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From Oregon in the United States, to Antalya and Bodrum in Turkey, to some of the coldest areas of Siberia, in the last month wildfires have been devastating thousands of acres amidst temperatures above 40°C. The flip side of this has been simultaneously catastrophic floods in Germany and China. As this article was being prepared, wildfires threatened to ignited huge coal stocks at the Milas power station in Turkey.

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Capitalism

Canada’s oil and gas sector filled up on federal COVID emergency cash

13/08/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

August 13th 2021

At a time when climate science demands a rapid transition off fossil fuels, Ottawa approved more than $1.3 billion for oil and gas companies through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS).

According to a January 2021 meeting note Canada’s National Observer received through a federal access-to-information request, “over $1.3B has been approved for the petroleum sector companies” as of Oct. 29, 2020 through CEWS.

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Ensuring public transit’s survival means more than ribbon-cutting

13/08/21

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John Di Nino

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The Star

Ensuring public transit’s survival means more than ribbon-cutting

Aug. 11, 2021

In recent weeks and months, the Liberal government has made one large transit announcement after another. It is clear that election time is on the horizon.

A lot of these announcements around new projects are welcome too for if we are going to expand our transit system, we need to have reliable capital dollars to do it. One thing has been made abundantly clear throughout this pandemic: money for projects alone is not enough. Transit systems need funding for operations too.

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After Covid, the climate crisis will be the next thing the right says we ‘just have to live with’ - Selfish Individualism Is Far Right Answer to COVID, Climate Crisis

13/08/21

Author:

Aditya Chakrabortty

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The Guardian

Floods on the Ahr River in Germany, 21 July 2021: ‘Soon, a little platoon of Tory backbenchers will respond to TV pictures of another devastating flood by complaining about ‘fearmongering’.’ Photograph: Friedemann Vogel/EPA

July 22, 2021

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Climate Change

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Climate Crisis Solution - Consume Less, A Lot Less

13/08/21

Author:

Ralph Martin

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National Observer

A feast not unlike many you might find at a North American celebration. Photo by Jeremy Bishop / Unsplash

August 12th 2021

One of the road signs that inevitably grabs my attention is: “Drive like your kids live here.” Recently, this sign pulled me out of my distracted mental meanderings about how pandemic easing may lead to pent-up excess consumption. I slowed down, paid attention to my surroundings, and then it hit me: “Consume like your kids live here.” It seems we’re consuming faster than 100 km/h when the safe speed is 30 to 50 km/h.

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Climate Change

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Climate crisis has cost Colorado billions – now it wants oil firms to pick up the bill

12/08/21

Author:

Chris McGreal

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The Guardian

Burned buses at the Colorado Mountain Ranch in the historic town of Gold Hill in the Fourmile Canyon fire area in Boulder, Colorado, attest to the effects of a devastating wildfire, Photograph: Craig F Walker/Denver Post/Getty Images

Aug. 2, 2021

ExxonMobil and Suncor face lawsuits in the western state but big oil’s apologists say the US consumer is to blame for emissions

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Standardization Needed for Carbon Credits in U.S. Agriculture

12/08/21

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The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Aug. 11, 2021

Experts are calling for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to standardize and regulate the currently “uncertain” protocols for carbon credit programs.

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