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Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat

17/07/21

Author:

David Hasemyer

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Inside Climate News

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alyeska pipleline) running through landscape with Mountain range in the distance in Alaska. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

July 11, 2021

The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.

Thawing permafrost threatens to undermine the supports holding up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, jeopardizing the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines and raising the potential of an oil spill in a delicate and remote landscape where it would be extremely difficult to clean up.

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Canada’s zero-emission vehicle goals parked for now

16/07/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Ottawa and its critics agree there is much more work to be done to achieve the goal of phasing out the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, but what will it take? Photo by Ivan Radic / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

July 15, 2021

Ottawa and its critics agree there is much more work to be done to achieve Transport Canada’s goal of phasing out the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, but plans have stalled until the United States sets its course.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Jobs, Environmental Crises Need Climate Corps, Not Privatization

16/07/21

Author:

Jeremy Mohler

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In These Times

July 13, 2021

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Water Protectors Shut Down Line 3 Worksite

14/07/21

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Resist Line 3

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Popular Resistance

July 12, 2021

Floodwood, MN – On Saturday July 10th, water protectors stopped construction for a full day on an Enbridge worksite laying pipe for the Line 3 pipeline. Two water protectors locked to each other through the treads of a machine, while two others climbed up an excavator’s arm, where they stayed for 7 hours. This action took place on Anishinaabe treaty territories in solidarity with leaders of the growing Indigenous-led resistance to Line 3.

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Verification at Issue in U.S. Funding of Soil Carbon Capture

12/07/21

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The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

July 11, 2021

With the United States moving swiftly to fund credits for farmers who store carbon in their soil, there’s growing concern that the program may pay for carbon storage that is already happening—and give fossil companies and other major emitters a free pass to keep polluting.

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As Big Oil Execs Roam Free, Climate Activist Gets 8 Years in Prison

10/07/21

Author:

Brett Wilkins

Link:

Common Dreams

Reznicek Montoya

#NoDAPL water protectors Jessica Reznicek (L) and Ruby Montoya during a 2017 appearance on Democracy Now! (Photo: Democracy Now! screen grab)

July 3, 2021

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'This Is What Bipartisanship Looks Like': Vicious Fire Tornado Caught on Film in California

10/07/21

Author:

Jon Queally

Link:

Common Dreams

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Canada building global network of military bases in aggressive shift

01/07/21

Author:

Martin Lukacs Investigations | Jun 29 2021

Link:

The Breach

Canada building global network of military bases in aggressive shift - image

June 29, 2021

Documents reveal Canadian plan influenced by strategy of U.S.-led counterinsurgency throughout Global South

The Canadian military has spent the past 10 years establishing a global network of bases in order to “project combat power” under the influence and leadership of the United States, documents obtained by The Breach reveal.

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How did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places on Earth?

01/07/21

Author:

Eric Holthaus

Link:

The Guardian

‘People rest at the Oregon Convention Center cooling station in Oregon, Portland on June 28, 2021, as a heatwave moves over much of the United States’ Photograph: Kathryn Elsesser/AFP/Getty Images

June 30, 2021

The unprecedented heatwave in the Pacific north-west risks becoming the new normal if we don’t act now

On Sunday, the small mountain town of Lytton, British Columbia, became one of the hottest places in the world. Then, on Monday, Lytton got even hotter – 47.9C (118F) – hotter than it’s ever been in Las Vegas, 1,300 miles to the south. And by Tuesday, 49.6C (121F).

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