Capitalism

Trans Mountain losing insurer as Zurich to drop coverage: Report

27/07/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

Construction on the Burnaby Terminal continues as Trans Mountain prepares to install 14 new storage tanks. Photo: Trans Mountain

July 22nd 2020

Zurich Insurance Group has decided not to renew coverage of the Trans Mountain pipeline, according to a media report.

The news comes roughly a year after the large Swiss insurance company declared it would reject companies that operate “purpose-built” transportation infrastructure for oilsands products, including pipelines.

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Who guards the ‘guardian angels’ upholding our pandemic response?

18/07/20

Author:

Krista Lynes, Anne-Marie Trépanier

Link:

ricochet.media

JULY 16, 2020

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We are all plastic people now, in ways we can’t see – and can no longer ignore

18/07/20

Author:

Rick Smith

Link:

The Globe and Mail

17 July 2020

Our global plastics problem has been steadily growing for decades, polluting the planet in obvious ways. Less obvious are the microplastics that we eat and breathe, and the impacts they have on our health. I experimented on myself to find out more.

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Horror Story!! The US Government Gave Big Oil the Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic

15/07/20

Author:

David Sirota Walker Bragman

Link:

Jacobin Magazine

Attorney Steve Donziger with indigenous leader Manari Ushigua from the Sápara nation in the Amazon, which has been fighting incursions by oil companies. Manari visited to express solidarity with Donziger during his house arrest. Steve Donziger / Twitter

July 14, 2020

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Over 5,600 fossil fuel companies have taken at least $3bn in US Covid-19 aid

11/07/20

Author:

Emily Holden

Link:

The Guardian

Environmental advocates say investing billions in an industry that is polluting the planet and causing the climate crisis is short-sighted and a bad use of public money. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

7 Jul 2020

Businesses include oil and gas drillers and coal mine operators, an analysis by Documented and the Guardian finds

More than 5,600 companies in the fossil fuel industry have taken a minimum of $3bn in coronavirus aid from the US federal government, according to an analysis by Documented and the Guardian of newly released data.

The businesses include oil and gas drillers and coal mine operators, as well as refiners, pipeline companies and firms that provide services to the industry.

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COVID and Mass Unemployment: The NDP and Beyond

11/07/20

Author:

Tim Heffernan, Simon Schweitzer and Bill Hopwood

Link:

The Bullet

July 8, 2020

Canada has now been under COVID-19 restrictions for three months, and many provinces are starting to open up again, although the virus is not under control. Canada is not yet out of the first wave and is certainly not ready to deal with the inevitable second wave. The Liberal government has acted too little and too late, but living next door to US’s Trump-caused disaster, it doesn’t look so bad.

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The Floyd rebellion: pathway to a revolution?

05/07/20

Author:

Kali Akuno

Link:

Roar Magazine

June 30, 2020

9-11 minutes

The Floyd rebellion is changing the world before our very eyes. What type of change and to what degree it will shift the balance of forces between rulers and ruled, haves and the have-nots remains to be seen. What is clear is that there is an active and open political contest to shape the outcome.

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Capitalism

Social

Corporate Backers of the Blue: How Corporations Bankroll U.S. Police Foundations

24/06/20

Author:

Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman

Link:

Eyes on the Ties

corporate logos - All photos: Mike Mozart, Flickr

June 18, 2020

As calls to defund the police gain traction, bloated police budgets are coming under scrutiny for siphoning public resources away from black and brown communities. While police budgets are typically public documents that must be approved by elected officials, there are other institutions in place with the sole purpose of funneling even more resources toward law enforcement.

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Strike vote ahead for Dominion workers, says union president

23/06/20

Author:

Mike Moore

Link:

CBC News

Jun 17, 2020

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It’s Not Just Meat: Covid-19 Puts All Food-System Workers in Peril

18/06/20

Author:

Stan Cox

Link:

Literary Hub

Building a More Humane, Robust Way of Putting Food on the Table

Covid-19 outbreaks are now reaching far beyond the meatpacking industry. Migrant farmworkers in fruit orchards and vegetable fields, long the targets of intense exploitation, are seeing their health put in even greater jeopardy as they’re pushed to feed an increasingly voracious supply chain in pandemic-time.

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Capitalism

Our global plastics problem has been steadily growing for decades, polluting the planet in obvious ways. Less obvious are the microplastics that we eat and breathe, and the impacts they have on our health. I experimented on myself to find out more.

Businesses include oil and gas drillers and coal mine operators, an analysis by Documented and the Guardian finds

Building a More Humane, Robust Way of Putting Food on the Table

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