Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 1.4 million litres of oil in North Dakota | CBC News
Email Equinor: your rigs are not welcome in the Great Australian Bight
Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota – The New York Times
Fracking halted in England in major government U-turn | Environment | The Guardian
Massachusetts Sues Exxon Mobil for Deceptive Climate Messaging
Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities
Fossil fuel industry tops the list of lobbyist groups in Ottawa: report – Goldstream News Gazette
PG&E Spent Millions on Lobbying After Declaring Bankruptcy
Ohio Nuclear Energy Company Gets $1.1 Billion Bailout
Solar Rooftop Energy Finds An Enemy In Web Site Linked to Utilities
Their lawsuit against a coal firm in limbo, Bornean villagers take their fight online
The Latest | Corporate Mapping Project
Fossil-Power Top 50 | Corporate Mapping Project
The F-Word Finally Enters Climate Politics – Scientific American Blog Network
The Keystone Oil Spill No One’s Talking About Will Be Nearly Impossible to Clean Up – VICE
NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Emitters’ – Bloomberg
Unplugging PG&E Is Easier Said Than Done – Mother Jones
Cannabis | Georgia Straight » Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly
‘This Is a Huge Opportunity to Create an Energy System Rooted in Climate Justice’ | FAIR
Activists hang from pier at Port of Vancouver, 5 arrested
Oil spill threatens vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs in Brazil | Environment | The Guardian
Cambridge accepts £6m Shell donation for oil extraction research | Education | The Guardian
Dominion Energy Now Faces Virginia Democratic Takeover
Alberta’s History of Squandered Opportunities | The Tyee
12 Strategies to Fight the Oil Industry and Transform Our Energy System • The Revelator
‘Deep state’ lobbying a growing tactic of fossil fuel industry, report finds | The Narwhal
The Keystone Oil Spill No One’s Talking About Will Be Nearly Impossible to Clean Up – VICE
“Bridge” to clean energy goes up in smoke | Corporate Knights
“Bridge” to clean energy goes up in smoke | Corporate Knights
Conference probes damage caused by hydro projects – Winnipeg Free Press
Stop oil and gas development from harming Alaska’s wildlife – Defenders of Wildlife
This map shows every oil and gas spill in Sask. between 2000 and 2018 | CTV News
Petroleum Junkies of the World, Unite! – Resilience
Fossil Fuel Giants Should Be Terrified of Becoming the Next Big Tobacco – VICE
Land affected by Keystone pipeline leak 10 times bigger than thought | Globalnews.ca
California toughens drilling oversight in setback for industry – Reuters
Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit | Environment | The Guardian
Alberta’s Coal Phase-Out: A Just Transition? | Corporate Mapping Project
Ditching Fossil Fuels Could Cut Health Costs Of Power Generation By 80 Percent | IFLScience
Nov 19 Toronto action in support of Unist’ot’en against TC Energy
Scientists see disaster looming in world production of coal, oil and gas | National Observer
Pollution from Athabasca oil sands affects weather processes | Newsroom – McGill University
‘Hidden danger’: Life for farmers atop Alberta’s 400,000 kilometres of pipelines | The Narwhal
Stop Zombie Oil Refinery in St. Croix
Land affected by Keystone pipeline leak bigger than thought
BLM moves to gut protected areas in Alaska’s Western Arctic | Earthjustice
Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough – CNN
Tell Trudeau to stop the Teck Frontier Mine
UBC votes to divest $380M from fossil fuels, but students demand more | CBC News
It’s Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity
Activists rally to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil exploration
California Halts Fracking Permits in Oil Producer Crackdown | Time
An alarming amount of toxic mercury can now be found in coastal fog | MNN – Mother Nature Network
South Korea funding coal plants overseas that would be banned at home
Water Protectors Blockade Enbridge Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline | Democracy Now!
