The U.S. and Canada Are Preparing for a New Standing Rock Over the Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline (July 17, 2018)

Following a weeks-long investigation, Alleen Brown and I published a story in The Intercept on how US and Canadian authorities are girding for the mobilization against the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in British Columbia by relying on heightened surveillance and criminalization of the project’s indigenous-led opposition. The story also documents the crisis that has engulfed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration since his decision to purchase the pipeline and associated assets from Houston-based energy giant Kinder Morgan. I reported on this story partly by traveling to British Columbia. Read the story here. >>