Climate Change

Why US Is Removing Thousands of Dams

09/12/25
Author: 
Tara Lohan, originally published by Resilience.org
Link: 
Resilience
Elwha dam

This excerpt is adapted from Tara Lohan’s Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life (2025, Island Press). It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Fisheries
Indigenous Peoples
Social
USA
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LETTER: Pipelines and LNG terminals don’t lead to cleaner future

08/12/25
Author: 
Jane Welton
Link: 
Vancouver Island Free Daily
View from above of progress on a portion of the LNG Canada terminal in Kitimat. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard file photo) Read more at: https://vancouverislandfreedaily.com/2025/12/07/letter-pipelines-and-lng-terminals-dont-lead-to-cleaner-future/

Dec. 7, 2025

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
LNG - Fracking
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Massive New Port in Peru Threatens Amazon

07/12/25
Author: 
Inside Climate News
Link: 
Georgina Gustin
The cranes of a new megaport tower behind the town of Chancay, Peru. Credit: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images

Dec. 1, 2025

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

 Eleventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.

CHANCAY, Peru—The elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen.

Category: 
Agriculture
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Forestry
Global
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal

06/12/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Dec. 4, 2025

The federal government’s expert body mandated to provide it with independent advice to reach net-zero emissions is collapsing following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pipeline agreement with Alberta. Two prominent members of the body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.

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Canada
Climate Change
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How popular is ecosocialist transformation?

06/12/25
Author: 
Jason Hickel
Link: 
/jasonhickel.substack.com
suspension bridge

In US and UK

Dec. 4, 2025

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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Global
Labour - Unions
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Carney Flips on Tax Breaks for Phony Carbon Capture

04/12/25
Author: 
Nick Murray - The Canadian Press with files from The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Shell Quest CCS plant, photo by @EarthAccounting

Dec. 3, 2025

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney “will have to answer” questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits for a controversial and self-defeating form of carbon capture and storage when he signed the Alberta energy deal.

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Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
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Climate Prof Quits Carney's 'Net-Zero' Committee

04/12/25
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Simon Donner - UBC News CC BY-NC 2.0/flickr

Dec. 3, 2025

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
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Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave more than 1,140 dead

01/12/25
Author: 
News Agencies
Link: 
Aljazeera

Dec. 1, 2025

Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water.

watch video here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/1/floods-in-indonesia-sri-lanka-thailand-leave-close-to-1000-dead

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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Did the climate world misread Carney?

01/12/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Dec. 1, 2025

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion. 

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
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A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Link: 
The Tyee
The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Global
LNG - Fracking
Nuclear
Oil - Pipelines
Social
Tar Sands
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