Dodgy dam in Canada’s east, Newfoundland and Labrador history backing ill-conceived projects The Economist 19 August 2017 

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REBLOG/ PLEASE SHARE/SUPPORT/JOIN @EcocideLaw PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE STATUTE OF ROME https://linkedin.com/pulse/ecocide-crime-lower-churchill-boondoggle-muskrat-gull-pritchard-ma/ 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQhG3FiybPCXVR4g27q9HA_nm9f2PO_J3tLLOisa3R7052PMBq31C2sdZTvnTKMy6L2JQopl1UY8VOI/pub 

ECOCIDE CRIME: Lower Churchill [Boondoggle Muskrat Falls Gull Island] Hydro Project Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada #UnitedForClimate - Humanity’s Emergency Services @UnitedForClima1 @LlewelynPritch @LabradorLandPr1 @AABookstore

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1.  "Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished.“ @EcocideLaw

2. “President @EmmanuelMacron of France, responds to @Conv_Citoyenne call for #ECOCIDE crime, declares "to ensure this term is enshrined in international law so that Leaders…are accountable before @IntCrimCourt @ValerieCabanes @Jojo_Mehta [Credit @EcocideLaw Twitter Account 29 June 2020]

3. “President Macron “shares ambition” to establish international crime of ecocide. French head of state’s response to citizens assembly opens way to legal protection of the Earth” 29 June 2020 

4.  HOW DO WE MAKE ECOCIDE AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME? 

4i  Flooding, deforestation, rotting vegetation, release of mercury, creating methylmercury neurotoxic poison at Muskrat Falls large hydro dam reservoir [Jenny Gear] Labrador Land Protectors

4ii. “Muskrat falls hydropower isn’t carbon neutral after all wsu researchers say, WEB reservoir” [Emily M. Eng, The Seattle Times citing Deemer, Bridget, et.al. “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Sources: A New Global Synthesis.” BioScience] 28 September 2016  

4iii. ”Muskrat Falls A Misguided Project”“Scathing Muskrat Falls inquiry report lays blame on executives. Former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin and others took ‘unprincipled steps’ to secure project sanction, says report” [Terry Roberts] CBC News 10 March 2020 [Dwight] “Ball…[ex-Premier Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada]…said the "significant concerns” highlighted in the report can’t be ignored, and it will now be referred to the police for possible criminal charges, and to the provincial justice department for possible civil litigation.”

4iv.  It wasn’t as if the NL and Canadian governments didn’t know what to expect:The moral of Muskrat Falls - A dodgy dam in Canada’s east - Newfoundland and Labrador has a history of backing ill-conceived projects. 19 August 2017 

4v. http://northeastmegadamresistance.org/canadian-megadams/… “Throughout Canada, there are 933 large dams according to the Canadian Department of the Environment. Large dams are defined as hydropower facilities with a capacity of more than 30 megawatts. These megadams have a detrimental effect on the environment and the ecosystems that they impede.”

4vi.  “Methylmercury levels expected to rise by as much as 1500 per cent in Indigenous communities living downstream from Muskrat Falls dam project” [Matthew Behrens] 22 Nov 2017

4vii.  Symptoms of Mercury Poisoning [Ontario Muskrat Solidarity Coalition]

Stop Muskrat Falls [Ontario Muskrat Solidarity Coalition]

4viii.  Alex Saunders, Happy Valley Goose Bay [Michael G. Seamans] Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/hidden-costs-new-englands-demand-canadian-hydropower The Hidden Costs of New England’s Demand for Canadian Hydropower [Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, Michael G. Seamans] 2 Dec 2019#ExtinctionRebellion #StopEcocide 

4ix. https://youtu.be/JiFw7NckRxw Pattangaititsik Protect Precious Possession, Video [Labrador Land Protectors] Dan Williams 14 June 2019  ALSO AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE

4x. Trudeau and Bennet poisoned fish ‘Homes Not Bombs’

4xi. Please don’t poison me [Ontario-Muskrat Solidarity Coalition] 25 Aug 2018
Not on our watch Not on our Dime. Poisoning Children is a Crime!!! [Ontario-Muskrat Solidarity Coalition] 19 June 2018 

4xii. Don’t poison Labrador [Ontario-Muskrat Solidarity Coalition] 1 Sept 2018

4xiii. Dams Kill North American Megadams Resistance Alliance

4xiv.  Denise Cole, “background photo is of me and my brother, it was the last pic we had taken together before he passed. It’s from 1993 taken in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador”

4xv. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2019/12/evidence-truth-and-accountability-ref.html EVIDENCE/ HEALTH & SAFETY/ PRIOR KNOWLEDGE/ OPPRESSION/ HYPOCRISY/ DECEIT/ DUPLICITY/ INTENT: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, Truth and Accountability ref. Boondoggle Muskrat Falls project in Labrador, Canada: Is the following evidence consistent with the prima facie truths that Justin Trudeau, incumbent Office of Prime Minister, Canada and Dwight Ball, incumbent Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador are ultimately criminally complicit for not shutting down the project?

