Climate Change

Are microplastics cooling and heating the Earth’s climate?

28/10/21
Author: 
Matt Simon
Link: 
National Observer
Thought climate change was already complicated? Now scientists have to consider the influence of tiny bits of atmospheric plastic. Photo by Raunaq Chopra / Climate Visuals Countdown

October 28th 2021

This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Canada takes the carbon crown when it comes to fossil fuel financing

28/10/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
G20 leaders will be gathering in Rome this weekend, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive with a new record in hand: Canada has given more to the oil and gas industry than any of its peers. Photo via Coastal GasLink

October 28th 2021

On the eve of the most significant climate meeting since the Paris Agreement was signed, G20 leaders will be gathering in Rome this weekend, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive with a new record in hand: Canada has given more from the public coffers to the oil and gas industry than any of its peers.

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Make provinces pay for their emissions

28/10/21
Author: 
Ross Belot
Link: 
National Observer
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet included green equalization in his party's platform. And under that scenario, Alberta would pay and Quebec would receive, writes Ross Belot. File photo by Andrew Meade

October 28th 2021

Equalization payment policy always produces an energized discussion in Canada, particularly between Quebec and Alberta. During a recent election, a province’s quasi-referendum on changing the concept of equalization was supported by a substantial 41 per cent. Not the one held in Alberta this month, I’m talking about Quebec.

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Fossil fuel industry dominates Canada’s 100 largest emitters

28/10/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Aerial photo of the Athabasca oilsands in Alberta. Photo by Andy S. Wright

October 28th 2021

 

This is the second story in a series analyzing the federal emissions data from Canada's 100 heaviest emitters. The first story looks at the provinces and includes a map of where these facilities are.

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Hereditary Chief Dsta'hyl Arrested on Wet'suwet'en Territory

28/10/21
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RCMP Arrest Likhts'amisyu Hereditary Chief Dsta'hyl and Gitxsan Supporter Colin Sutherland-Wilson
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World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds

28/10/21
Author: 
Oliver Milman
Link: 
The Guardian
A coal plant near Luetzerath, Germany. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Oct. 28, 2021

Pace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep global heating to 1.5C

Every corner of society is failing to take the “transformational change” needed to avert the most disastrous consequences of the climate crisis, with trends either too slow or in some cases even regressing, according to a major new global analysis.

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We demand real zero, not net zero!

27/10/21
Author: 
Oilwatch International
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Climate and Capitalism
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Net zero emissions and other false solutions allow polluters to continue polluting

Declaration adopted by the Oilwatch International Global Gathering in Nigeria, October 19-21.

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Pre-COP26 youth summit unveils its list of demands

26/10/21
Author: 
Morgan Sharp
Link: 
National Observer
Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a skeptical tone at the Youth4Climate event in Milan in September. Photo by Felton Davis / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Oct. 26, 2021

Young people who attended a recent youth climate conference in Milan, Italy, presented their list of demands for world leaders Monday ahead of a United Nations meeting aimed at trying to avoid environmental devastation.

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Dirty energy: Coal versus cars

26/10/21
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
Gasoline cars are even more CO2-intensive than coal power plants. And in Canada, it is gasoline, not coal, that has been driving climate failure. Original photo credits Sarunas Burdulis and Ruben de Rijcke (Wikimedia)

[Editor: But shouldn't we be putting our efforts into public transit not buying EVs?  see: Deconstructing Electric Vehicles on the eve of Glasgow COP26  https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/deconstructing-electric-vehicles-eve-glasgow-cop26]

Oct. 26, 2021

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‘Unforgivable’: Developing nations will have to wait longer for promised climate fund

26/10/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
mother and child in flood - Without rich countries making the money available to poorer countries to transition to a clean economy, holding onto the Paris goal of 1.5 C will be out of reach. Photo by World Meteorological Organization(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

October 26th 2021

On Monday, days ahead of a critical UN climate conference, Canada’s Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson admitted rich countries have failed to meet a critical international climate financing milestone, and are unlikely to reach it for years to come.

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