Ecology/Environment

Stoney Creek contamination kills 300+ fish

07/08/21
Author: 
Stefan Labbé
Link: 
Richmond News
Over 300 fish were found dead on the Burnaby side of Stoney Creek Friday.John Templeton

Aug. 3, 2021

A murky discharge found flowing out of a culvert from Coquitlam into a Burnaby creek has been linked to the death of hundreds of young salmon, according to a local stream-keeper group.

A milky discharge pouring into a creek on the Burnaby-Coquitlam border has been linked to the death of hundreds of young salmon, according to a local stream-keeper group. 

Stoney Creek is the most important salmon-bearing stream in the Burnette River watershed, and local volunteers have spent years trying to bring fish back. 

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Urban
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Virtually all emperor penguin colonies doomed for extinction by 2100 as climate change looms, study finds

05/08/21
Author: 
Rachel Pannett
Link: 
Washington Post
An emperor penguin stands on Peka Peka Beach on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/AP)

Aug. 4, 2021

Nearly all of the world’s emperor penguin colonies may be pushed to the brink of extinction by 2100, a study has found, as the United States moves to list them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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What carbon activists can learn from the campaign to end asbestos production in Canada

05/08/21
Author: 
Ross Belot
Link: 
National Observer
The Jeffrey Mine in Quebec was once the largest chrysotile asbestos mine in the world. Photo by Eric Launier / Flickr
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Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Clear their names, Jason Kenney

30/07/21
Author: 
Sandy Garossino
Link: 
National Observer
Premier Jason Kenney's anti-Alberta energy inquiry has impacted environmentalists (clockwise from top left: Ed Whittingham, Tzeporah Berman, Greg Knox and Shannon Phillips). Photos by Alex Tétreault, SkeenaWild, Twitter, submitted

It’s time to apologize to the innocent Canadian environmentalists that you and your allies have hounded, vilified and intimidated for almost a decade. Steve Allan’s anti-Alberta energy inquiry has found the accusations against them to be a complete sham.

Clear their names, once and for all.

Tell the truth, at long last, and admit you were wrong.

Take it back. Take it all back.

I have read the draft Allan report in full.

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Alberta
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Oil - Pipelines
Social
Tar Sands
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B.C.’s rare inland rainforest at risk of collapse, international scientists warn in new study

30/07/21
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Link: 
The Narwhal

July 23, 2021

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Forestry
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The Social Life of Forests

30/07/21
Author: 
Ferris Jabr Photographs by Brendan George Ko
Link: 
New York Times
Tree Cover

This is a longish read, but it's a wonderful story of scientific discovery, which some of you may already know about. - Gene McGuckin

2020/12/02

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Forestry
Social
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Canada’s sweeping closures of Pacific coast salmon fisheries leave workers reeling

30/07/21
Author: 
Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)
Link: 
The Narwhal

July 22, 2021

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Indigenous Peoples
Labour - Unions
Social
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49% Want Urgent Climate Action as Canadian Wildfire Impacts Mount

30/07/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Wildfire - NPS Climate Change Response/Flickrs

July 29, 2021

Half of Canadians say the recent wave of heat, drought, and wildfires sweeping the country has given them a heightened sense of urgency about the climate crisis, according to an Ipsos poll released Wednesday by Global News.

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Social
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Washington state county is first in US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure

30/07/21
Author: 
Oliver Milman
Link: 
The Guardian
The Tesoro oil refinery in Washington state. Photograph: Kevin Schafer/Getty Images

July 28, 2021

Whatcom county’s council passed measure that bans new refineries, coal-fired power plants and other related infrastructure

A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.

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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Coal
Ecology/Environment
Energy
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
Tar Sands
USA
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Video shows salmon injured by unlivable water temperatures after heatwave

29/07/21
Author: 
Hallie Golden
Link: 
The Guardian
Red lesions and white fungus on the salmons’ bodies are the result of high water temperatures and stress. Photograph: Conrad Gowell/Courtesy of Columbia Riverkeeper

July 27, 2021

A conservation group recorded the video after a heatwave in the Pacific north-west on a day when water temperatures breached 70F

Salmon in the Columbia River were exposed to unlivable water temperatures that caused them to break out in angry red lesions and white fungus in the wake of the Pacific north-west’s record-shattering heatwave, according to a conservation group that has documented the disturbing sight.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Social
USA
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