4xvi. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-celebration-of-mud-lake-community-in.html EVIDENCE GENOCIDAL ACTIONS/ MUD LAKE/ DESTRUCTION TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIFE/ FLOODING 2018/ VALUES/ BELIEFS: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, A Celebration of The Mud Lake Community in Pictures 1968 - 1969 [Voluntary Service Overseas VSO in Labrador]

4xvii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2018/09/tthe-effects-of-dams-on-communities-in.html EVIDENCE/ PRIOR KNOWLEDGE/ INTENT: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, The Effects of Dams on Communities in Northern Manitoba by APTN News [six parts including videos from 18 September 2018]

4xviii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2018/03/an-innu-elder-says-defending-his-way-of.html EVIDENCE CANADIAN GENOCIDAL ACTS OF IMPUNITY/ INNU CULTURAL PERSECUTION/ INDIGENOUS RIGHTS/ PRESS FREEDOM: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, An Innu Elder says defending his way of life in Labrador doesn’t make him a criminal and Justin Brake Legal Defence Fund Donation Page…JOURNALISTS recognizing charges against Brake as VERY REAL THREAT TO PRESS FREEDOM. Please help us PROTECT PRESS FREEDOM for journalists and DEFEND all Canadians’ constitutionally-protected RIGHT TO KNOW

4xix. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2020/02/evidence-for-justin-trudeau-dwight-ball.html EVIDENCE/ FELONY/ CRIME: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, Justin Trudeau, Dwight Ball and other 'leaders’ DEATHLY IRRESPONSIBLE LACK OF HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC OFFICE - about using Canadian & Newfoundland and Labrador taxpayers’ money for stinking, rotting, festering, yes corrupting; deeply oppressive; Muskrat Falls, boondoggle, hydro dam mess.

4xx. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2019/12/request-for-rcmp-criminal-investigation.html EVIDENCE /GENOCIDAL ACTS OF IMPUNITY Submitted to Royal Canadian Mounted Police: STOP ECOCIDE by Establishing Facts About Genocide: Request for RCMP Criminal Investigation into the whole Boondoggle “unnecessary, wasteful or fraudulent” Muskrat Falls project

4xxi. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-is-real-nature-of-frame-of.html EVIDENCE GENOCIDAL ACTS/ DECEIT/ DECEPTION/ DISTRACTION/ Serious Questions need to be asked / RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, What is the real purpose of the frame of reference/rationale of the “Public Inquiry” into the Nalcor Energy Boondoggle Muskrat Falls hydro dam project established by the Governments of NL and Canada?

4xxii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/video-quick-clay-expert-calls-on-nalcor.html EVIDENCE/ GENOCIDAL ACTS/ THREAT TO LIFE/ NORTH SPUR - NO INDEPENDENT REVIEW/ FLOODING/ LOSS OF LIFE: RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, Video: Quick Clay expert calls on Nalcor to release North Spur plans for review Oct 31 2014

4xxiii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/11/an-unholy-messestablished-facts-about.html EVIDENCE GENOCIDAL ACTS/ COLONIAL OPPRESSION CONTINUES/ An Unholy Mess…established facts about the history of politics regarding the Labrador Development Company Ltd. operating in Port Hope Simpson, Newfoundland and Labrador 1934-48 throws light, a reality check, on the current new Lieutenant Governor NL appointment in the run up to the Global Campaign National Day of Action Rally at Parliament Hill, Ottawa on 7 May 2018 @protectlabrador #Shut Muskrat Down [A Case Study in Colonial Oppression] RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project

4xxiv. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/warning-danger-without-intending-to.html EVIDENCE first pub. 7 July 2018 / RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, WARNING!!! DANGER!!! Without intending to scaremonger or exaggerate - in essence, the Governments of NL CA “Public Inquiry” [Restricted Terms of Reference Justice LeBlanc] and “Legal Proceedings” [Nalcor Court Injunctions Justice Murphy et.al.] about a most ill-conceived hydro dam project, Muskrat Falls is further indisputable evidence of Nalcor Govts NL CA lies [Nalcor CEO] smoke and mirrors [“Public Inquiry” technical data] chains of oppression [colonial legacy] that is still actively, deliberately, wilfully, dishonourably perpetuating duplicity of values, dishonesty, deceitfulness, corrupted democratic valuations among NL CA’s politicians.

