Oct 17, 2018
Valve-turners challenge climate crimes with non-violent direct action
Climate activists in the U.S. and Canada are manually closing the emergency shut-off valves on oil pipelines in acts of non-violent civil disobedience.
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Oct 16, 2018  Will the world act on climate change before it's too late?David Suzuki Listening to these politicians could lead people to think global warming isn't an urgent challenge or that the science and its well-known, already observable effects are up for debate. |
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Oct 16, 2018  May and NDP MPs show anger in debate on climate changerabble staff Passions fly high as House debates UN’s climate change report, with Green Party leader Elizabeth May telling government: ‘We need to do twice as much.’ |
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Oct 16, 2018  May and NDP MPs show anger in debate on climate changeKarl Nerenberg Passions fly high as House debates UN’s climate change report, with Green Party leader Elizabeth May telling government: ‘We need to do twice as much.’ |
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Oct 14, 2018  Rachel Notley and Tzeporah Berman present starkly different views of Alberta's energy futureDavid J. Climenhaga It wasn't a debate, exactly, but there was certainly a contrast of views when Alberta's premier and a prominent West Coast environmentalist addressed a group of teachers yesterday. |
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Oct 11, 2018  Is denying drinking water to Indigenous nations an act of genocide?Brent Patterson The Trudeau government did not hesitate to spend billions on a tar sands pipeline, but has delayed spending the dollars needed for clean drinking water. |
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Oct 11, 2018  Hurricane Michael is a sign of things to come if climate change denial continuesU.S. President Trump says the government is doing all it can for the victims of Hurricane Michael. By denying climate change, he is assuring many more storms and countless victims to come. |
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Oct 10, 2018  Holding corporations to account for climate change fatalitiesBrent Patterson Should the transnational corporations that profit from climate change be seen as committing the social murder of those who die prematurely because of it? |
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Oct 9, 2018  Protecting the complex web of life should be the priorityDavid Suzuki We need to be clear that if we let a species go, it's because we're choosing other values over its survival. |
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Oct 9, 2018  USMCA will mean more genetically modified foods on your dinner tableBrent Patterson The biotechnology industry is celebrating NAFTA 2.0 as a win for genetically engineered foods. |
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Oct 9, 2018  Trudeau's Big Oil-friendly decisions mean climate chaosBrent Patterson The latest UN report on climate change highlights a deepening credibility gap between the Trudeau government's climate spin and its actual record. |
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Oct 7, 2018  How carbon tax became Canada's ObamacareDavid J. Climenhaga "Putting a price on carbon" was always going to be unpopular with people who use fossil fuels out of necessity and for fun -- viz., Canadians, with their furnaces, SUVs and snowmobiles. |
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Oct 5, 2018  Free public transit could challenge reliance on carsYves Engler Free public transit could combat both economic inequality and climate disturbances. It could also be part of a serious challenge to private, car-centred transit and urban planning. |
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Oct 4, 2018  Is cap and trade in Ontario worth fighting for?Brent Patterson The climate justice movement needs to fight for real solutions, not market-based schemes or modest taxes implemented by a federal government committed to spending billions on a pipeline. |
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Oct 4, 2018  B.C.'s thirsty LNG industry is a threat to water suppliesEmma Lui The approval of LNG Canada, a $40-billion fracked gas project, gives the green light to a very thirsty industry that will abuse even more water at a time when water supplies are unpredictable. |
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Oct 3, 2018  Trudeau to reopen consultations with First Nations on Trans Mountain pipelineKarl Nerenberg Federal government appoints former Supreme Court justice to lead the talks on how to accommodate concerns of the affected First Nations. |
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Oct 3, 2018  BP offshore drilling threatens Nova Scotia coastal watersBrent Patterson We must collectively resist BP's drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Nova Scotia. |
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Oct 3, 2018  The new language of resource exploitationMel Watkins A new 800-page book, titled "Extraction Empire" and edited by Pierre Belanger, triggers ruminations on staples and extraction. |
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Oct 3, 2018  How much would it cost Trudeau to implement the right to water?Emma Lui The 2019 Alternative Federal Budget released last week outlines how much funding the Trudeau government needs to allocate in the 2019 budget to protect drinking water and watersheds. |
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Oct 2, 2018  Get outside and save the worldDavid Suzuki What could be more short-term thinking than rushing to exploit as many fossil fuels as possible before cleaner energy sources and the realities of global warming make them economically unviable? |
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Sep 30, 2018  Tzeporah Berman fires back at Jason Kenney's 'crass, simplistic narrative'David J. Climenhaga Why has no one from mainstream media picked up the phone and asked industry members of Alberta’s Oil Sands Advisory Group their thoughts on Tzeporah Berman’s work? |
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Sep 28, 2018  Keeyask Generation Project is another dam problemBrent Patterson The dam under construction in Manitoba is raising concerns not unlike those with the Site C and Muskrat Falls mega-projects. |
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Sep 27, 2018  Doug Ford rolls back climate policies while unprecedented tornadoes ravage his provinceKarl Nerenberg While climate change related events ravage citizens' lives, Ontario Premier Ford and his enablers gleefully attack virtually all measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Sep 26, 2018  Climate change and corporate greed combine to destroy forests with fire and fellingEd Finn As devastating as this year's wildfires have been, they are not the only threat to the world's forests. Massive deforestation caused by human activity threatens much of the world's woodlands. |
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