Canada

Climate strike youth want Annamie Paul’s attention

06/10/20

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Alastair Sharp

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Emma-Jane Burian is seen with the former leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, in September 2019. Photo by Matt Watson

October 6th 2020

Annamie Paul wasn’t Allie Rougeot’s first choice to become leader of the federal Greens, but the young Toronto climate striker is hoping the movement will have her ear regardless.

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Bad Dreams on Burnaby Mountain: Threats of Oil Spills, Explosions and Killer Firestorms

05/10/20

Author:

Tom Sandborn

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National Observer

This photo shows Elan Gibson (seated), author, actor, activist and a spokeswoman for Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, on the day of her arrest at the Kinder Morgan tank farm gates on May 16, 2018. Photo by Susanne Jackson

October 5th 2020

“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
— Lord Farquaard in Shrek, the animated classic

“Fossil fuels require sacrifice zones: they always have.”
— Naomi Klein, 2016

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Canada Pension Plan fuels the climate crisis with our own retirement savings

05/10/20

Author:

Patrick DeRochie & Adam Scott

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National Observer

Recent analyses of CPP’s investments in oil, gas and coal raise red flags about the fund’s alignment with Canada’s climate commitments and mandate to invest in the best interests of Canadians. Photo by Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health

Last month, Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), wrote that climate change is the crisis beyond COVID-19 that we can’t afford to ignore, stating that “the full effects will depend on the actions we take now and in the future.”

We strongly agree.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

B.C. Supreme Court hears Wet'suwet'en petition for review of Coastal Gas Link certificate

02/10/20

Author:

Brenna Owen

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National Observer

October 2nd 2020

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Critics slam DFO Discovery Island fish farms decision

02/10/20

Author:

Rochelle Baker

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National Observer

Laichkwiltach Hereditary Chief George Quocksister Jr. speaks at a Campbell River protest last Saturday calling for the removal of Discovery Islands fish farms. Photo by Rochelle Baker

October 1st 2020

Opponents of open-net salmon farms are disputing this week's finding by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) that farms in Discovery Island waters pose little risk to wild salmon.

Environmentalist groups and conservationists claim DFO ignored crucial independent science to downplay the risks to imperiled Fraser River sockeye salmon in favour of the aquaculture industry.

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British Columbia

Canada

Fisheries

BC Needs a ‘Wartime Approach’ to the Climate Emergency. And Now

02/10/20

Author:

Seth Klein

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The Tyee

Wildfire smoke reached Coquitlam, BC last month. Intensifying wildfires are just one indication that we, like the rest of the planet, aren’t doing enough to stop climate change. Photo by Joshua Berson.

Oct. 2, 2020

The urgent response to the pandemic has shown us we can do it. We can’t dither another minute.

All of us who heed the warnings of climate scientists are increasingly alarmed as we stare at the harrowing gap between what the science says is necessary and what our politics seems prepared to entertain. Despite decades of calls to action, our greenhouse gas emissions are not on a path to stave off a horrific future for our children and future generations.

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British Columbia

Canada

Climate Change

Message From The Future II: The Years of Repair

01/10/20

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The Leap

Oct. 1, 2020

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New revelations of RCMP online mass surveillance raise troubling privacy, civil liberties concerns

30/09/20

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ICLMG

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ICLMG

RCMP must immediately halt use of new spy software and release audit of surveillance practices, says civil liberties coalition

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Canada

Protest - Revolt

Social

Federal Court to decide whether young activists can sue Ottawa over climate policy

30/09/20

Author:

Alastair Sharp

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National Observer

Some of the 15 young people suing the federal government speak to a climate protest in Vancouver on Oct. 25, 2019, the day they launched their legal challenge. Photo supplied by David Suzuki Foundation

September 29th 2020

Lawyers for 15 young people from across Canada will plead with a federal judge this week to allow their legal fight for tougher climate action to proceed to trial.

The youngsters and their legal team argue that Canada’s actions, particularly its support of the country’s fossil fuel industry, have breached their constitutional rights to life, liberty, security and equality before the law.

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Canada

Climate Change

BC Ecosocialists Party Leader Stuart Parker Out after Transphobia Allegations

30/09/20

Author:

Katie Hyslop

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The Tyee

Sept. 23, 2020

In wake of the controversy, federal Green leadership candidate Meryam Haddad is kicked out of the race and then reinstated by party.

Stuart Parker resigned as interim leader of the fledging BC Ecosocialists Party late Tuesday evening after recent social media comments that were denounced as transphobic.

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Canada

Oct. 2, 2020

The urgent response to the pandemic has shown us we can do it. We can’t dither another minute.

Sept. 23, 2020

In wake of the controversy, federal Green leadership candidate Meryam Haddad is kicked out of the race and then reinstated by party.

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