Varcoe: Alberta seeks Ottawa’s help, money to clean up abandoned wells | Calgary Herald
60,000 People Ordered to Flee as MORE Massive Explosions Rock Texas
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Pharma, Medical, Veterinary
Studies that deliberately infect people with diseases are on the rise
Some of NIH’s chimpanzees will not retire to a sanctuary as planned | Science | AAAS
Petition: Stop the FDA Forcing Drug Companies to Test on Animals
Harvard Law Clinic Urges USDA to Improve Lives of 100,000 Research Animals
Hill’s Pet Food Vitamin D was 2900% HIGHER – Truth about Pet Food
Irish universities purchase over 46,000 live animals for research in two years – Trinity News
That Time Canada Had a Public Lab that Made Life-saving Drugs | The Tyee
Crop Farming
Debate rages over intensive oil palm farming in Gabon
Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary)
Save the Rainforest, Save the Tigers – Rainforest Action Network
RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium
Uphold your Promise: Stop Deforestation
FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations, even with redactions
Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands
Brazil’s ‘coconut breakers’ feel the squeeze of Cerrado development
In surprise move, Brazil has removed restrictions on Amazon sugarcane production
Deforestation preceded fires in ‘massive’ area of Amazon in 2019
New Panthera Paper Highlights Perils of Expanding Palm Oil Production in Neotropics | Panthera
Mexico plans huge increase in palm oil production in sensitive ecosystems
Sugarcane threatens Amazon forest and world climate; Brazilian ethanol is not clean (commentary)
Leuser Watch – Rainforest Action Network
Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists : The Salt : NPR
Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America
The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Peru Signs Agreement To End Deforestation Caused By Palm Oil By 2021
Brazil investigates agribusiness bribes to judges for favorable land rulings
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in Imported Shrimp
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing Proposals Jeopardize Recovery Efforts • The Revelator
NL Aquaculture Association Blasts “Outside” Groups Critical of Salmon Die-Off Clean Up | VOCM
Going to court to ensure fish farms are properly regulated | Ecojustice
Salmon farming firm under fire over fish welfare after 700,000 deaths
Climate change and overfishing are boosting toxic mercury levels in fish | The Narwhal
Mass fish farm die-off near Tofino?
Court Rules in Key Case to Protect One of Earth’s Rarest Whales | Earthjustice
Are Chile’s industrial salmon farms changing the seas? | Indigenous rights News | Al Jazeera
Japan considers bill to continue public aid for commercial whaling | The Japan Times
Massive Salmon Farm Die-Off Pollutes British Columbia’s Clayoquot Sound – YouTube
Tuna Maker Bumble Bee Foods Files for Bankruptcy – NBC Connecticut
Climate change and overfishing are boosting toxic mercury levels in fish | The Narwhal
Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson on salmon farms: ‘Our objective is to shut them down’ | Intrafish
Campbell River mayor’s fish farm support on the wrong side of history – Campbell River Mirror
Common Pesticides Found To Starve Fish By Killing Aquatic Insects – Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Salmon farming firm under fire over fish welfare after 700,000 deaths
Indonesia’s new fisheries minister may go easy on trawl nets, poachers’ boats
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires
Canadian forest practices are now a global issue | Stand.earth
Fashion Is a Monster that I Loved | The Tyee
Scented laundry products release carcinogens, study finds – CBS News
Palm oil from ‘orangutan capital of world’ sold to major …
Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History – EcoWatch
California to Stop Buying From Automakers That Backed Trump on Emissions – The New York Times
TK Maxx and Amazon among shops selling real fur as faux – BBC News
Real fur from tortured dogs being sold as fake in Melbourne’s markets
The FDA Knew the Bottled Water Was Contaminated – Consumer Reports
Cargill’s GMO Stevia Hoodwinks Consumers – U.S. Right to Know
https://www.ran.org/leuser-watch/major-brands-caught-again/
Logging & Mining
Large illegal logging operation uncovered in Mozambique – Africa Geographic
Save Arizona’s Oak Flat From Copper Mine
Bookmarks
11 Surprising Benefits and Uses of Black Rice – EcoWatch
Tradition and taboo keep Guinea-Bissau’s forests standing
After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia | Common Dreams Views
