Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks – The New York Times
Mining leads to flooding in Indonesia’s coal capital Samarinda
The EPA’s New Shameful Tactic: Avoid People Poisoned by Coal Ash – Union of Concerned Scientists
In the Fight to Clean up Coal Ash, These States Are Making Progress | Earthjustice
Alarm Bells Ring in a Whale Habitat Famed for its Silence | Hakai Magazine
California communities suing over climate change face a key hearing – Los Angeles Times
Puerto Rico’s Energy Insurrection
CTV News VI | Video – Must Watch and Your Island News
The Big, Bold Action We Need to Save the Planet
Fossil fuel pollution behind 4m premature deaths a year – study | Environment | The Guardian
Cheap natural gas is making it very hard to go green. | TreeHugger
Sanders and AOC’s Fracking Ban Angers Centrists and Their Fossil Fuel Backers
Faced With Climate Disaster, Australian Prime Minister Plans to Open Coal Mine
‘Invisible oil’ from 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill reached Florida Keys – Portland Press Herald
How crashing LNG prices will affect Woodfibre LNG – My Sea to Sky
Oil and gas firms ‘have had far worse climate impact than thought’ | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.nepal24hours.com/shut-down-canada-until-it-solves-its-war-oil-and-genocide-problem/
https://ricochet.media/en/2946/wetsuweten-the-canary-in-the-canadian-fossil-fuel-cage
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/02/supreme-court-appalachian-trail-pipeline/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing
‘It’s outrageous’: Costly cancer drugs thrown out because of one-size-fits-all packaging | CBC News
Industrial Crop Farming
Koalas allegedly killed in ‘massacre’ on private logging plantation in Victoria | 7NEWS.com.au
Questions Remain About Using Treated Sewage on Farms | Civil Eats
Private firms will pay soy farmers not to deforest Brazil’s Cerrado
Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Big Ag Has Almost Every Advantage. Animal Outlook Is Taking It Back.
Secret decks found on ship that capsized killing thousands of sheep | Environment | The Guardian
Something Stinks in the Panhandle – The Texas Observer
Dogs seized from breeding operation in Mississippi
Horse Slaughter Stats – Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its reach in China
The Livestock Lobby Ploy to Write the Green New Deal
petition: Lion Farms Are Real, And What Happens At Them Will Make You Sick.
https://sentientmedia.org/in-court-sustainable-brands-argue-that-marketing-claims-are-meaningless/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
When Environmentalists and the Fishing Industry Team Up, Ocean Habitats Win – Yes! Magazine
1,400 Pounds of Shark Fins Found by Wildlife Inspectors in Miami – NBC 6 South Florida
Recreational fishers are increasingly targeting sharks and rays, and researchers are concerned
Scientists Say No To Octopus Farming – Faunalytics
The ‘blue acceleration’: Study shows humans’ surging incursions into the sea
500 Tonnes of Salmon Die in Arnarlax Fish Farms
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Brian Wilson calls on fans to boycott Beach Boys show at hunting convention – New York Daily News
Donald Trump Jr. trophy animal hunt auction starts bid at $10,000
Trump’s Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded After Legal Defeat – EcoWatch
Interior Dept. drops trophy hunting council amid court fight
Red List Publisher The IUCN Infiltrated By Trophy Hunters
Coronavirus spread renewing concerns about how animals are slaughtered – National | Globalnews.ca
Tigers saved in Poland. Report on animal ordeal caused by human greed – TVN24
Let’s take the fight to social media giants and protect endangered monkeys and apes (commentary)
Video exposes game-bird shooting industry’s secret carnage of UK wildlife | The Independent
Foxes ‘still hunted and killed’ 15 years after bloodsport was banned | Metro News
BC Animal Owners Association – Posts
Call for prosecution of Indonesian politician who kept baby orangutan as pet
Nearly 50 rhinos killed in Botswana in 10 months as poaching surges – France 24
Animal rights groups are ‘lesbian terrorists who want to take over government’— trapping advocate
