Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Oil demand, climate change clash in California pipeline plan – ABC News
New Report Leaves Activists Doubting Administration’s Fossil Fuel Pledges – Mother Jones
The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Spin on High Energy Prices Is BS | Sierra Club
‘To hell with Shell’ South Africans protest against oil exploration
Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil
Is Big Gas finally learning to love biogas? | Corporate Knights
West Shore-based tugs to escort oil tankers through Strait of Juan de Fuca – Goldstream News Gazette
Tigers, jaguars under threat from tropical hydropower projects: Study
In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site
Opinion | Big Oil’s Secret Strategy to Keep Winning | Naomi Oreskes
Oil highway bears down on uncontacted Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Yasuní
New York City Votes to Electrify New Buildings, Ban Natural Gas
Lower Fertility Rates May Be Linked to Rising Fossil Fuel Pollution, Scientists Find
Settlement Reached Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History
Court order blocks Shell’s seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast
https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-seismic-blasting-whales-2655904515.html
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/01/line-5-tunnel-is-a-false-solution/
https://www.ecowatch.com/oregon-lng-export-project-pipeline-2655910510.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/off-west-africas-coast-a-sea-of-oil-spills-goes-unreported/
https://theintercept.com/2021/12/08/oil-industry-wind-farm-prevent/
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-oil-gas-permits-2655950566.html
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-6-winter/feature/halting-gas-export-boom
https://in-sights.ca/2021/12/14/seth-klein-fixed-a-fortis-letter/
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/fossil-fuel-industrys-continued-lies
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
We must correct pharmaceutical apartheid or COVID will never disappear – rabble.ca
Johnson & Johnson: U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear suit | CTV News
Vaccine Makers Funneled Undisclosed Campaign Cash in 2020
Sacklers’ $4.5 Billion Opioid Settlement Thrown Out by Federal Judge • Children’s Health Defense
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/10/big-pharma-and-omicron/
Industrial Crop Farming
‘Forests will disappear again,’ activists warn as Indonesia ends plantation freeze
A ‘probiotic’ approach to agriculture is better for people and planet (commentary)
Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil
French deforestation database pressures Brazilian soy traders to clean up supply chain
Across Latin America, Mennonites seek out isolation at the expense of forests
Brazil’s Suzano boasts its pulpwood plantations are green; critics disagree
Mongabay’s coverage of palm oil in 2021
‘Land mafia’ makes its mark in a Sumatran village’s fight against oil palm firm
As its topsoil washes away, the Corn Belt is losing yields — and carbon
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastics-in-agriculture-health-effects-2655937899.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/holding-agriculture-and-logging-at-bay-in-the-congo-peatlands/
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/who-s-killing-so-many-eco-activists-colombia
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/what-has-the-pandemic-done-to-forest-policies-commentary/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
B.C. flood impact: Liquid manure may be in well water, officials warn | CTV News
The Dangerous Job of an Investigator | Animal Equality
European supermarkets say Brazilian beef is off the menu
Italy Votes to Ban Fur Farming and Shut Down Mink Farms
Petition: Hold Puppy Breeders in Iowa Accountable for Cruelty
Almost fifty pigs killed in truck crash in the Netherlands
https://animaljustice.ca/blog/new-comic-highlights-ag-gag-laws-in-canada
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean – Mother Jones
Latest delay casts pall over WTO bid to end harmful fishing subsidies
We must reverse the pressures on coral reefs before it’s too late (commentary)
British Columbia farmed salmon slips to Seafood Watch ‘Avoid’ list | Intrafish
Rare Pacific Footballfish Washes Up on California Beach for Third Time This Year
Building a Better Lionfish Trap | Sierra Club
https://faunalytics.org/nature-like-fish-farm-environments-enhance-welfare/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Oregon Police Ask for Information About Poisoning of Entire Wolf Pack
Indonesia ranks high on legal wildlife trade, but experts warn it masks illegal trade
Jail time for Thai construction magnate for wildlife poaching
Vietnam gives record 14 years in jail for trading rhino horns
In wildlife traffickers, the internet finds a cancel target everyone agrees on
United Kingdom to ban import of hunting trophies
Britain Tells Its Big Game Hunters to Piss Off – Mother Jones
UK Ban on Trophy Hunt Imports Aims to Protect 7,000 Species
Want a wild bird on the hush-hush in Singapore? There’s a Facebook group for that
Cheetahs threatened by global warming and pet trade
Ode to the Wolf – CounterPunch.org
Dual pressures of hunting, logging threaten wildlife in Myanmar, study shows
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Major clothing brands contribute to deforestation in Cambodia, report finds
Personal Care Product Toxins 101: Everything You Need to Know
Construction, Building
El Salvador women’s group takes a stand for river system targeted by development
Koalas in Sydney under threat by housing project
China’s building spree in Nepal casts shadow over Himalayan ecosystem
Logging & Mining
Amazon mining threatens dozens of uncontacted Indigenous groups, study shows
Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)
Amazon deforestation is rising. Guyana offers a rare bright spot | Environment News | Al Jazeera
Governor rails against ‘bioterrorists,’ ‘carbon cowboys’ destroying PNG’s forests
Dirty Gold Destroys Lives and the Environment – CounterPunch.org
U.K. conglomerate Jardines ‘caught red-handed’ clearing orangutan habitat in Sumatra
Why has illegal logging increased in the Greater Mekong?
Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands
Rio Tinto lithium mine: thousands of protesters block roads across Serbia | Serbia | The Guardian
Neskantaga First Nation sues Ontario over Ring of Fire development
Illegal mangrove logging surges in Indonesia amid economic hardship
‘Thousands of trees’ burned and logged in Cambodia: Q&A with filmmaker Sean Gallagher
Betty Rubio, the tech-savvy Kichwa leader defending threatened territory
For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up
Exports of threatened species’ timber boomed under Bolsonaro, probe finds
Madagascar gemstone rush puts a wetland and its community under pressure
First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra
Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?
Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water
Secrecy shrouds new gold mining deal in Guyana’s Marudi mountains
Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?
Rivers are Protected When We Protect Our Forests – CounterPunch.org
Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say
Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon
Kenya court orders return of $13m in seized rosewood to suspected traffickers
How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?
https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-molluscs-2656061335.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/kaska-caribou-yukon-mine/
Plastic
IKEA to Phase Out Plastic Packaging by 2028
US Is World’s Worst Plastic Polluter, Generating More Than The Whole EU | IFLScience
Microplastics May Increase Antibiotic Resistance, Study Finds
Microbes Are Evolving to Digest Plastic, Study Finds – EcoWatch
Amazon’s Plastic Use Increased 29% in 2020, Oceana Says
Microplastics From Africa and North America Found 9,439 Feet Above Sea Level in French Pyrenees
Eating Microplastics Could Cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Finds
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastics-in-agriculture-health-effects-2655937899.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-kill-human-cells-2655985047.html
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation
Tech & Media
INVESTIGATION: Canadian news media dominated by corporate lobbyists | Ricochet
Facebook bizarrely claims its misquote is ‘opinion’
Part 2: The Belly of The Daily Beast and Its Perceptible Ties to the CIA • Children’s Health Defense
Facebook’s very bad year. No, really, it might be the worst yet | Facebook | The Guardian
Big Tech is grooming kids while deliberately misleading parents – rabble.ca
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Is EPA Too ‘Cozy’ With Big Ag to Ban Bayer’s Dicamba? • Children’s Health Defense
Green Groups Sue EPA to Protect Pollinators From Deadly Pesticides
‘Seed Money’ Explores Monsanto’s Troubling Past and its Impact on the Future of Food | Civil Eats
EPA Staff Prevented From Warning Public About Carcinogen
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapses, dies in California | CBC Sports
Marineland charged for alleged violation of criminal code | CTV News
Marineland charged for using dolphins and whales in shows: police | CTV News
Elephant rides banned at accredited zoos in Canada | CTV News
The last bullfight? Mexico City weighs a ban – The Washington Post
Money, Banking, Investment
Your bank account has a carbon footprint, and it’s big – rabble.ca
Greenpeace Activists to Canadian Banks: ‘Stop Funding Climate Chaos and Injustice’
2 Louisiana insurance companies fail after Hurricane Ida
Despite progress, Canada’s pension funds are still investing in climate failure | Corporate Knights
Humanity’s slow-motion suicide – IN-SIGHTS
Chief Woos confronts the NAB board about its lending to the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline – YouTube
https://globalnews.ca/news/8427762/b-c-flooding-kills-650000-farm-animals/
https://www.straight.com/news/juan-ortiz-canada-is-on-fire-and-banks-are-pouring-fuel-on-it
Transportation, Shipping
British Airways to Start Using Sustainable Jet Fuel Next Year
Washington launches program to cut underwater noise in Puget Sound | Crosscut
Wary welcome for Indonesia’s ‘green port’ initiative to clean up shipping
Major Turning Point in 2021 Saw Global Shipping Take Massive Steps to Reduce Emissions
https://ricochet.media/en/3824/truckers-offload-waste-on-mohawk-homes-after-closure-of-illegal-dump