Climate Change

UN leader slams 'dangerous radicals' increasing oil and gas production amid climate crisis following latest IPCC report

05/04/22
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Link: 
National Observer
An offshore drilling rig rises above the water off the coast of Norway. If approved, Bay du Nord would become Canada’s first deepwater drilling project. Photo by Jan-Rune Smenes Reite / Pexels

Apr. 5, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions need to start falling before 2025, which requires a swift move away from fossil fuels and increased investments in renewables, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.

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Canada
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
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IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster

05/04/22
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Link: 
The Guardian
Flooded streets in New South Wales, Australia, last month. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/AAP

Apr. 4, 2022

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Climate Change
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Environment group sues B.C. government alleging its climate plan fails to adequately address emission targets

05/04/22
Author: 
Tiffany Crawford
Link: 
Vancouver Sun

Mar. 31, 2022

Sierra Club B.C., represented by environmental law charity Ecojustice, alleges the provincial government has not provided plans to achieve emissions targets past 2030.

A B.C. environmental group is suing the B.C. government alleging it has failed to provide a detailed plan to meet its own climate change targets.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Environmental Groups
LNG - Fracking
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UN Weather Agency Sounds Alarm on Extreme Events in Antarctica

04/04/22
Author: 
Andrea Germanos
Link: 
Common Dreams
An Adelie penguin is seen on ice floa over Penola Strait as the floes melt due to global climate change in Antarctica on February 7, 2022. (Photo: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Apr. 2, 2022

Among the events sparking concern was "freakish warming at Earth's South Pole" including "a mind-blowing" above-average reading at a research station.

Scientists with the United Nations weather agency on Friday expressed fresh concern over the climate crisis following recent extreme events in Antarctica—an area they say should not be taken "for granted."

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Climate Change
Climate Science
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B.C.’s largest fossil fuel subsidy cost the province over $1B last year

02/04/22
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Link: 
National Observer
British Columbia Premier John Horgan makes his way towards the 2019 Meeting of Canada’s Premiers event in Toronto on Dec. 2, 2019. Photo by Tijana Martin/ National Observer

Mar. 28, 2022

A B.C. program that has been referred to as a “tax loophole for fracking operators” cost the province $1.162 billion in royalty revenues last year.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
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US Dollar Hegemony Ended Last Wednesday

01/04/22
Author: 
Margaret Flowers
Link: 
Popular Resistance
US Dollar Hegemony Ended - Popular Resistance

Mar. 28, 2022

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Agriculture
Capitalism
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Global
Social
USA
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Gas Utilities Are Promoting Hydrogen, But It Could Be A Dead End For Consumers And The Climate

31/03/22
Author: 
Daniel Esposito
Link: 
Forbes

Mar. 29, 2022

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Climate Change
Energy
LNG - Fracking
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Canada's new climate plan’s reliance on carbon capture called ‘not at all realistic’

31/03/22
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Link: 
National Observer
A new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on carbon capture technology are only reducing 0.05 per cent of Canada's annual emissions. Photo by JuniperPhoton / Unsplash

Mar. 30, 2022

Canada’s new climate plan is banking on carbon capture to cut nearly 13 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. But a new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on the technology aren’t yielding substantial reductions.

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Canada
Climate Change
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Oil - Pipelines
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Many Salmon Aren't Coming Back from Warming Pacific

30/03/22
Author: 
Joshua Partlow
Link: 
Anchorage Daily News
On NOAA's research vessel the Bell M. Shimada, scientists sort a catch from a survey off Washington's coast. The surveys, conducted each June since 1998, help them explore factors influencing the ocean survival of juvenile salmon. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)

Mar. 29, 2022

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Climate Change
Fisheries
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How Corporate Dominance Is Driving Civilization to a Precipice

30/03/22
Author: 
Jeremy Lent
Link: 
Resilience
Teaser Photo by Dimitry Anikin on Unsplash

Mar. 29, 2022

The neoliberal ideology of unrestrained markets has led to a global crisis. Humanity now faces an existential threat as the result of global dominance by corporations, whose ultimate goal is at odds with human flourishing.

Originally published March 14, 2022 in Inside Over as “The world on the brink of the abyss. Looking at the real danger.”

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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