Climate Change

Eight climate activists arrested in Heathrow area remanded to prison

29/07/24

Author:

Damien Gayle

Link:

The Guardian

Police officers carrying out arrests at Heathrow airport perimeter on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

July 26, 2024

Protesters are first to be locked up in any of 10 countries hit by airport disruption campaigns this week

Eight people have been remanded to prison after being arrested at or close to Heathrow airport, making them the first to be locked up in any of the 10 countries where airport protests have taken place so far.

All were charged with conspiracy to interfere with key national infrastructure, an offence introduced last year to tackle disruptive protests by climate activists. Two others were bailed at a court hearing in London on Wednesday.

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Moms and Kids Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion at Citigroup CEO's Home

29/07/24

Author:

Edward Carver

Link:

Common Dreams

July 27, 2024

Dozens of climate campaigners were arrested for protesting the multinational bank's financing of new fossil fuel development.

Hundreds of activists, largely mothers and their kids, protested outside Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser's luxury apartment building in New York City on Saturday, calling for the multinational bank she leads to stop funding fossil fuel expansion.

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EVs vs. Big Oil in Trumpian US Politics/Law

28/07/24

Author:

Marianne Lavelle

Link:

Inside Climate News

John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, speaks at the roll-out of the Biden administration's vehicle pollution standards in March in Washington, D.C. Credit: EPA

July 21, 2024

Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance

In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future.

Politically Charged: Fourth is a series about how political polarization threatens the EV future.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Vancouver ditches gas ban for new buildings

28/07/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Link:

National Observer

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim and his ABC party have reversed Vancouver's much-lauded plan to phase out natural gas in new buildings. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press

July 25, 2024

A group of conservative Vancouver city councillors have reversed the city's pioneering pro-climate measures restricting the use of natural gas in new buildings. Implemented in 2020, the rules made Vancouver the first Canadian municipality to restrict gas for climate reasons and inspired dozens of other local governments to do the same.

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In Case of Heat Domes (etc.) New West Pioneers Emergency Centre

28/07/24

Author:

Theresa McManus

Link:

New Westminster Record

Officials from the City of New Westminster and Fraser Health do a dry run of the emergency monitoring centre each year. From left: Ryan Weber (parks); Cory Hansen (New West Emergency Management Office); Brad Davie (fire); Tracey Demibras (Fraser Health Home Health); Nikki Paash (Fraser Health Authority); Stephen Minoza (FHA); Nana Anoh (FHA).

July 17, 2024

The 2021 heat dome inspired New Westminster to consider a new way of responding to extreme heat events.

New Westminster is pioneering a new way to respond to extreme heat events that overwhelm the resources of local first responders.

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Future of transit at stake in BC provincial election

25/07/24

Author:

Access for Everyone

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Access for Everyone

July 25, 2024

As TransLink and the Mayors’ Council continue to navigate the ongoing financial challenges facing Metro Vancouver’s transit system, a new report sheds light on the catastrophic cuts to transit service that could come as soon as 2025 unless the B.C. Government works with TransLink to fix its broken funding model.

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Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

24/07/24

Author:

Oliver Milman and Nina Lakhani, with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon

Link:

The Guardian

July 24, 2024

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard

23/07/24

Author:

George Monbiot

Link:

The Guardian

July 14, 2024

The focus on growth to ease the UK’s economic ills will not be nearly enough, but there is a way to raise the sums needed

Website editor: What is true in the UK is also relevant to Canada and elsewhere.

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Will BC Fall off Its LNG Tightrope?

23/07/24

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

Link:

The Tyee

In an interview with Bloomberg News, BC Premier David Eby told the American news outlet that he believes the province can expand LNG exports without them all ‘showing up on BC’s books.’ Photo via BC government Flickr.

July 23, 2024

The premier says we can expand fossil fuel infrastructure and meet our climate goals. A Tyee fact check.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Chicago teachers demand climate action in union contract

21/07/24

Author:

Adam Aton

Link:

E & E News

Craig Cleve marches with members of the Chicago Teachers Union as they picket outside City Hall on July 2, 2015. Christian K. Lee/AP

June 14, 2024

Labor leaders see both practical and strategic benefits to bargaining over climate policy.

One of the country’s most powerful unions is bargaining for climate policy in its next contract.

The Chicago Teachers Union on Friday will open public contract negotiations with the city — and among its demands will be the union’s “green schools” initiative.

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Climate Change

Protesters are first to be locked up in any of 10 countries hit by airport disruption campaigns this week

Dozens of climate campaigners were arrested for protesting the multinational bank's financing of new fossil fuel development.

Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance

In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future.

The 2021 heat dome inspired New Westminster to consider a new way of responding to extreme heat events.

The focus on growth to ease the UK’s economic ills will not be nearly enough, but there is a way to raise the sums needed

The premier says we can expand fossil fuel infrastructure and meet our climate goals. A Tyee fact check.

Labor leaders see both practical and strategic benefits to bargaining over climate policy.

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