Climate Change

Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change

19/07/21

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FILE - In this file photo dated July 2007, an Inuit seal hunter touches a dead seal atop a melting iceberg near Ammassalik Island, Greenland. The left-leaning government on Greenland which could be sitting on vast amounts of oil, has decided to suspend all oil exploration, Friday July 16, 2021, calling it “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.” (AP Photo/John McConnico, FILE) AP NEWS Top Stories Video Contact Us Cookie Settings DOWNLOAD AP NEWS Connect with the

July 16, 2021

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world’s largest island, calling it is “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.”

No oil has been found yet around Greenland, but officials there had seen potentially vast reserves as a way to help Greenlanders realize their long-held dream of independence from Denmark by cutting the annual subsidy of 3.4 billion kroner ($540 million) the Danish territory receives.

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Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

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Seven Big Warnings from the Killer Heat Wave

19/07/21

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Crawford Kilian

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The Tyee

Wildfire smoke that blanketed Vancouver last September was just a warning of the new reality for BC. Photo by Joshua Berson.

July 19, 2021

The ‘heat dome’ signalled our new reality. Here are key issues we must address now — or pay a big price later.

Problem 1: The destruction of the rural economy

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GreenLeft Canada website

19/07/21

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GreenLeft Canada

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GreenLeft Canada

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Letter from John Cashore to John Horgan - very powerful

19/07/21

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Thomas Oatis Sandborn, John Cashore

From: Thomas Oatis Sandborn
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM
Subject: Fwd: Letter from John Cashore to John Horgan - very powerful
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Most Canadian Fossil Fuel Workers Want Net Zero Jobs - Poll Document

17/07/21

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Iron and Earth

We’re releasing the results from a groundbreaking poll conducted in partnership with Abacus Data revealing that a majority of fossil fuel workers:

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World's Poorest Nations to the Wealthiest: 'No More Excuses' on Urgent Climate Action

17/07/21

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Andrea Germanos

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Common Dreams

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Climate Change

Global

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The case for a Youth Climate Corps in Canada

17/07/21

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Seth Klein

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National Observer

Young people have stepped up to serve before; a youth mobilization to confront the climate emergency could be just what Canada needs. Photos by Royal Air Force official photographer Woodbine G (left), Lewis Parsons / Unsplash (right)

June 1st 2021

The climate mobilization in Canada, as I’ve written in previous columns, has yet to feel like a grand societal undertaking. Among the bold initiatives that would send such a signal — a Youth Climate Corps.

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Climate Change Is Already Killing Workers

17/07/21

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Adam D.K. King

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Passage

Safety helmet - Photo from Ümit Yıldırım via Unsplash.

Remember during the 2016 Democratic Primary when Hillary Clinton ineptly said she was “going to put a lot of coal miners […] out of business”? The Bernie crowd — myself included — had a good time with this gaffe, finding in it a microcosm of a certain centrist Democratic politics that touts supposedly progressive policy (in this case, clean energy) while treating the needs of working people as an afterthought, at best.

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Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat

17/07/21

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David Hasemyer

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Inside Climate News

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alyeska pipleline) running through landscape with Mountain range in the distance in Alaska. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

July 11, 2021

The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.

Thawing permafrost threatens to undermine the supports holding up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, jeopardizing the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines and raising the potential of an oil spill in a delicate and remote landscape where it would be extremely difficult to clean up.

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At least 58 dead in Germany as heavy rains bring catastrophic flooding

16/07/21

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Philip Oltermann

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The Guardian

'Catastrophic’ flooding hits western Germany leaving dozens dead – video report

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July 15, 2021

Parts of Belgium, France and Netherlands also badly affected as unprecedented rainfall wreaks havoc

At least 58 people have died and dozens more are missing in Germany after much of western Europe was inundated by record rainfall that brought devastating floods.

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Climate Change

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Climate Change

July 19, 2021

The ‘heat dome’ signalled our new reality. Here are key issues we must address now — or pay a big price later.

Problem 1: The destruction of the rural economy

The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.

Parts of Belgium, France and Netherlands also badly affected as unprecedented rainfall wreaks havoc

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