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Kingcome, B.C., experiences major flooding after heavy rainfall and high tides

18/10/17
Author: 
Chantelle Bellrichard
Link: 
CBC News
People travelling by boat in the floodwaters on Oct. 17, 2017. (Cassandra Henry/Facebook)

B.C. River Forecast Centre says flood watch remains in effect with between 50-80 mm of rain in forecast

Posted: Oct 17, 2017 5:09 PM ET

Floodwaters in Kingcome have people huddled indoors, watching and hoping the water continues to recede. 

"The high tide was at noon, so the water is starting to go down. We're not too worried about it right now," said Cassandra Henry from her home in Kingcome, a Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw community on B.C.'s Central Coast.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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Nuclear Plants Plus Hurricanes: Disasters Waiting to Happen

17/10/17
Author: 
Harvey Wasserman
Link: 
progressive.org
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant at Port St. Lucie, Florida

Although the mainstream media said next to nothing about it, independent experts have made it clear that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma threatened six U.S. nuclear plants with major destruction, and therefore all of us with apocalyptic disaster. It is a danger that remains for the inevitable hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters yet to come.

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Category: 
Climate Change
Global
Nuclear
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France's biggest bank shuns oilsands

16/10/17
Author: 
Elizabeth McSheffrey
Link: 
National Observer

A major French bank has joined a growing group of international businesses, schools and financial institutions that have pledged to go fossil fuel-free with their investments as the world collectively strives to avoid climate change disaster.

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Category: 
Climate Change
Global
Oil - Pipelines
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A Tale Of Two Islands

14/10/17
Author: 
VIJAY PRASHAD
Link: 
Frontline

One island, a poor socialist state with infrastructure in grave need of modernisation, has slowly emerged out of the chaos caused by a hurricane’s wrath, while the other, a territory of the richest country in the world, cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
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The aftermath: Foxes defend guarding the henhouse

14/10/17
Author: 
Shannon Daub

We recently shared the results of investigative research conducted through the Corporate Mapping Project.

Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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In Historic Step, Banking Giant Cuts Ties With Tar Sands

14/10/17
Author: 
The Real News
Link: 
The Real News
Tar sands

Greenpeace's Keith Stewart discusses the huge step by BNP Paribas to move away from tar sands and divest from 'the dirtiest project on the planet'

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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A tale of two islands

14/10/17
Author: 
Vijay Prashad
Link: 
Frontline.in
People wade through a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, on September 10 after the passage of Hurricane Irma. Photo: Ramon Espinosa/AP

One island, a poor socialist state with infrastructure in grave need of modernisation, has slowly emerged out of the chaos caused by a hurricane’s wrath, while the other, a territory of the richest country in the world, cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. By 

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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
Social
USA
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How Labour could lead the global economy out of the 20th century

14/10/17
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian
 ‘Magnificent public amenities create more space for everyone at a fraction of the cost of private luxury.’ Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy

The rupture of 2008 presents a chance to throw out our iniquitous system that busts the planet – here are some ideas

We are still living in the long 20th century. We are stuck with its redundant technologies: the internal combustion engine, thermal power plants, factory farms. We are stuck with its redundant politics: unfair electoral systems, their capture by funders and lobbyists, the failure to temper representation with real participation.

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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
Social
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Should Unions Strike for a Just Transition?

11/10/17
Author: 
Sean Sweeney
Link: 
Trade Unions for Energy Democracy

Unions Threaten to Strike for a “Just Energy Transition,” SAFTU and NUMSA call for socially owned renewables sector and reform of power utility Eskom.

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Category: 
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
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THE LOFOTEN DECLARATION

01/10/17
Author: 
Lofoten Group
Link: 
lofotendeclaration
Climate Leadership Requires a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production
 
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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
Coal
Global
Oil - Pipelines
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