LNG - Fracking

Vancouver just endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Who’s next?

01/11/20

Author:

Aaron Saad

Link:

ricochet.media

Canada Fossil Fuel Proliferation Treaty - Photo: Jeff Wallace

Oct. 29, 2020

It’s the highest-profile success to date of a new initiative aimed at reining in the threat of fossil fuels

On Oct. 15, not long after enduring days of skies choked with U.S. wildfire smoke, Vancouver became the first city in the world to endorse something bold: the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It’s the highest-profile success to date of a new initiative aimed at reining in the threat of fossil fuels.

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Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd. appears ready to frack near San Martin and Puerto Wilches in Colombia

01/11/20

Author:

Brent Patterson

Link:

Peace Brigades International-Canada

Photo of the blockade of the Picoplata 1 exploration field in the ConocoPhillips/Canacol Energy VMM-2 block in September 2016 from Semana Sostenible.

October 29, 2020

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O’Regan says he will ‘monitor’ methane rules. Critics say it’s time to strengthen them

30/10/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, seen here in September, says “the regulations ... were established using our best available data, and forecasts will change over time...” Photo via SeamusORegan/Twitter

October 30th 2020

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan says Canada will look “very closely” at whether to tighten rules around a potent form of carbon pollution if “future data and modelling” convinces him it’s warranted.

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Parallels drawn between police action over B.C. pipeline fights, Mi'kmaq fishers

21/10/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

A photo posted to the Secwepemc Virtual Unity Camp Facebook page shows RCMP officers making an arrest last week near the drill site of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Facebook / Secwepemc Virtual Unity Camp

October 21st 2020

The RCMP's failure to protect Mi'kmaq fishers from intimidation, assault and destruction in Nova Scotia demonstrates how the Canadian state is all too ready to permit or perpetrate violence against Indigenous Peoples, say First Nations groups and B.C. politicians.

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The B.C. Election and the Crises of Capitalism

20/10/20

Author:

Tim Kennelly

Oct. 20, 2020

British Columbia is at the confluence of several crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn; the ongoing housing, homelessness, and drug overdose crises; the climate and ecological crises; and the crisis of colonialism for indigenous peoples, which has been ongoing since the beginnings of settler society.

British Columbia is also in the throes of an election campaign. The election pits the BC NDP led by Premier John Horgan, against the BC Liberals led by Andrew Wilkinson, and the BC Green Party led by Sonia Furstenau.

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BREAKING: Wet’suwet’en Women Occupy Pipeline Drillsite To Stop CGL from Drilling Beneath Their Sacred Headwaters!

15/10/20

Author:

First Nations Leaders

Oct. 13, 2020

The standoff is ongoing.

"We call for solidarity actions from coast to coast. Take action where you stand, or come stand with us on the yintah."
-Gidimt'en Checkpoint

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Climate Reality Check 2020

15/10/20

Author:

Ian Dunlop, David Spratt, also published by Climate Code Red

Link:

Resilience

October 14, 2020

What must climate and energy policy really achieve? It’s time for a …Climate Reality Check 2020

First posted at Pearls and Irritations

The Australian Government is dangerously out-of-touch as climate change accelerates and a cascade of tipping points risks unstoppable global warming.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate Change

LNG - Fracking

Oil - Pipelines

The struggle against Coastal GasLink continues!

09/10/20

Author:

First Nations Leaders

Please watch and share this important message from Sleydo (Molly Wickam) on the current state of the struggle.

Callout for long term supporters on the ground.

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Canada Pension Plan fuels the climate crisis with our own retirement savings

05/10/20

Author:

Patrick DeRochie & Adam Scott

Link:

National Observer

Recent analyses of CPP’s investments in oil, gas and coal raise red flags about the fund’s alignment with Canada’s climate commitments and mandate to invest in the best interests of Canadians. Photo by Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health

Last month, Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), wrote that climate change is the crisis beyond COVID-19 that we can’t afford to ignore, stating that “the full effects will depend on the actions we take now and in the future.”

We strongly agree.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy