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Flagging British Columbia's "Green" Premier
Written by Chris Cook   
Saturday, 19 December 2009 12:49
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Flagging British Columbia's "Green" Premier
by C. L. Cook (with file from Janine Bandcroft)
Eco-Activist Ingmar Lee climbs flag pole at BC Legislature Having long ago grown weary of corporate control of political and social processes, long time environmentalist Ingmar Lee decided to join the 100,000 strong peoples' conference in Copenhagen and express his concerns about the destruction of BC's wilderness.
 
photo by Christina Nikolic
Listen to Ape's account here.
 
 
Upon his release, Lee told Pacific Free Press;
 
"After being appalled and dismayed to see Canada shamed and embarrassed before the world by our prime minister and the premier of B.C.; and furthermore, the unbelievable issuance of a 'Green Leadership Award' to Gordon Campbell by Tzeporah Berman of ForestEthics, I felt compelled to point out to the people of Canada: Gordon Campbell is the champion of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline scheme.
 
"This project, if it proceeds will deliver half of the Alberta Tar Sand's daily production to the B.C. coast via an eleven hundred kilometer, one-metre diameter pipeline, to Kitimat where it will be loaded onto as many three hundred very large crude carriers (VLCC's) per year, from where it will be delivered to the world's insatiable and planet-killing internal combustion engines. This is not a Green premier, and Gordon Campbell's project is a colossal crime against the planet."
 
Lee was arrested after hanging the banner by Victoria City Police and charged with mischief. The banner was quickly cut down by a local tree service.
 
Lee's protest today highlights the proposed Enbridge Pipeline, planned to carry oil products from the infamous Tar Sands in Alberta to be then shipped across the Pacific. He targets B.C. premier, Gordon Campbell, ironically the recipient last week in Copenhagen of a "Green" leadership award. Lee has led movements in B.C. to protect ancient forests, and protest the shipment of raw logs out of BC.
 

Files courtesy of Janine Bandcroft
 
 
 
 
Today, December 19th, concerned citizen Ingmar Lee climbed the flagpole at the BC Legislature in an effort to draw attention to a planned oil pipeline.  The plans are to carve a path through the Great Bear Rainforest for a 1,170 km pipeline that will transport oil from Alberta to Kitimat BC where it will be shipped via supertanker along BC's ragged and eco-sensitive coastline.

Photos of Ingmar's banner hang are available here:
http://gallery.me.com/bandcroft#100900 (in reverse order, downloadable)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=176176&id=711270890&l=2b097dbbd0

An article about today's banner hang is here:
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/5229-flagging-british-columbias-qgreenq-premier.html

 
 
 


 
 
 
 
British Columbia's "award" winning premier, Gordon Campbell in a
2003 mugshot he was awarded in Hawaii for driving under the influence. 
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Flagging Gordo for mischief
written by Ralf Gibbens, December 20, 2009
It's really vital that this article gets out. This is important news in Victoria. Please keep readers posted re: Lee's arrest and any details surrounding media coverage.
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Mr.Cook article on Mr.Lee
written by Leon Dumstrey-Soos, January 03, 2010
Just an observation,

European media on Copenhagen reported 40.000 (not 100.000)participants several hundreds yet planes and limousines...Parties agreed to not much! Fact is that you can not AIR HOUSE of 193 rooms,full of smoke by opening the windows JUST in TWO BASEMENT ROOMS!

I do not see Mr. Lee and his friends oposing the pipe lines in:Norway to UK !!??
Russia to: Germany Under Baltic Sea !!??
Western Europe via Black Sea Romania,Bulgaria,Macedonia ,Greece,Albania,
Serbia,Hungary,Croatia and Slovenia!!??

Interessting to note that most of the BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE WAITNG to be MEMBERS OF EU.
Qualifications requierements do NOT INCLUDE "PIPE LINE PERMITS"...I guess when the projects are completed they will all
get their membership!! What a cute Enviriomental Process...Most of these Hypocrats were in the Copenhagen!!

New Oil fields in Iraq developed by two largest Euro co. Shell & BP!!??

I do not understand why Mr. Lee has such a low opinion about Canada???
Would you agree that ballance is needed?? Thank you
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