Forestry

I witnessed police attacking Canadians practicing civil disobedience at Fairy Creek

22/08/21

Author:

Shaena Lambert

Link:

National Observer

Protestors pushed and shoved violently as they form a civil disobedience cluster at Fairy Creek on August 21, 2021. Photo by Shaena Lambert

August 22nd 2021

Tall tree, deep water, strong wind, warm fire –

I can feel it in my body, I can feel it in my soul.

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British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Protest - Revolt

Action against RCMP Violence at Blockades

22/08/21

For Immediate Release

August 21, 2021
Province-Wide RCMP Stand Down Actions
Monday, August 23
1:00-3:00 pm Pacific

Where: RCMP detachments and offices across British Columbia (and Toronto, as of August 21).

Category:

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Protest - Revolt

Arrests on the rise at protests against old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island

20/08/21

Author:

Kathryn Marlow

Link:

Aug. 20, 2021

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Category:

British Columbia

Indigenous Peoples

Protest - Revolt

RCMP turn out in force for mass arrests at Fairy Creek HQ

10/08/21

Author:

Patricia Lane

Link:

National Observer

Activists protesting old-growth logging at Fairy Creek form a human blockade to try to stop RCMP from raiding the camp headquarters. Photo submitted by @focus.wandering

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Category:

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Protest - Revolt

Second western Canada town destroyed by ‘exceedingly aggressive’ wildfire

08/08/21

Author:

Leyland Cecco

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The charred remnants of homes and buildings in Lytton last month. Two people were killed in the Lytton blaze and most of the town destroyed. Photograph: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters

Aug. 6, 2021

Residents of Monte Lake, British Columbia, told to evacuate
Village of Lytton devastated by wildfire last month

A second community in western Canada has been destroyed by wildfire as authorities in the region scramble to contain the destructive toll of climate change.

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Category:

British Columbia

B.C.’s rare inland rainforest at risk of collapse, international scientists warn in new study

30/07/21

Author:

Sarah Cox

Link:

July 23, 2021

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Category:

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

The Social Life of Forests

30/07/21

Author:

Ferris Jabr Photographs by Brendan George Ko

Link:

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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Category:

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

B.C. wildfires now burning ten times more than in 1990s

27/07/21

Author:

Barry Saxifrage

Link:

National Observer

The most extreme wildfires in B.C. are now creating their own weather. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory

July 27th 2021

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Category:

British Columbia

‘Everything is on fire’: Siberia hit by unprecedented burning

22/07/21

Author:

Andrew Roth

Link:

Siberia hit by unprecedented heatwave and forest fires – video report

July 20, 2021

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Victory! Media coalition wins court fight with RCMP

20/07/21

Author:

Ethan Cox1 Michael Simkin

Link:

VICTORY

JULY 20, 2021

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Category:

British Columbia

Protest - Revolt

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