Ecology/Environment

02/03/25
Author: 
BC Climate Emergency Campaign and Allies
 from https://bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-report
Feb. 2025
 
SUMMARY
 
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been widely promoted by governments and industry throughout B.C.
as a fix-all solution that will supposedly boost B.C.’s economy, support local jobs, get countries in Asia
off coal, reduce B.C.’s reliance on American energy exports, and lower B.C.’s emissions.
 
This briefing note explains why LNG is a false solution on all these fronts. It lays out environmental,
02/03/25
Author: 
Martin Hart-Landsberg
Robot

 March 2, 2025  

The leading big tech companies are working hard to sell artificial intelligence (AI) as the gateway to a future of plenty for all. And to this point they have been surprisingly successful in capturing investor money and government support, making their already wealthy owners even wealthier. However, that success doesn’t change the fact that their AI systems have already largely exhausted their potential.

27/02/25
Author: 
Nina Lakhani
The Mountain Valley Pipeline route on Brush Mountain, Virginia. Photograph: Heather Rousseau/AP

Feb. 25, 2025

Protesters who tried to disrupt completion of Mountain Valley pipeline to defend themselves in Virginia court

Climate activists who tried to disrupt the completion of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Appalachian forests will appear in court in Virginia on Tuesday to face serious criminal charges that they vehemently deny.

24/02/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Canadian Coast Guard and the Department of Defence joint search and rescue (SAR) team evacuated 20 mariners from a grounded cargo ship on Feb. 15 off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the CCG are suffering financial strain of maintaining core services in face of rising climate impacts and extreme weather. Facebook photo / Canadian Coast Guard

Feb. 24, 2025

Hurricane Fiona left a trail of destruction across the Atlantic Coast in September 2022 wreaking havoc on wharves, fisheries, vessels, and gear and the federal government’s pocketbook.

21/02/25
Author: 
Matteo Cimellaro
Lance Haymond, chief of Kebaowek First Nation, prepares to speak at a House committee about a nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River on March 21, 2024. Haymond told Canada's National Observer that he is ecstatic by the decision, thanking all the support Kebaowek has received from allies during their campaign for a greater voice over a proposed nuclear waste facility on their territory. Photo by Matteo Cimellaro / Canada's National Observer

Feb. 21, 2025

A federal judge’s decision on a Quebec nuclear waste facility has set a new precedent for what consultation with First Nations should look like, raising the standard for projects across Canada. 

16/02/25
Author: 
Susan Spronk, Karen Spring and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
climate crisis protestors

Website editor: Here in a nutshell is the problem: "....tackle the climate crisis by financing public goods instead of offering incentives to private firms."

Feb. 16, 2025

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