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This Canadian pipeline giant wants an exemption from climate rules

20/01/24

Author:

Carl Meyer

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The Narwhal

Internal government documents show that pipeline company TC Energy pressured the federal government to ignore a growing form of fossil fuel activity in Canada in one of its key climate policies, at a time when the country is already struggling to meet its emissions reduction goals. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Jan. 17, 2024

Internal government memos show TC Energy lobbied for carveouts exempting methane and LNG plants from one of Canada’s key climate policies targeting the oil and gas industry

One of Canada’s largest pipeline operators lobbied the federal government to exclude two major sources of carbon pollution from its emissions cap for the oil and gas sector.

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Forget the ‘green capitalism’ con, only a planned economy and degrowth principles can save the planet

20/01/24

Author:

Kohei Saito

Link:

A Socialist in Canada

Essay by Kohei Saito, [This introdution by] A Socialist In Canada, Jan 19, 2024 (This essay by the Japanese scholar, researcher and author Kohei Saito was first published in Unherd on January 9, 2024. Saito has just published a new book: Slow Down: The degrowth manifesto (W&N, Orion Publishing Group).

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Blinded, sexually assaulted, silenced: the war over lithium, Argentina’s ‘white gold’

19/01/24

Author:

Harriet Barber in Jujuy, Argentina

Link:

The Guardian

A man carries the Wiphala flag – which represents the native peoples of the Andes – at the protest camp in Purmamarca, Jujuy province. The demonstrators, many of them from the Indigenous community, are angry about changes made to the state constitution, and the growth of mining. Photograph: John Owens

Jan. 11, 2024

In the country’s ‘lithium triangle’ activists say Indigenous land protections have been removed and protests against mining violently repressed

The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant. Rosa* was alone. She was gagged, her eyes covered, and her hands bound with a cable tie.

“I was paralysed. I felt someone choking me,” Rosa recalls. “They called me a socialist, a whore. I was in my underwear; they touched me. One put his fingers inside of me.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Rally Supports Vancouver Compassion Club Providing Tested Drugs

17/01/24

Author:

Michelle Gamage

Link:

The Tyee

Rallies were held around the world on Tuesday in support of Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, with people gathering in Vancouver, Nelson, Calgary, Dublin and London. Photo for The Tyee by Michelle Gamage.

Jan. 17, 2024

DULF denied its day in court as Crown prosecutors assess their case.

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‘Will we leave things to the fascists?’: the activist aiming to revive Germany’s far-left party

16/01/24

Author:

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Link:

The Guardian

Carola Rackete. Photograph: Sea Watch Mediateam (Sea-Watch e.V.)

Jan. 16, 2024

Carola Rackete, who made her name defying Italy’s far right, is set to lead Die Linke party into European elections in June

She made her name as the captain of a ship that rescued stranded migrants from the Mediterranean. But now Carola Rackete is embarking on a new journey, focusing her activist sights on helping to save a crisis-ridden part of the German left.

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Canada led efforts to weaken original UN Indigenous rights declaration

16/01/24

Author:

Brett Forester

Link:

CBC News

On Sept. 23, 2003, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. At the time, his government was quietly working with Australia on a substitute draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

Jan. 15, 2024

Canada and Australia crafted government-friendly UNDRIP substitute in 2002-03, documents show

Canada led efforts to weaken the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations, working secretly with Australia to develop a watered-down substitute in the early 2000s, newly released Australian cabinet records show.

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Will we breach the 1.5 C global heating threshold this year?

16/01/24

Author:

Oliver Milman

Link:

National Observer

Flooded streets after hurricane Idalia. Photo by CityofStPete/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0 Deed)

Jan. 16, 2024

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

The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiralling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned.

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