Ecology/Environment

How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a Brisk Thriller and a Passionate Argument for Revolution

08/04/23
Author: 
Olivia Rutigliano
Link: 
Lithhub

Apr. 7, 2023

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Category: 
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Deepening Doubts About Renewable Energy

08/04/23
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Link: 
The Tyee
Cobalt mining in Congo, says journalist Siddharth Kara, ‘drags humanity back to a time when the people of Africa were valued only their replacement cost.’ Photo via Harvard Kennedy School.

Apr. 7, 2023

The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics

The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Global
Industry Spin
Social
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The Promises and Perils of the Seaweed Farming Boom

31/03/23
Author: 
Nicola Jones
Link: 
The Tyee
Seaweed farmers harvest sugar kelp from a farm site in coastal BC. Seaweed farming is experiencing a boom around the world, particularly in northern climates where kelp is the crop of choice. Photo courtesy of Cascadia Seaweed.

Mar. 24, 2023

‘We made a big mistake with monoculture on land. Let’s not make the same mistakes’ in the ocean.

Offshore from Vancouver Island, a team hauls up a line laden with metre-long fronds of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissimi), a floppy, brown seaweed with crinkled edges.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Global
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B.C. RCMP make arrests at pipeline protest site following alleged 'swarming incidents'

31/03/23
Author: 
CBC News
Link: 
CBC News
Multiple officers were involved in the arrests. Police have not said whether anyone they took into custody are suspected of being involved in the alleged 'swarming'. (Submitted by Jennifer Wickham/Gidim’ten Checkpoint)

Mar. 29, 2023

Five people were arrested at a camp on traditional Wet'suwet'en territory in northwestern B.C. on Wednesday.

Sleydo', a spokesperson for the Gidimt'en checkpoint, said Mounties in multiple police vehicles arrived at the checkpoint around 10:30 a.m. PT, though she was not on site when it happened.

"They immediately began arresting people, as far as we know," Sleydo', also known as Molly Wickham, said in an interview with CBC News. 

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Breaking: RCMP are raiding Wet’suwet’en Yintah - Raids at Gidimt'en Checkpoint

29/03/23
Author: 
Kanehsatake Land Defense
Gidimt’en Checkpoint

Mar. 29, 2023

Dear allies of the fight for decolonization everywhere,

Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Top climate scientists urge swift action for Canada and the world in critical decade for change

21/03/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Wildfire evacuee Rob Lessard watches from across Okanagan Lake, trying to see whether the White Rock Lake wildfire has burned his home or not. Photo by Jesse Winter / Canada's National Observer

"Canadian climate policy is considered “highly insufficient” by the independent Climate Action Tracker."

Mar. 2023

A climate bomb is ticking, and the latest report from the world’s leading climate science body is a how-to guide for defusing it, says United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.

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Canada
Climate Change
Climate Science
Ecology/Environment
Global
Social
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Why BC Needs a Climate Fund for First Nations

21/03/23
Author: 
Lisa Akinyi May
Link: 
The Tyee
A wildfire sweeps down a mountain near Lytton, BC, in 2021. A Nlaka’pamux Nation community in the area has developed an adaptation strategy to deal with climate change; BC needs to support these kinds of initiatives, and establish a climate loss and damages fund. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Website editor: Here's a great idea!

Mar. 21, 2023

COP27 created a global loss and damages fund. David Eby’s government should do the same.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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Canada’s plan to “clean up” the oil sands

20/03/23
Author: 
The Breach
Link: 
The Breach
Still - Canada’s plan to “clean up” the oil sands

Mar. 15, 2023

Watch here: https://youtu.be/kEEcYzRIDhw

Transcript:

Hello, I’m from the Canadian government with an important update about one of our most cherished traditions: turning pristine waterways into rancid waste ways.

For years, the Alberta oil sands have been dealing with a PR problem—I mean, environmental crisis.

Slimy mining leftovers that from outer space look like planetary shit stains.

Category: 
Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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World Has Less Than a Decade to Stop Catastrophic Warming, U.N. Panel Says

20/03/23
Author: 
Brad Plumer
Link: 
The New York Times
Hoesung Lee, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, speaking at the global climate talks on Nov. 6 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.Credit...Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Mar. 20, 2023

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
Climate Science
Coal
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Global
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Species Are Seeking Higher Ground to Escape Climate Change

20/03/23
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
Link: 
The Tyee
Deep-sea pink sea urchins aggregate to feed on decaying seaweed. To adapt to climate change, they’ve been expanding their habitat by an average of 3.5 metres per year. Photo by Ocean Networks Canada/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Mar. 17, 2023

But what happens when there’s nowhere left to go?

Species are heading up steep slopes on land and underwater to escape the effects of climate change.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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