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20/02/23
Author: 
Jake Johnson
Mexican farmers take part in a march against NAFTA on January 31, 2008. (Photo: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)

Feb. 15, 2023

"Our government is working tirelessly to pad the multibillion-dollar profits of domestic agribusiness corporations by pushing GE corn," said one U.S. environmental group.

Environmental groups on Tuesday accused the Biden administration of putting the profits of big agribusiness over public health and critical pollinators by attempting to obstruct the Mexican government's ongoing push to ban genetically engineered corn.

15/02/23
Author: 
Geoffrey Morgan
A tanker at sea off a Cheniere Energy liquefied natural gas terminal on the US Gulf Coast.  Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg Photos

But see: https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/chart-lng-expansion-plans-threaten-global-climate-progress "The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate."

Feb. 13, 2023

15/02/23
Author: 
Hugo Cordeau
TMX construction in 2016. All eyes will be on the expected federal emissions reduction plan for the oil and gas sector expected later this year. Kindermorgan handout

Feb. 15, 2023

Feb. 1 marked another landmark: sea ice reached its lowest level in history. The climate crisis is here. We must act accordingly.

15/02/23
Author: 
Canary Staff
LNG expansion plans threaten global climate progress

Feb. 3, 2023

The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate.

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.

14/02/23
Author: 
Hilary Wainwright RED PEPPER
The Racecourse in Durham during the 2022 Miner’s Gala,(Credit: Gerry Hart)

An interesting article about the UK, but touching on some strategic and tactical questions we have been wrestling with in the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group--and possibly in the ENGOs (though with a different orientation toward replacing capitalism, of course).

                                -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 22, 2022

13/02/23
Author: 
Peoples of the Global South
MANIFESTO FOR AN ECOSOCIAL ENERGY TRANSITION FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH
A new manifesto critiques the "clean energy" transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South.
By  | February 9, 2023

 

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters

11/02/23
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Alberta's energy war room is promoting the expansion of liquefied natural gas projects in B.C. as construction continues on Canada's first LNG export project in Kitimat, B.C. Photo: LNG Canada

Feb. 7, 2023

Alberta’s energy war room campaign to promote the carbon-intensive LNG industry comes as B.C. admits it will miss emissions targets, even without accounting for new LNG

The BC Natural Resources Forum attracts a who’s who of the forestry, mining and oil and gas sectors to its annual gathering in Prince George. 

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