Climate Change

06/03/20
Author: 
CBC News
The company behind plans to build a liquefied natural gas plant by the Saguenay port says the loss of a significant investor doesn't mean the end of the project. (Radio-Canada)

Mar 05, 2020 

Berkshire Hathaway opts not to invest $4B in liquified natural gas plant and pipeline

Warren Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway has decided not to invest $4 billion in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant by the Saguenay port.

The marine terminal to ship LNG to overseas markets is slated to be built roughly 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, at a cost of $9.5 billion.

05/03/20
Author: 
aniel Boffey
 It is still often quicker to travel into city centres by car despite growing congestion. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

Mar. 3, 2020

Despite €16.3bn in EU funding, cities have failed to get people on to bikes or buses, report says

Commuters in Europe are still choosing their cars over public transport despite enduring ever longer journey times into city centres owing to traffic congestion, the EU’s spending watchdog has found.

04/03/20
Author: 
Seth Klein and Marc Lee
A new report by Seth Klein and Marc Lee calling for a managed wind down of BC's fossil fuel industries. The full report is available here:

SUMMARY

03/03/20
Author: 
Damian Carrington
 Munira Wilson and Sarah Olney, the MPs for Twickenham and Richmond Park, cheer alongisde other campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London after the ruling. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Appeal court says decision to give go-ahead not consistent with Paris agreement

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport have been ruled illegal by the court of appeal because ministers did not adequately take into account the government’s commitments to tackle the climate crisis.

03/03/20
Author: 
Salmaan Farooqui
Protesters gather outside the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada mining industry convention in Toronto on Sunday, March 1, 2020. Photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

March 2nd 2020

More than 100 people protested outside a mining convention Sunday in downtown Toronto, where they blocked traffic on multiple roads and stood in front of entrances to the event.

Organizers said they were demonstrating against the harmful effects of resource extraction to the environment and to Indigenous lands.

At one point, protesters attempted to enter the convention but were stopped by police.

03/03/20
Author: 
Marlee Kokotovic
Protest against Constitution Pipeline US

March 3, 2020

This is a huge victory for environmental activists, pro-development advocates, and clean water advocates.

25/02/20
Author: 
Jack Garton
Cover - The Frontline Is Everywhere (in support of Unist'ot'en land defenders)
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25/02/20
Author: 
Jeff McMahon
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ASSOCIATED PRESS
 Feb 24, 2020
 

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ASSOCIATED PRESS

In a book out tomorrow, the woman who led the negotiations for the Paris Agreement calls for civil disobedience to force institutions to respond to the climate crisis.

“It’s time to participate in non-violent political movements wherever possible,” Christiana Figueres writes in “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis,” which will be released tomorrow by Knopf.

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