LNG - Fracking

Sediment and complaints fly over Coastal GasLink construction at B.C. river

16/01/23

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Natasha Bulowski

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Jan. 13, 2023

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating a complaint that Coastal GasLink failed to prevent sediment stirred up by pipeline construction activities from flowing downstream at a construction site on the Lho Kwa (Clore River) in B.C.

Sediment pollution poses a serious risk to salmon and steelhead eggs, effectively smothering them. Clore River is a large tributary of the Skeena River, which is an important habitat for both salmon and steelhead trout.

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Confidential documents reveal Bay Street’s attempt to greenwash Canadian regulations

16/01/23

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Canada’s financial heavyweights want to keep pumping money into the oil and gas sector, using loopholes unsupported by climate science, confidential documents reveal. Photo by Matthew Henry/Unsplash

Jan. 16, 2023

Canada’s financial heavyweights are trying to convince the federal government to let them keep pumping money into the oil and gas sector, using loopholes unsupported by climate science, confidential documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer reveal.

The Sustainable Finance Action Council (SFAC), whose members include representatives from Canada’s major banks, insurance companies and pension plans, was set up in 2021 to advise Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on how to best build a sustainable finance market.

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Critics Say River Protection Is Lacking on Pipeline Route

16/01/23

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

Jan. 16, 2023

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One in eight cases of asthma in US kids caused by gas stove pollution – study

15/01/23

Author:

Oliver Milman

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The Guardian

Around a third of US households have gas stoves in their kitchens. Photograph: Tomas Rodriguez/Getty Images

Jan. 11, 2023

Emission of toxic chemicals and carcinogens from gas stoves creating indoor pollution worse than car traffic

About one in eight cases of asthma in children in the US is due to the pollution given off by cooking on gas stoves, new research has found, amid moves by Joe Biden’s administration to consider the regulation, or even banning, of gas cookers sales to Americans.

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Reasons for Optimism: Environmentalist Bill McKibben

14/01/23

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CBC The Current

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CBC The Current

Website editor: Ecosocialists will find this interview lacking on such questions as consumption, profit and inequality and yet: "Is your faith in governments or in individuals to force that change? Neither, my faith is in movements. I think the most important thing individuals can do is be a little bit less of an individual and join together in movements with others large enough to make change happen"

Jan. 13, 2023

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

How fossil fuel companies push disinformation through media campaigns

14/01/23

Author:

Anupriya Dasgupta

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Ricochet Media

CEC's recent "Cleaner, Closer, Committed to Net Zero" campaign featured billboards in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Jan. 9, 2023

Should Canada's public broadcaster be running ads that feature false claims?

This is the first in a two-part series examining fossil fuel advertising in Canada, the implications for news media, and the movement to hold industry accountable for what they tell Canadians.

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15 movement victories in 2022 you may not have heard about

06/01/23

Author:

Scott Neigh

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The Breach

"While material gains are crucial, they are far from the only way that movements build towards a better world. Also important are the increased confidence and capacity that can result even from collective struggles that have not yet won definitive victories. "

Dec. 22, 2022

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B.C.’s new Premier David Eby - what can we hope for on climate change?

05/01/23

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

But what early climate signals can be found in B.C. Premier David Eby's new cabinet and their mandate letters? asks Seth Klein. Photo via Province of British Columbia/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Dec. 13, 2022

The past few years have hit most British Columbians hard — from COVID-19 to floods and fires to the escalating cost of living. The new premier has hit the ground running, delivering an ambitious string of initiatives in his first weeks.

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