Ecology/Environment

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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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
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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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'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
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The California salmon wipeout is even worse than you think

29/07/21
Author: 
The Times Editorial Board
Link: 
yahoo news
A juvenile spring chinook salmon.
 
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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Social
USA
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Far right rallies behind Annamie Paul

29/07/21
Author: 
Yves Engler
Link: 
yvesengler.com
Annamie Paul

July 28, 2021

Was Annamie Paul’s plan to unite the far right and the Green Party? Because, incredibly, that seems to be what’s happening. And stranger still is how some self-professed progressives have let identity politics blind them to anti-Palestinian racism.

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Canada
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Social
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To avoid climate catastrophe, Canada must account for its hidden emissions

27/07/21
Author: 
Fraser Thomson
Link: 
National Observer
We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions both here in Canada and around the world. Photo by Pikrepo

July 27th 2021

The past month has been a wake-up call for many Canadians as large parts of the country sweltered under an intense “heat dome” that is believed to have contributed to at least 719 sudden deaths in British Columbia.

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Global
Social
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Genocide and Colonialism: Challenging the Canadian State

26/07/21
Author: 
Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme
Link: 
The Bullet
Turtle Island - drumming

July 26, 2021  •  

Public opinion has been shaken by the ‘discovery’ of unmarked graves of children who died in residential schools. The word ‘discovery’ has to be placed in quotation marks because Indigenous communities have been saying for many years that terrible things happened at these places. The time has come to call this what it is – a genocide.

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Canada
Capitalism
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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