Bolivia’s Massive Reserves Of Lithium Are About To Become Available To Western Companies
Tribes Halt Major Copper Mine on Ancestral Lands in Arizona | Earthjustice
Mozambique’s newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers
Tribes Halt Major Copper Mine on Ancestral Lands in Arizona | Earthjustice
Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Report
Madagascar regulator under scrutiny in breach at Rio Tinto-controlled mine
Thousands of Romanians protest against illegal logging, attacks on forest workers – Reuters
Florida: Tell Gov. DeSantis to End New Phosphate Mining
Plastic
We know plastic bottles are choking our planet. So why are companies still selling them? | CBC News
New Ethane Cracker Factories Raise Climate Change And Pollution Concerns | WSKG
Ohio Valley: Will we become a “Cancer Alley” plastics sacrifice zone? We deserve better. – YouTube
Microplastics found in the stomach and intestines of Arctic belugas harvested for food | The Narwhal
Microplastics found in all Arctic belugas tested: SFU study
Telecom & Electronic
5G Technology: Why Should We Expect a Shift from RF-Induced Brain
Weather forecasters lost the battle for strict interference limits on 5G – The Verge
Scientific American Issues a Chilling Warning on 5G Technology
Tourism
Elephant collapses and dies at popular tourist resort in Sri Lanka | Metro News
Is ‘Super, Natural British Columbia’ Veering into Overtourism? | The Tyee
A Guide to Ethical Animal Tourism, From Gorillas to Elephants – InsideHook
Our guide to animal friendly travel | UK World Animal Protection
Court documents reveal what town officials won’t say publicly about Roaring Cat Retreat | CBC News
Tech & Media
Petition · Stop Facebook from ShadowBanning Opposing Opinions · Change.org
Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a ‘Strong Economy’ | FAIR
Sanders’ Plan to Fight Global Climate Disaster Too Ambitious, Says NYT | FAIR
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy’ | Environment | The Guardian
Use of neonicotinoids on rice paddies linked to fishery collapse in Japan
Tell the EPA to Ban Paraquat Now
Green Party’s Jenica Atwin wants to liberate New Brunswick from the Irvings | National Observer
GMO Impossible Burger Tests Positive for High Levels of Monsanto’s Glyphosate
Green Party’s Jenica Atwin wants to liberate New Brunswick from the Irvings | National Observer
Monsanto Loses Millions as Indian Cotton Farmers are Switching Back to Indigenous Seeds – ACHNews
Get glyphosate banned across the EU
Dow Chemical agrees to $77 million environmental restoration settlement
Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy’ | Environment | The Guardian
Cancer Taking Toll As New Roundup Trials Near – U.S. Right to Know
In Autlan, Jalisco, girls, and boys urinate pesticides – The Mazatlán Post
The New Global Threat from GMOs – YouTube
Canadian class action proposed over alleged carcinogenic herbicide | CTV News
Breaking Down Toxic PFAS | Earthjustice
Canadian lawyers file $500M class-action lawsuit against makers of Roundup | Edmonton Journal
Monsanto to plead guilty to criminal count of spraying banned pesticide
Fighting vulture poisoning in Kenya
Grocery Chain Aldi Goes Full Organic and Pesticide-Free In Addition To Other Major Changes
Tell Bayer-Monsanto: Selling Toxic Bee Poison | NRDC
Mexico bars shipment of glyphosate pesticide – ABC News
UK supermarkets criticized over pesticide use, lack of transparency
Breeding Animals, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
SA reclassifies 33 wild species as farm animals
America’s Largest Foie Gras Distributor Sued for Deceptive Marketing
Irish cattle bound for Libya are being ‘beaten, stabbed, dragged by the eye sockets’
Public slaughter pits Swiss tradition against modern thinking – SWI swissinfo.ch
South Korean river turns red after being polluted with pigs’ blood – BBC News
Bay Area open space district proposes killing mountain lions to help cattle ranchers
Lions and Cattle: How Competition Impacts Conservation | Panthera
This Photographer Is Exposing Canada’s Fur Industry | LIVEKINDLY
Queen Hind cargo ship carrying 14,000 sheep overturns off Romania – BBC News
Inside lion farm where hunters can pay $50,000 to hunt and kill beasts – Daily Star
Exclusive: Inside a controversial South African lion farm
Nation’s Leading Public Health Organization Urges Halt to All New and Expanding CAFOs
There’s Nothing Eco-Friendly About Fur Fashion — Planet Friendly News
Meeting China’s Demand for Donkey Hides
Queen Hind: Rescuers race to save 14,000 sheep on capsized cargo ship – BBC News
Live Animal Export: Rescue of survivors restarted three days after ship capsizes – Splash 247
Captive tigers in the U.S. outnumber those in the wild. It’s a problem.
