Canada

Why recycling efforts don’t save certain plastics from landfill

08/10/20

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CBC the Current

Landfill workers bury all plastic except soda bottles and milk jugs at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon. Laura Sullivan/NPR

Oct. 9, 2020

[Editor: This is really a must listen to!]

The federal government announced plans Wednesday to ban six kinds of single-use plastics by the end of next year. Laura Sullivan, investigative correspondent for NPR, discusses why — despite the hype — recycling isn't keeping that plastic out of landfills.

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Ottawa Set to Declare Plastics as Toxic Substance

07/10/20

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Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

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Energy Now

March 12, 2020

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Liberals' 2021 single-use plastic ban includes grocery bags, takeout containers

07/10/20

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CBC News

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CBC News

Oct 07, 2020

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Canada

Ecology/Environment

Three Indigenous Land Defenders Imprisoned Today

07/10/20

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Mountain Protectors

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Climate strike youth want Annamie Paul’s attention

06/10/20

Author:

Alastair Sharp

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National Observer

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

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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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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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Canada

Oct. 2, 2020

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

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