First Nation launches constitutional challenge against Shell expansion in tar sands

(Before It's News)

Cross-posted from Climate and Capitalism, an online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says provincial government and Shell have violated their treaty rights. “We’re going to fight your projects tooth and nail.”

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