America’s Cattle Ranchers Are Fighting Back Against Fake Meat – WSJ
Animal Justice – Draconian New Alberta Law Will Further Conceal Animal Abuse on Farms
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Racing, Gambling, Animal Fighting, Rodeo
Petition – Ban Penning and Baiting Bloodsports in USA!
Darren Weir charged with animal cruelty offences – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Santa Anita Park horse euthanized after Breeder’s Cup injury, death toll now 37 | Fox News
Bloodsport gangs terrorise farms as illegal hare coursing increases | Scotland | The Times
Dogfighting conviction a first under new Mississippi law
Help Stop the Sadistic ‘Fire Bull’ Festival in Soria | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
15 charged following protests at two Alberta kennels that provide sled dog tours
New Irish political party aims to ban greyhound racing, blood sports & puppy farms | The Irish Post
Horse Beaten Mercilessly Down Stretch Collapses and Dies Walking Back to Barn – Horseracing Wrongs
Most B.C. residents against pairing Grey Cup with rodeo, poll finds | CTV News
Petition · End Greyhound Racing In NZ · Change.org
Animal Justice Party will protest at Maitland camel races on Saturday | The Maitland Mercury
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife trafficking
Two-month wolf season eliminates quota system on Prince of Wales – KRBD
CEO Jimmy Johns Proudly Posing with Elephants and Rhino’s he Killed
Turtles are being snatched from U.S. waters and illegally shipped to Asia
petitie: This State May Ban the Cruel Fur Industry
First Nations hunters meet with Chinese officials to set up fur market | Vancouver Sun
Hunters of rare Swiss ibex stir Alps wildlife row – BBC News
New Panthera-led Study Highlights Increasing Threat of Lion Body Part Trade | Panthera
Trophy hunters pay thousands to kill iconic Swiss animal | MENAFN.COM
Mischaracterizing the conservation benefits of trade (commentary)
Belgium’s first wolf in 100 years is presumed dead – have hopes of coexistence died with her?
Pack of hounds filmed decapitating fox in legal hunt | Metro News
Global trafficking threat catches up to Sri Lanka’s endangered pangolins
The tiger next door: America’s backyard big cats | Life and style | The Guardian
Groups Sue EPA For Gutting Protections And Clearing Path For Pebble Mine | Earthjustice
Exposed: Illegal Bear Bile Trafficking Network in Asia – One Green PlanetOne Green Planet
Conserving wildlife is key to tropical forests’ carbon storage, study finds
Vinnie Jones targeted by animal rights campaigners over love of ‘cruel’ hunting – Daily Star
Barn owls rescued from illegal Walsall dealer – BBC News
Botswana to start issuing trophy hunting licences in December
China’s wénwan drives a deadly mix-and-match of endangered wildlife
Most Canadians oppose hunting animals for sport or fur, poll suggests | News
In Museums, Real Rhino Horns Are an Endangered Species – Atlas Obscura
Grisly cargo of 240 bear paws from 60 illegally slaughtered animals is seized | Daily Mail Online
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Money, Banking, Investment
Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis | HuffPost Canada
CIBC CEO throws support behind Canada’s struggling oilpatch | Markets & Investment | JWN Energy
CalPERS, CalSTRS face climate activists on oil, gas holdings | The Sacramento Bee
CIBC CEO calls energy Canada’s ‘family business’ | National Observer
Climate bonus: Is paying executives to address the climate crisis good business? | Corporate Knights
Impact washing: Low-carbon funds may be knee deep in oil | Corporate Knights
Analysts Slam Scotiabank’s Fossil Investments – The Energy Mix
BlackRock lost $90bn investing in fossil fuel companies, report finds | Environment | The Guardian
Animal Rights Activists Lock Down B.C. Bank Sponsoring Nationwide RibFests
World’s Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil and Coal in Victory for the Climate Movement – EcoWatch
Bank of Canada announces a plan to prepare for climate shocks | National Observer
MAKE OUR ECONOMY GREEN TO SAVE THE PLANET
Harvard and Yale students disrupt football game for fossil fuel protest | US news | The Guardian