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Coastal GasLink's New Fines for Lying Amount to 'Couch Change'

01/05/23

Author:

Matt Simmons

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B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office is fining Coastal GasLink for misleading the government after finding reporting discrepancies. Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal

Apr. 21, 2023

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British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Oil - Pipelines

Climate Campaigners Stage Blockade at White House Correspondents Dinner

01/05/23

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Julia Conley

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Climate protestors begin to march up Connecticut Avenue towards the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Apr. 30, 2023

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Protest - Revolt

It’s Getting to Look a Lot like Degrowth: Part 1

29/04/23

Author:

Steve Genco

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Ants floating on a log. Image generated by DALL-E2, “ants on a log, floating toward a waterfall”

Apr. 19, 2023

originally published by Medium.com

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MAGA Debt Ceiling Bill Increases Americans' Pain -- Again

29/04/23

Author:

Jessica Corbett

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U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2023. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Apr. 26, 2023

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How Finland Virtually Ended Homelessness—and We Can Too

29/04/23

Author:

Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star

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An homeless woman begs for money in the streets of Helsinki by -18°C, on January 20, 2010. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images)

Apr. 29, 2023

It turns out the very best thing to do is give people who don't have a place to live... a place to live.

Determined to pack more homeless people into Toronto’s overcrowded shelters, officials have come up with a solution: reduce the number of inches between beds.

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Inuit want access to loss and damage fund, Inuit Circumpolar Council president says

29/04/23

Author:

Matteo Cimellaro & John Woodside

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National Observer

Sea ice melts in Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Apr. 28, 2023

Inuit want direct access to a global fund dedicated to addressing destruction caused by climate change, the president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s Canadian arm says.

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Indigenous Peoples

Fighting giants: eco-activist Vandana Shiva on her battle against GM multinationals

29/04/23

Author:

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delh

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Vandana Shiva: ‘We’ve got to shift from industrial to ecological farming.’ Photograph: Quique García/EPA-EFE

Apr. 28, 2023

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Ecology/Environment

Protest - Revolt

Union Workers Condemn Vancouver 'Sweeps' of Homeless

29/04/23

Author:

Zak Vescera

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Several major unions and the BC Federation of Labour have criticized the City of Vancouver’s approach. Photo by Jen St. Denis.

Apr.27, 2023

CUPE local that represents workers involved condemn the city’s approach.

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British Columbia

Labour - Unions

The State and the Future of Socialism

25/04/23

Author:

Michael A. Lebowitz

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Build It Now

April 23, 2023

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Labour - Unions

Worrying Rapid Growth of Artificial Intelligence

25/04/23

Author:

Dan Milmo and Alex Hern

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An AI-generated deepfake image of pope Francis wearing a puffer jacket. Photograph: Reddit

Apr. 23, 2023

Google boss says issue keeps him up at night, while thousands have urged six-month pause on creation of ‘giant’ AIs

When the boss of Google admits to losing sleep over the negative potential of artificial intelligence, perhaps it is time to get worried.

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