Ecology/Environment

12/06/22
Author: 
Victoria St. Martin
Health workers screen passengers arriving from abroad for monkeypox symptoms at Anna International Airport terminal in Chennai on June 03, 2022. Credit: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images

June 7, 2022

“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases.

Long before the world had ever heard of Covid-19, Colin J. Carlson and a team of researchers began work on a study that explored how climate change and the destruction of wildlife habitats might affect how diseases are spread from animals to people. Their first draft included a reference to a hypothetical pneumonia outbreak of unknown origin.

01/06/22
Author: 
Jason Proctor
Protesters display a Women's Warrior flag on Wet'suwet'en traditional territory on Dec. 19, 2021, after returning to blockade an area along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route. Crown is being asked to consider charges against 27 people arrested last fall in a series of blockades and actions against the pipeline. (Submitted by Arvin Singh)

Jun 01, 2022

The B.C. Prosecution Service plans to prosecute 15 protesters for criminal contempt for allegedly defying an injunction protecting construction of a controversial pipeline in northern British Columbia.

A Crown lawyer told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church on Wednesday that prosecutors need four more weeks to decide whether to charge 10 other protesters with criminal contempt in relation to blockades and actions last fall opposing Coastal GasLink's natural gas pipeline.

01/06/22
Author: 
Nina Larson
The WHO accused the tobacco industry of various means of environmental damage, from widespread deforestation to spewing out plastic and chemical waste.

May 31, 2022

The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said Tuesday.

The World Health Organization accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water in poor countries away from food production, spewing out plastic and chemical waste as well as emitting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.

28/05/22
Author: 
Kristina Hill
Damage to the South Roosevelt Boulevard seawall after the 1944 hurricane. Photo by Florida Keys Public Libraries / Dewey Riggs Collection / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

May 27th 2022

This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

25/05/22
Author: 
Dimitri Lascaris
Green Party of Canada supporters march in downtown Toronto. Photo from Shutterstock.

May 19, 2022

I stand ready to help the GPC’s next leader to build the party into a champion of an eco-socialist movement in Canada

After months of reflection and consultations with family, friends and political allies, I’ve decided not to run in the upcoming Green Party of Canada leadership contest.

Without a doubt, this has been a difficult decision.

24/05/22
Author: 
Clare Watson
Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential. Photo by Oleksandr Sushko / Unsplash

Editor: The endless search for 'offsets' in a capitalist system. 

May 24th 2022

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

22/05/22
Author: 
David Shipway



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