4xxv. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2018/07/justintrudeau-prime-minister-of-canada.html EVIDENCE first pub. 29 July 2018/ RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project, @JustinTrudeau Prime Minister of Canada @DwightBallMHA ‏Premier Newfoundland and Labrador: #ShutMuskratDown It is self-evidently not in the best interests of NL, Canada, Planet Earth. “Thank you to the young people standing up to fossil fuel corporations and leading the movement to combat climate change.” #ThisIsZeroHour Bernie Sanders Verified account @SenSanders July 24 2018

4xxvi. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/danger-dire-warning-muskrat-falls.html EVIDENCE/ 'A MISGUIDED PROJECT’/ MISSING COLONIAL-HISTORICAL CONTEXT/ INCOMPLETE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS/ GOVERNMENT COVERUP/ UNACCEPTABLE GOVT. POLITICAL STRATEGY/ GENOCIDAL INTENT/ DANGER!!! DIRE WARNING!!! first pub. 11 Dec. 2017 The Muskrat Falls 'Inquiry’ has been set-up by the Government and is being judged by the same Government. It is NOT IMPARTIAL. It is NOT INDEPENDENT RCMP Investigation Muskrat Falls project

4xxvii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2020/02/evidenceharmful-silence-secrecy-ref.html EVIDENCE:RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project/ to bring to the attention of Canadian, NL government leaders, decision and policy makers the REAL DANGER of ACTS of IMPUNITY in their historical, colonial context.

4xxviii. https://labradorleadstheworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/cmon-join-international-campaign_30.html EVIDENCE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE/ DISREGARD FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE/ DISREGARD FOR LIFE/ GENOCIDAL INTENT/ C'mon Right Honourable Justin Trudeau ACT SENSIBLY ON “Looking back looking forward” and “The Moral of Muskrat Falls” NL’s history backing ill-conceived projects. Public Inquiry’s Terms of Reference are too narrow Message Sent: 16.12.2017 To: [email protected] [email protected] et al RCMP Investigation, Muskrat Falls project

4xxix. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZ_enHzpLsCuDrvavixVq2tEYHoZKoUSFdMnsBxsKMGQo-U8lhkbtBADWuBM42txmL83JKoyrf1qNf/pub… Sampling Methane Greenhouse Gas Concentration at Lower Churchill Falls, Muskrat Falls Hydro Dam, NL, Canada over 2019 #ReduceMethaneEmissions #StopMethylMercuryNeuroToxicPoisoning

4xxx. METHYLMERCURY 'TIME BOMB’ TICKING: URGENT MESSAGE https://nunatsiavut.com/presidents-message/ Johannes Lampe, president Nunatsiavut Government 12 Aug 2019 

5. FURTHER INFORMATION about the ecocidal and genocidal nature of the Muskrat Falls hydro project is located at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQKkju0rf9LMJIs492N2li3pteGnLaKknP0LqJemP3NG5ZNTNECPrbVBOjNIBDR65I73m7XCHJ1aVY8/pub EVIDENCE AND REQUEST FOR PROSECUTION OF CANADA FOR DEATHS BY NEUROTOXIC POISONING 127 items submitted to RCMPolice Investigation Canada #FreeMuskratFalls 12 & 17 April 2020 [No Reply received from RCMP as of 9 July 2020] 

References

https://stopecocide.earth/press-releases-summary/president-macron-shares-ambition-to-establish-international-crime-of-ecocide President Macron “shares ambition” to establish international crime of ecocide. French head of state’s response to citizens assembly opens way to legal protection of the Earth.

WORLD LEADERS/ URGENT MESSAGE: to enble your good selves to deal with our climate crisis write https://flipboard.com/@llewelynpritch/ecological-climate-health-action-for-mother-earth-isbu2etny… ecological, climate-health action @ecocidelaw into your national legislation in addition to the Statute of Rome for new @IntlCrimCourt international legislation.

“TWO GUIDING LIGHTS”“Inukshuk on hill overlooking water” [Nunatsiavut Government] Inukshuk stone cairns were erected by Inuit at prominent locations to serve as guideposts or markers signifying safety, hope and friendship. AND

XR Regenerative Cultures @xrregenerative Extinction Rebellion Regenerative Cultures, We are transitioning to a regenerative culture. “Welcome to the Regenerative Rebellion. Watch this space to stay tuned into all regenerative related discourse to do with @ExtinctionR and it’s continuous exploration of Regenerative Culture.” #RegenerativeRebellion #XRRegenerativeCulture @XRRegenCulture Environmental conservation organisation 🦋 “We Need A Regenerative Culture🦋 Extinction Rebellion’s 3rd Principle & Value calls for a regenerative culture, one which is healthy, resilient and adaptable.” [Facebook]
Llewelyn Pritchard MA 9 July 2020

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