Expert Warns Trophy Hunting Could Push Polar Bears To Extinction | The Hearty Soul
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
How a Canada Goose coat is made | Toronto Life
Privatisation, public health and the ‘water lords’
Illegal, allowed by FDA, and NOT disclosed to Pet Owners – Truth about Pet Food
Water Bandits: How one company almost got away with draining the Mojave Desert | Earthjustice
Enforcing pet food law “would not be in the public interest” – Truth about Pet Food
This Organization Is Creating a Cage-Free Germany
Around 100,000 Mongooses Killed For Paint Brushes In India Every Year
In Court, “Sustainable” Brands Argue that Marketing Claims are Meaningless
Logging & Mining
‘Koala massacre’ feared in Victoria’s south-west
Koalas found dead on Australia logging plantation – BBC News
Indigenous Forest Defenders Around the World Are Dying Anonymous Deaths | Literary Hub
Carbon emissions from Peruvian gold mining ‘alarming,’ experts say
In Sumatra, authorities fight a resurgence of illegal gold mining
Mining could topple community-managed forests in Mexico: New film
Forest industry protests northern B.C. caribou protection deal – Goldstream News Gazette
Barrage of mining requests targets Brazil’s isolated indigenous peoples
Canada’s Nevsun Resources To Face Mass Slavery Lawsuit After Supreme Court Ruling | HuffPost Canada
Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It’s the last thing our wildlife needs
http://dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/animal-rights-activists-brutally-murdered-21423965
https://www.ecowatch.com/mining-waste-dams-2645237760.html
Plastic
It’s Time to Break Free From Plastic Pollution
Loop could be the major packaging shift we’ve been waiting for | MNN – Mother Nature Network
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
Why Tourism Should Die—and Why It Won’t | The New Republic
Tech & Media
Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockades: corporate media’s punditocracy is yesterday’s news | rabble.ca
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Florida’s war on weeds is killing fish and supercharging red tide, opponents say – CNN
Wave Of Dicamba Complaints Prompts Pesticide Regulators To Ask EPA For Help : The Salt : NPR
Bayer Asks Appeals Court To Reverse $86m Roundup Cancer Verdict – Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Missouri Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto | Sierra Club
Animal Entertainment, Bloodsports
Ignoring pledge to animal advocates, Puebla announces bullfighting arena
Three little bears create ripples between Marineland and employee | StCatharinesStandard.ca
Sled dogs prepare to face intense health challenges during Yukon Quest – Goldstream News Gazette
Stop Treating Violence Against Animals as a Game
SeaWorld trainers will no longer ride dolphins at theme parks
Inside the illegal world of organised dogfighting – BBC News
24 dogs rescued from alleged metro fighting ring now recovering | KFOR.com
Horse euthanized at Santa Anita Park – 44th death since December 2018 | abc7.com
Irish Greyhound Board spent nearly €18k on public relations in three months after RTÉ documentary
Money, Banking, Investment
Why the coronavirus is clobbering oil prices | CTV News
Global Financial Giants Swear Off Funding an Especially Dirty Fuel – The New York Times
Feds under growing pressure to act on climate finance in next budget | Corporate Knights
Buying Trans Mountain Would End Badly for Brookfield – The Energy Mix
Extreme Weather Could Bring Next Recession – Risk Unaccounted for in Financial Markets
Canadian Banks Going Green Still Boost Loans to the Oil Industry – Bloomberg
Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods commits to no deforestation
JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race | Environment | The Guardian
BlackRock’s commitment to responsible investing must include human rights (commentary)
Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/wall-street-invading-wetsuweten-territory/
Transportation, Shipping
French ski resort is using helicopters to move snow | TreeHugger
Our Addiction to Ride-Sharing Apps Is Hurting the Environment – Mother Jones
Court rules Heathrow expansion illegal, says climate crisis should have been considered | TreeHugger