Ecology/Environment

05/06/21
Author: 
Ecosocialist Alliance
System Change

June 5, 2021  •  

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. This wealth is more than sufficient to provide for the needs for food, water, health, housing and education of the global population.

05/06/21
Author: 
Ethan Cox
The first camp on Caycuse Main, before an RCMP raid. Michael Simkin, May 18, 2021.

June 1, 2021

In an email sent to a journalist by accident, a senior staffer instructs a colleague to ignore requests for an interview

Over the past two weeks, more than 100 protesters  [now 150+] have been arrested trying to stop the logging of one of the last areas of pristine ancient forest remaining in North America, on Vancouver Island’s southwest coast.

04/06/21
Author: 
Canadian Press
TMX pipeline work

June. 3, 2021

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was issued Thursday by the Canada Energy Regulator, the agency that enforces safety and environmental guidelines for pipeline projects across Canada.

A statement released by the CER said it issued the order to immediately stop all clearing activity "to prevent harm to nesting birds in the pipeline project’s right of way and to ensure Trans Mountain is correcting any issues it has in relation to contractor oversight and management." 

03/06/21
Author: 
Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Sri Lanka faces environmental disaster as cargo ship burns for days – video

31 May 2021 

Debris has killed marine life and is being seen as country’s worst environmental catastrophe

Sri Lanka is facing the worst environmental disaster in its history after a cargo ship carrying chemicals caught fire off its coast, spilling microplastics across the country’s pristine beaches and killing marine life.

The fire on MV X-Press Pearl, a Singapore-registered ship, broke out on 20 May and has been burning ever since. The Sri Lankan navy and Indian coastguard have been trying to reduce the flames for more than 10 days.

01/06/21
Author: 
Ruth Walmsley
Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange
May 31, 2021
Today, the Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support. We arrived at 6:15am to find no workers or security around, and were able to easily access the site. Some security and/or workers were spotted throughout the day, but it was fairly uneventful until 4pm when 7 RCMP cruisers pulled up. We were read the injunction, and chose to leave and not be arrested. 
 
22/05/21
Author: 
Derrick O'Keefe, Jerome Turner
Thursday was another day of confrontation on a remote logging road in southwest Vancouver Island, including the violent arrest of a young Indigenous woman by the RCMP. Police are enforcing a court injunction granted to forestry company Teal-Jones. - Jerome Turner

 MAY 21, 2021

21 arrests have been made in three days, as RCMP continues to limit press access

Thursday was another day of confrontation on a remote logging road in southwest Vancouver Island, including the violent arrest of a young Indigenous woman by the RCMP. Police are enforcing a court injunction granted to forestry company Teal-Jones.

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