Capitalism

B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports

14/08/23

Author:

Derrick O'Keefe

Link:

Ricochet Media

Aug. 14, 2023

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

British Columbia continues to expand its exports of the dirtiest fossil fuel on Earth. And even though Canada’s federal government has promised to end thermal coal exports by 2030, B.C.’s richest person keeps increasing his investment in Canada’s busiest coal export terminal.

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How Labor Exploitation and Climate Change Intersect

12/08/23

Author:

Sonali Kolhatkar

Link:

LA Progressive

Delivery - Photo by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash

Aug. 11, 2023

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Challenging the Corporate-Driven Food Reset

11/08/23

Author:

Colin Todhunter, Dissident Voice.

Link:

Popular Resistance

photo: Graphic from the International Panel of Expert on Sustainable Food System (IPES-Food).

Aug. 8, 2023

The prevailing globalised agrifood model is built on unjust trade policies, the leveraging of sovereign debt, population displacement and land dispossession. It fuels commodity monocropping and food insecurity as well as soil and environmental degradation.

It is responsible for increasing rates of illness, nutrient-deficient diets, a narrowing of the range of food crops, water shortages, chemical runoffs, increasing levels of farmer indebtedness, the undermining and destruction of local communities and the eradication of biodiversity.

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Running Amoc - Despite grave new warnings about the depth of the climate crisis, plutocrats are fighting to keep their profits

09/08/23

Author:

George Monbiot

Link:

The Guardian

‘More oil and gas licences are justified on the grounds that one day someone might be able to capture and bury the CO2 they produce.’ Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2023

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When a Canadian gas company was under fire for environmental destruction, Global Affairs jumped in to help

09/08/23

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

Aug. 9, 2023

Weeks after a Canadian company was publicly accused of ignoring concerns about its oil and gas drilling near a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the company’s most senior leadership turned to Global Affairs Canada for help.

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The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun

02/08/23

Author:

José Seoane

Link:

The Bullet

photo credit: Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada is draped in wildfire smoke – 2023. By Dwayne Reilander – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132070486

July 30, 2023

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Congo Cobalt Miners' Slave for Capitalists, including Chinese

02/08/23

Author:

Ann Garrison

Link:

LA Progressive

Jul 31, 2023

Virtual Slave Labor Supports Congo Cobalt Mines - Men are making $1 a day, women 80 cents a day, and their children work in the mines instead of going to school.

Following is an interview conducted by Ann Garrison with Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the virtual slave labor in the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt mines.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Insuring Our Children’s Future in the Age of Climate Change

02/08/23

Author:

Joel Stronberg, originally published by Civil Notion

Link:

Resilience

July 31, 2023

As if we needed more reminders of the impacts of Earth’s warming, it’s being reported:

“that climate change is destabilizing the insurance industry, driving up prices and pushing insurers out of high-risk markets.”

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Transition Alberta Petroleum to Post-Combustion Materials?

02/08/23

Author:

Markham Hislop

Link:

The Tyee

Petroleum can be used for super strong and light carbon fibre, a material key to technologies we’ll need in a low-emissions economy. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jul. 31, 2023

A Better Use for Alberta’s Oil and Gas - Look to the future. Commit the province’s petroleum to making materials for a post-combustion economy?

[Tyee Editor’s note: This piece is drawn from a recently published version on Markham Hislop’s site Energi Media.]

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

23/07/23

Author:

Dharna Noor

Link:

The Guardian

Amid record-shattering warmth this February, BP scaled back an earlier goal of lowering its emissions. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Jul 16, 2023

Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions

It was probably the Earth’s hottest week in history earlier this month, following the warmest June on record, and top scientists agree that the planet will get even hotter unless we phase out fossil fuels.

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Capitalism

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

Virtual Slave Labor Supports Congo Cobalt Mines - Men are making $1 a day, women 80 cents a day, and their children work in the mines instead of going to school.

A Better Use for Alberta’s Oil and Gas - Look to the future. Commit the province’s petroleum to making materials for a post-combustion economy?

Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions

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