Ecology/Environment

BREAKING – RCMP INVASION EXPECTED ON WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY

03/01/22

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First Nations leaders

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Whales versus Militarism: Saving or Destroying the World’s Climate?

27/12/21

Author:

Koohan Paik-Mander

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The Bullet

December 17, 2021

The US military is famous for being the single largest consumer of petroleum products in the world and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Its carbon emissions exceed those released by “more than 100 countries combined.”

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Eroding Coasts Spill More And More Garbage And Toxic Waste Into The Oceans

27/12/21

Author:

Michael Allen

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Hakai Magazine

Thousands of landfills built over the past century, like this one on Walney Island, England, are susceptible to flooding, sea level rise, and coastal erosion. Photo by Global Warming Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Dec. 15, 2021

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Climate Change

Ecology/Environment

Social

The Essential Advocate, Philippe Sands Makes the Case for a New International Crime Called Ecocide

27/12/21

Author:

Katie Surma

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Inside Climate News

Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands speaks at AOL Studios In New York on Nov. 6, 2015 in New York City. Credit: John Lamparski/WireImage

Dec. 22, 2021

The British lawyer and author has held Nazis and presidents accountable for crossing the moral red line. Now, he argues, the time has come to pursue those who commit crimes against the environment.

BRUSSELS—Philippe Sands steps off his train at Brussels’ Midi station and sees a familiar face amidst a flurry of passengers.

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More from Kim Stanley Robinson - Lessons from science fiction on how to fight climate change

26/12/21

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Ideas - CBC

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CBC Ideas

Dec 16, 2021

'I absolutely believe capitalism is one name for the problem. It's exploitative,' says the sci-fi writer

Ideas 53:59Kim Stanley Robinson: The Best-Case Scenario You Can Still Believe In

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Coastal GasLink drops charges against journalists arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory

25/12/21

Author:

Emma Gilchrist

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The Narwhal

Dec. 24, 2021

Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano were detained for three nights, attracting international scrutiny of ongoing RCMP violations of press freedoms

Charges have been dropped against journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano, who were arrested and detained for three nights on civil contempt charges while reporting on militarized police raids on Wet’suwet’en territory in northwest B.C. on Nov. 19.

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Wet'suwet'en Evict Coastal Gaslink; Re-Establish Coyote CampCoyote Camp Re Occupied Sunday Morning! Week of Action Begins Today!

20/12/21

Author:

First Nations leaders

Wet'suwet'en Evict Coastal Gaslink From Drill Site; Re-Establish Coyote Camp

Dec. 20, 2021

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New fisheries minister wades into fish politics, cutting herring harvest in half

18/12/21

Author:

Rochelle Baker

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National Observer

Federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray is cutting the commercial herring fishing allocation to 10 per cent, down from 20 per cent last year, to protect the valuable forage fish and threatened salmon. Photo courtesy of Fisheries Ministry

Dec. 16, 2021

In her first major decision, new federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has reduced the West Coast commercial herring fishery by half.

Wading into the thick of fish politics Thursday, Murray said the decision is based on an abundance of caution given herring are a critical food for endangered salmon stocks — further jeopardized by the double whammy of fire and floods in B.C. this year.

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Canada aims to become global critical mineral powerhouse

18/12/21

Author:

Mia Rabson

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National Observer

A car is charged at a charge station for electric vehicles on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Editor: But see "Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race" https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lithium-cobalt-and-rare-earth... and Lithium-Ion Battery Production Is Surging, but at What Cost? https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lithium-ion-battery-productio... and more - search lithium here:

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Canada

Capitalism

Ecology/Environment

Suzanne Simard sees the forest for the trees

18/12/21

Author:

Matt Simmons

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National Observer

Suzanne Simard says returning now to the forests where she spent her childhood summers eating dirt is heartbreaking — because they’re gone. Photo by Brendan Ko

Dec. 17, 2021

Everything in an ecosystem is connected. A tiny sapling relies on a towering ancient tree, just like a newborn baby depends on its mother. And that forest giant needs the bugs in the dirt, the salmon carcass brought to its roots by wolves and bears and the death and decay of its peers. It thrives not in isolation, but because of dizzyingly complex connections with other trees and plants through vast but tiny fungal networks hidden below the forest floor.

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Ecology/Environment

The British lawyer and author has held Nazis and presidents accountable for crossing the moral red line. Now, he argues, the time has come to pursue those who commit crimes against the environment.

'I absolutely believe capitalism is one name for the problem. It's exploitative,' says the sci-fi writer

Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano were detained for three nights, attracting international scrutiny of ongoing RCMP violations of press freedoms

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