just search #DivestTheGlobe on Twitter for a taste of what went down. More than 50 actions took place around the world in more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MazaskaTalks\/videos\/479398932460173\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">60 cities<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MazaskaTalks\/posts\/478743789192354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least six countries<\/a>. Many more people supported the Global Days of Action online.<\/p>\n\n<p>In Seattle, there were reports of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattleweekly.com\/news\/activists-disrupt-over-100-bank-branches-across-seattle-for-financing-tar-sands-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 100 bank branches being disrupted<\/a> for financing tar sands projects. Greenpeace US participated in coalition actions in four US cities calling on Chase Bank to stop financing tar sands pipelines, while Greenpeace Canada and its supporters participated in actions in six different cities to demand that banks such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/blog\/Blogentry\/q-a-why-campaign-against-td-bank-over-tar-san\/blog\/60293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto-Dominion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/aptnnews.ca\/2017\/10\/24\/montreal-joins-mazaska-talks-to-end-banks-role-in-pipelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Desjardins<\/a> (North America\u2019s largest association of credit unions) do the same.<\/p>\n\n<p>Kinder Morgan\u2019s new pipeline from central Canada to the Pacific Ocean is a huge threat to people and planet (even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/trans-mountain-opponents-federal-court-orcas-1.4328519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatening endangered orca whales with extinction<\/a>), and construction could begin any day now. TransCanada\u2019s Keystone KXL and Enbridge\u2019s Line 3 pipelines are still undergoing regulatory review in the US, but would pose similar threats if built.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2018\/01\/a9383491-a9383491-139287_250481..jpg\" title=\"People demonstrate outside Desjardins, North America\u2019Jacques Lebleu &amp; Guillaume Durin\" alt=\"People demonstrate outside Desjardins, North America\u2019Jacques Lebleu &amp; Guillaume Durin\" class=\"wp-image-11789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2018\/01\/a9383491-a9383491-139287_250481..jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2018\/01\/a9383491-a9383491-139287_250481.-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2018\/01\/a9383491-a9383491-139287_250481.-453x340.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People demonstrate outside Desjardins, North America\u2019s largest association of Credit Unions, in Montreal. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Jacques  Lebleu &amp; Guillaume Durin <\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>And it\u2019s not just American and Canadian banks that are lending money to pipeline companies. Banks from many other countries, including the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, China, and Japan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/research\/four-tar-sands-pipelines-are-heavily-financed-by-25-key-banks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are all lending money<\/a>, directly or indirectly, to new tar sands pipelines that seek to blow our planet\u2019s carbon budget.This is why Mazaska Talks actions extended outside North America. One of these was a protest was held <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/occupation-of-swiss-credit-bank-in-geneva?referrer=&amp;source=widget&amp;email_referrer=&amp;can_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">against Credit Suisse<\/a> in Switzerland with Kanahus Manuel, an Indigenous Secwepemc woman fighting against the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline.<\/p>\n\n<p>Since the Secwepemc Nation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secwepemculecw.org\/tiny-house-warriors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not consent<\/a> to the pipeline, the company\u2019s efforts to build it are a violation of the Nation\u2019s rights under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/indigenouspeoples\/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<\/a>. The&nbsp; Secwepemc territory is their home. To represent that and to prevent the construction of the pipeline, a grassroots group recently began the construction of 10 tiny houses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2017\/09\/10\/first-nations-tiny-house-symbolizes-resistance-to-pipeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the pipeline&#8217; path through their territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jhc5cVX8cvo\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"jhc5cVX8cvo\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>The days of action may be over, but the fight to stop banks from financing dangerous tar sands pipelines is not. Banks care a lot about what their customers think, so make your \u201cmoney talk.\u201d <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/14055\/petition\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign the petition to stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities resisting harmful tar sands pipelines.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALL OF THIS is put at risk when tar sands pipelines are built. Together, we will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopPipelines?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopPipelines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqywt6GiGF\">pic.twitter.com\/mqywt6GiGF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Canada (@GreenpeaceCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceCA\/status\/922913334462103552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>Alex Speers-Roesch is an Arctic &amp; Oil Campaigner for Greenpeace Canada<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, people around the world called on banks financing harmful fossil fuel projects to clean up their acts. Projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline and tar sands pipelines threaten a healthy environment and do not have consent from Indigenous communities whose territories they cross. 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