Climate Change

Ecosocialist Alliance Statement on G7 Conference

05/06/21

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Ecosocialist Alliance

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June 5, 2021 • Ecosocialist Alliance

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. This wealth is more than sufficient to provide for the needs for food, water, health, housing and education of the global population.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL

04/06/21

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Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press

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Lethbridge News Now

Jun 4, 2021 | 2:08 AM

OTTAWA — Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL.

The query was posed in a briefing note from Natural Resources Canada and released to The Canadian Press under federal access-to-information legislation.

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Insurance provider for Trans Mountain pipeline says it won't renew policy

03/06/21

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The Canadian Press

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Coast Reporter

June 3, 2021

CALGARY — An insurance provider for the Trans Mountain pipeline said it will not renew its policy with the company when it expires in August.

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an international underwriter based in Bermuda, said the project no longer fits the company's risk appetite.

"We currently insure the Trans Mountain pipeline, but do not intend to renew when the policy expires in August 2021," spokesman David Snowden said.

"This type of project is not currently within Argo's risk appetite."

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We Hug the Trees Because the Trees Have No Voice: The Twenty-Second Newsletter (2021).

03/06/21

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The Tricontinental

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The Tricontinental

Setu Legi (Indonesia), Take Care of this Land, 2010.

June 3, 2021

Dear friends,

Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research,

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Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange

01/06/21

Author:

Ruth Walmsley

May 31, 2021

Today, the Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support. We arrived at 6:15am to find no workers or security around, and were able to easily access the site. Some security and/or workers were spotted throughout the day, but it was fairly uneventful until 4pm when 7 RCMP cruisers pulled up. We were read the injunction, and chose to leave and not be arrested.

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Transit Demonstrations at 642 W. Broadway

01/06/21

Author:

Nathan Davidowicz

Starting today ( 1030 to 1130 am ) and every Weekday in June 2021 many concerned citizens will be protesting outside MLA Minister George Heyman Office at 642 W. Broadway

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Canada’s emissions increase greatest in G7 since Paris —New report shows jobs and royalties declining with emissions rise—

01/06/21

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

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Policy Alternatives

JUNE 1, 2021

VANCOUVER - A stark change in direction is needed if Canada is to meet its emissions-reduction targets, says a new report by veteran earth scientist David Hughes.

Going into the G7 Summit later this month, Canada and the US are the only G7 countries that have not reduced emissions since signing the 2016 Paris Accord. In fact, Canada has shown the greatest emissions increase during this time.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

MPs descend into tornado of confusion over net-zero bill

31/05/21

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

File photo of Parliament Hill in 2017. Photo by Alex Tétreault

May 28th 2021

A House of Commons committee descended into a tornado of confusion this week as it tried to approve amendments to the government’s net-zero emissions bill.

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Canada

Climate Change

Climate Science

Biden’s Fossil Fuel Moves Clash With Pledges on Climate Change

30/05/21

Author:

Lisa Friedman

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New York Times

Caribou calves in the Utukok uplands in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.Credit...Patrick Endres/ Design Pics Inc., via Alamy

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON — Despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut the pollution from fossil fuels that is driving climate change, his administration has quietly taken actions this month that will guarantee the drilling and burning of oil and gas for decades to come.

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