Climate Change

COVID shrank the economy — but climate change will be much worse

09/06/21
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Link: 
National Observer
Flooding on Montreal's Rue Cousineau in May 2017. Direct impacts of climate breakdown, including extreme weather, could cost rich economies around the world twice as much as the COVID-19 pandemic already has. Photo by Cold, Indrid / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

June 8th 2021

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

 

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Why the BC NDP's old-growth preservation efforts fall short

09/06/21
Author: 
Shauna Doll & Chris Genovali
Link: 
National Observer
“Talk and log” is a modus operandi provincial governments have used for decades by feigning conservation action while allowing clear-cutting in whichever forest flashpoint is occurring at that time. Photo by Alex Harris/Rainforest Conservation Foundation

June 9th 2021

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British Columbia
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Indigenous, environmental activists square off with Enbridge to stop Line 3

09/06/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Founder of the Giniw Collective Tara Houska speaks to a crowd at the Stop Line 3 protests. Photo courtesy of Giniw Collective

June 8th 2021

Protesters descended on northern Minnesota over the weekend in an attempt to stop construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, which critics say would deal a devastating blow to the water table and lock in unneeded fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
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Police Make Mass Arrests at Protest Against Oil Pipeline

08/06/21
Author: 
Hiroko Tabuchi, Matt Furber and Coral Davenport Hiroko Tabuchi reported from New York City, Matt Furber from the protests in Minnesota and Coral Davenport from Washington.
Link: 
New York Times
Demonstrators near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday.Credit...Tim Gruber for The New York Times

Updated June 8, 2021

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Canada
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Oil - Pipelines
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First Nations, forestry reform and old growth activists are inviting BC Premier John Horgan and cabinet to a press conference, Friday June 11

08/06/21
Author: 
Forest March BC
First Nations, forestry reform and old growth activists are inviting BC Premier John Horgan and cabinet to a press conference, Friday June 11
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British Columbia
Climate Change
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Forestry
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Trudeau promised a transition strategy for oil-and-gas workers, now it’s rarely mentioned

07/06/21
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
Roughnecks operate a drilling rig for Crescent Point Energy near Oungre, Saskatchewan on June 20, 2012. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to create a strategy to retrain oil-and-gas workers in the 2019; however, since the election, the issue is rarely mentioned, despite projections that up to 450,000 jobs in the sector could be lost. STAFF/REUTERS

Jun 7, 2021.

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Canada
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Labour - Unions
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First Nations announce old-growth logging deferral on Vancouver Island

07/06/21
Author: 
Todd Coyne
Link: 
CTV News

June 7, 2021 12:02PM PDT

VICTORIA -- A group of First Nations say they have reached an agreement to defer old-growth logging in parts of southwestern Vancouver Island for the next two years.

The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht, and Pacheedaht First Nations say they informed the B.C. government on Saturday of their plan to hold off on old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek and Central Walbran areas while the nations develop long-term resource stewardship plans.

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British Columbia
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Mass Arrests and Violation of Press Freedom at Fairy Creek

06/06/21
Author: 
The Thorn
Link: 
The Thorn

 

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British Columbia
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Ecosocialist Alliance Statement on G7 Conference

05/06/21
Author: 
Ecosocialist Alliance
Link: 
The Bullet
System Change

June 5, 2021  •  

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. This wealth is more than sufficient to provide for the needs for food, water, health, housing and education of the global population.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Agriculture
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Green New Deal/LEAP
Labour - Unions
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Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL

04/06/21
Author: 
Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press
Link: 
Lethbridge News Now
Oil pipes
Jun 4, 2021 | 2:08 AM

OTTAWA — Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL.

The query was posed in a briefing note from Natural Resources Canada and released to The Canadian Press under federal access-to-information legislation.

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Alberta
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Canada
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