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Rush to electric vehicles may be an expensive mistake, say climate strategists

16/12/22

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Don Pittis

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An electric Canoo LV (Lifestyle Vehicle) at a factory in Livonia, Mich., last month. Quirky new designs can make EVs attractive items of conspicuous consumption for those who can afford them. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)

Dec. 12, 2022

With their futuristic designs and new technology, electric vehicles are the seductive consumer-friendly face of the energy transition.

As first incarnated by Tesla, the EV is increasingly seen as sleeker, slicker, faster and more stylish than traditional internal combustion engine cars and trucks that burn those dirty fossil fuels blamed for disrupting weather patterns and killing off species.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Action Required: Zain Haq is a 21 year old climate activist who is facing deportation - sign to stop this

16/12/22

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Stand Earth

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Stand Earth

9 December 2022

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Lobby group tries to sell the world on gas as ‘green’ answer to energy security

15/12/22

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Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Two children walk across the land in Ethiopia to get water during the drought. Photo by UNICEF Ethiopia / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Dec.14. 2022

The international gas lobby playbook hinges on rebranding planet-warming natural gas as green and key to energy security, new documents reveal.

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Indigenous nations in the Amazon urge Canada to strengthen mining rules

15/12/22

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Matteo Cimellaro

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National Observer

Dec. 15, 2022

With 17 per cent of its forest already lost, the Amazon is near a tipping point. If that reaches 20 to 25 per cent, scientists say there will be irreversible changes.

Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, a leader from the Achuar Nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, put it simply at a news conference Wednesday: the Amazon is in a “deep crisis.”

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The Ecosocialist Project: Climate Changes Everything

15/12/22

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Jonathan Neale

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System Change not Climate Change

Nov. 28, 2022

Ecosocialism in the age of climate change needs to stop being a niche, an abstract ideological program, and turn into a concrete, practical, non-dogmatic plan for the future.

We need to make some serious changes in the ecosocialist project.

It’s good that we have the idea of ecosocialism. Because the words stand for a basic idea that ecology and socialism go together. Linked, they are the hope of the world.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’ - But this is still a long way from practical application

14/12/22

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Nicola Davis

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The Guardian

'Major scientific breakthrough': US recreates fusion

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The BC Government’s Struggle to Respond to the Gig Work World

14/12/22

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Zak Vescera

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The Tyee

Thousands of people work in the gig economy in BC without basic protections like minimum wage and WorkSafeBC coverage if they get hurt on the job. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 14. 2022

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve conditions for drivers and food courier workers eking out a living in the digital gig economy.

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We need to talk about why Russia invaded Ukraine

14/12/22

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Mary Dejevsky

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The Independent

Those who view Russia as an inherently aggressive, imperialist state insist that Russia must be defeated and made to recognise the error of its ways (AP)

Dec. 8, 2022

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Should we worry about eight billion people?

14/12/22

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Jonathan Thompson

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National Observer

Crowds take photos at the Bellagio Fountain in Las Vegas. The fountain is fed by a private well from a now-defunct golf course, not by the Colorado River. Photo by Jonathan Cutrer / Flickr

Dec. 14, 2022

This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

This is an instalment of the Landline, a fortnightly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in the western United States.

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Forest protection should be a high priority at COP15

14/12/22

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Rob Miller

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National Observer

We know these ancient forests are worth more standing. We understand the consequences of losing them. There is a sense of urgency for change. We need binding agreements from international negotiations like COP15. Photo via Flickr

Dec. 14, 2022

During Biodiversity Day at COP27, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault committed $855,000 to ensure non-profit environmental groups and Indigenous partners can participate at COP15, the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal. This funding levels the playing field as industries increasingly send their paid representatives to participate in the negotiations.

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Ecosocialism in the age of climate change needs to stop being a niche, an abstract ideological program, and turn into a concrete, practical, non-dogmatic plan for the future.

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

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