Ecology/Environment

Climate Disruption Killing Off BC Salmon, Says DFO

19/02/21

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Watershed Watch

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Watershed Watch

February 11th, 2021

(A recap of DFO’s annual State of the Salmon assessment)

Many factors contribute to the decline of wild salmon in B.C. Habitat destruction, harvest, and bad aquaculture practices are all negative impacts, but the effect global warming has on salmon populations will be widespread, long-lasting and irreversible without urgent action.

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DSA’s Green New Deal Principles

15/02/21

Author:

Democratic Socialists of America - Ecosocialists Working Group

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Democratic Socialists of America

Published February 28, 2019

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Blockaded Baffinland Mine Workers Pen Their Support to Inuit Blockaders

12/02/21

Author:

CBC News

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CBC News

Feb 11, 2021

'We recognize the Inuit as the rightful custodians of this land,' say group of employees in open letter

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Callout for Supporters at Unist'ot'en

12/02/21

Author:

Indigenous Leaders

As we reach the one year anniversary of the brutal raids on Wet'suwet'en territory and the wave of incredible action across Turtle Island, the struggle continues despite the challenges of COVID-19.

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Global salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage

11/02/21

Author:

Fiona Harvey

Link:

The Guardian

Fish mortality has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2002 to about 13.5% in 2019, in Scottish salmon farms alone. Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

Feb. 11, 2021

Report says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019

Salmon farming is wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems, through pollution, parasites and high fish mortality rates which are causing billions of pounds a year in damage, a new assessment of the global salmon farming industry has found.

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Ecology/Environment

Fisheries

Global

3 False Solutions in Biden Climate Policy - Ethanol, Biogas, Carbon Banking

10/02/21

Author:

Alexis Baden-Mayer

Link:

Organic Consumers Association

February 2, 2021

On January 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed his “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This historic action commited the U.S. to achieving “significant short-term global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and net-zero global emissions by mid-century or before.”

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Tree-Free Pulp Mills Kicked Off in Washington State

10/02/21

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

Canopy executive director Nicole Rycroft stands next to straw bales at Columbia Pulp Mill in Washington. Rycroft photo

February 9th 2021

For Nicole Rycroft, the first modern, tree-free commercial-scale pulp mill in North America was a “lightbulb moment” about the climate crisis.

The new mill in eastern Washington state, called Columbia Pulp, runs entirely without woodchips.

Instead, it makes pulp, for paper products like tissues and food containers, out of some of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of wheat straw that is left over after farmers harvest their grain.

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Re-Wild Fraser Estuary! Letter to Jimmy Pattison

09/02/21

Author:

David Ellis

February 6, 2021.

Dear Ms. Chant,

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Over 50 Water Protectors in Minnesota March Onto Line 3 Pipeline Easement to Stop Construction

03/02/21

Author:

Jessica Corbett

Link:

Common Dreams

Water protectors protested at a construction site for the Line 3 pipeline near Cloquet, Minnesota on February 2, 2021. (Photo: Line 3 Media Collective)

Feb. 2, 2021

"We are endangering future generations," said Charles King, who locked himself to construction equipment, "and that's got to stop."

After three protesters were arrested on Monday at a Minnesota construction site for Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, more than 50 water protectors on Tuesday marched onto an easement—with two people locking themselves to an excavator—and temporarily shut down work on the contested tar sands project.

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Canada backs Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project as opposition mounts in Minnesota

02/02/21

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

Rep. Ilhan Omar (centre), the whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, appears on Jan. 30 with Indigenous leaders organizing to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline project in Minnesota. Omar photo / Twitter

February 2nd 2021

Canada’s federal government is voicing its support for Calgary-based Enbridge’s Line 3 project in northern Minnesota as opposition to the pipeline’s construction intensifies.

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Ecology/Environment

'We recognize the Inuit as the rightful custodians of this land,' say group of employees in open letter

Report says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019

"We are endangering future generations," said Charles King, who locked himself to construction equipment, "and that's got to stop."

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