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Make provinces pay for their emissions

28/10/21

Author:

Ross Belot

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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet included green equalization in his party's platform. And under that scenario, Alberta would pay and Quebec would receive, writes Ross Belot. File photo by Andrew Meade

October 28th 2021

Equalization payment policy always produces an energized discussion in Canada, particularly between Quebec and Alberta. During a recent election, a province’s quasi-referendum on changing the concept of equalization was supported by a substantial 41 per cent. Not the one held in Alberta this month, I’m talking about Quebec.

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Hereditary Chief Dsta'hyl Arrested on Wet'suwet'en Territory

28/10/21

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First Nations leaders

RCMP Arrest Likhts'amisyu Hereditary Chief Dsta'hyl and Gitxsan Supporter Colin Sutherland-Wilson

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World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds

28/10/21

Author:

Oliver Milman

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The Guardian

A coal plant near Luetzerath, Germany. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Oct. 28, 2021

Pace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep global heating to 1.5C

Every corner of society is failing to take the “transformational change” needed to avert the most disastrous consequences of the climate crisis, with trends either too slow or in some cases even regressing, according to a major new global analysis.

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Climate Change

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Gitxaala launches court challenge over system that allows easy purchase of mineral rights in B.C.

28/10/21

Author:

Gordon Hoekstra

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Vancouver Sun

Oct 26, 2021

The Gitxaala charge that mineral claims in their traditional territory were granted without consultation or even notice, which violates constitutional obligations to them and violates the United Nations declaration of the rights of indigenous peoples, which the B.C. government adopted in 2019.

The Gitxaala First Nation in northwestern B.C. has filed a first-of-its-kind legal challenge to the province’s mineral rights regime, which some critics have likened to a relic from the gold-rush era.

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We demand real zero, not net zero!

27/10/21

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Oilwatch International

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Climate and Capitalism

Net zero emissions and other false solutions allow polluters to continue polluting

Declaration adopted by the Oilwatch International Global Gathering in Nigeria, October 19-21.

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Climate Change

Global

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Thomas Piketty: The Making of a Socialist

27/10/21

Author:

Robert Kuttner

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New York Times

Thomas Piketty, 2017Credit...SIPA, Associated

Oct. 26, 2021

"Nobody is as surprised by this turn as Piketty himself."

TIME FOR SOCIALISM

Dispatches From a World on Fire, 2016-2021
By Thomas Piketty

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Capitalism

Ecosocialism

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Pre-COP26 youth summit unveils its list of demands

26/10/21

Author:

Morgan Sharp

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National Observer

Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a skeptical tone at the Youth4Climate event in Milan in September. Photo by Felton Davis / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Oct. 26, 2021

Young people who attended a recent youth climate conference in Milan, Italy, presented their list of demands for world leaders Monday ahead of a United Nations meeting aimed at trying to avoid environmental devastation.

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‘Unforgivable’: Developing nations will have to wait longer for promised climate fund

26/10/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

mother and child in flood - Without rich countries making the money available to poorer countries to transition to a clean economy, holding onto the Paris goal of 1.5 C will be out of reach. Photo by World Meteorological Organization(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

October 26th 2021

On Monday, days ahead of a critical UN climate conference, Canada’s Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson admitted rich countries have failed to meet a critical international climate financing milestone, and are unlikely to reach it for years to come.

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Citizens in Advanced Economies Want Significant Changes to Their Political Systems

26/10/21

Author:

Richard Wike, Janell Fetterolf, Shannon Schumacher and J.J. Moncus

A woman votes at a polling station on Oct. 4, 2021, in Turin, Italy. (Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

Oct. 21, 2021

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Global

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Landlords Mess With the Wrong Old Folks Community

26/10/21

Author:

Hannah Krieg

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The Stranger

Patricia Bruce, a resident of a senior living community managed by COAST, has had enough. Her sign lists a number of her demands: "We need better security, a cleaner environment, rent equity, and a show of respect and dignity." HK

Returning to his apartment building with a grocery bag in hand, one resident of a South Seattle senior living community was greeted by a courtyard filled with picket signs.

“They didn’t lock you up? They didn’t send dogs on ya?” he asked his protesting neighbors. “This one has warrants out in ten states,” he joked with one of the protestors.

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Protest - Revolt

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Pace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep global heating to 1.5C

The Gitxaala charge that mineral claims in their traditional territory were granted without consultation or even notice, which violates constitutional obligations to them and violates the United Nations declaration of the rights of indigenous peoples, which the B.C. government adopted in 2019.

Net zero emissions and other false solutions allow polluters to continue polluting

"Nobody is as surprised by this turn as Piketty himself."

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