Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Hydrogen homes is a terrible idea
Big oil, small ambition | Corporate Knights
Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Shell Oil Over Hypocritical Emissions Reduction Tweet
Alberta town on the verge of collapse due to aging oil wells
Meet the Group Behind Big Energy Front Groups • Children’s Health Defense
San Francisco Bans New Natural Gas Hookups
Bribery-tainted coal plant in Indonesia held up as landowners hold out
Enbridge fined $40K for failing to properly monitor B.C. pipeline prior to explosion | CBC News
Environmental Justice Reporters Face Deadly Threats, Intimidation – EcoWatch
Three ways the oil industry has been gaslighting you this week – Environmental Defence
Remote solar farm north of oilsands becomes largest in Canada
Native Americans, Environmentalists Notch Another Pipeline Victory | Sierra Club
https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-oil-energy-debate-2648605186.html?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5
https://theecologist.org/2020/nov/02/trump-backs-fracking-over-science
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-illegal-air-pollution/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7455012/alberta-farmers-legal-action-energy-oil-lease/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/11/11/TMX-Expansion-What-At-Stake/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/weymouth-mayor-colluding-enbridge/
https://earthjustice.org/features/badger-two-medicine
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-govt-opposes-oil-exploration-anwr-1.5797701
https://theintercept.com/2020/11/15/standing-rock-tigerswan-infiltrator-documents/
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-future-oil-gas-communities/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/weymouth-mayor-colluding-enbridge/
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-11-19/greenwash/
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2020/victory-for-tribes-as-michigan-governor-stops-oil-giant
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/otter-penis-oilsands-alberta-1.5818973
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing? | Corporate Knights
New Tab
Journals Published ‘Flawed’ Studies on COVID Origin, Scientist Says • Children’s Health Defense
Media Hypes Moderna’s COVID Vaccine, Downplays Risks • Children’s Health Defense
Industrial Crop Farming
Uganda environment authority greenlights clearing of Bugoma Forest
Conservationists replant legal palm oil plantation with forest in Borneo
Palm oil giant Korindo accused again of illegally burning Papuan rainforest
France falls short in ending deforestation linked to imported soy
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
https://www.ecowatch.com/ogallala-aquifer-running-dry-2648786903.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/indonesia-protected-forest-agribusiness-food-estate-regulation/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
China Is Building a City of Pig Apartments to Protect Their Herds from Swine Flu
Reporting on Animals, Animal Rights, and Human Choices –
UK Health Alliance Wants Carbon-Intensive Foods to Be Labeled and Taxed
Factory Farming vs. Alternative Farming: The Humane Hoax
Grizzlies Become a Sacrificial Lamb to Protect Cattle Interests | Sierra Club
Animal Justice – Hylife Foods Slaughterhouse Quietly Fined for Cruelty to Pigs
https://www.facebook.com/EmmaHurstMP/photos/a.216122658781076/1271699849890013/?type=3&theater
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2087612&playlistId=1.5207685
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Frustration as Antarctic conservation summit fails to declare marine sanctuaries
NZ government to defend kaimoana exports in US lawsuit over Māui dolphins | RNZ News
B.C. outdoor group calls for removal of U.S. dam – Goldstream News Gazette
Fishermen are cutting off the beaks of endangered albatrosses | Natural History Museum
Government agencies pull industrial tires from Chemainus Bay
Open Letter to Biden: We Don’t Want KXL
How China’s vast and aggressive fishing fleet is kept afloat by Beijing | South China Morning Post
The New Wave of Fishless Fish Is Here | Outside Online
Lobster export policy that landed Indonesian minister in jail could resume
https://www.ecowatch.com/gmo-salmon-fda-lawsuit-2648650547.html
https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/no-label-canadas-invisible-genetically-modified-salmon/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/industrial-fish-farms-threaten-human-health-environment/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Police probe after activists film fox being torn to pieces by hunt hounds
Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions
Gangs in Latin America use bribery, secret routes to smuggle jaguar parts to China: report | Reuters
Calf runs for its life while being chased by hunt hounds
White moose illegally shot near Foleyet | Sudbury Star
Conservationists warn that violation of China’s wildlife trade ban is ‘rampant’ | The Independent
Illegal medicines made from rhino horns and tigers seized from Scots businesses – Daily Record
Snare traps decline, but still pose a threat to Leuser’s Sumatran rhinos
Crimefighting NGO tracks Brazil wildlife trade on WhatsApp and Facebook
Poachers evade KZN park’s high-tech security and kill four rhinos for their horns
Turtle Survival Alliance – Posts
Big mammals are at risk in the world’s poorest countries, even within parks
https://thefurbearers.com/blog/billboards-put-spotlight-on-b-c-trapping-issues/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
‘Vogue’ Declares ‘Fashion Finally Needs To Disown Fur’ Amid COVID-19
Logging & Mining
Malaysia’s Indigenous people question timber sustainability | Malaysia | Al Jazeera
Subscribe to read | Financial Times
COVID-19, animals, and enlightened self-interest | British Columbia Medical Journal
Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests
Environmental democracy in Ecuador promotes anti-mining agenda
As energy needs drive demand for minerals, forests face greater threats
Brazil sees record number of bids to mine illegally on Indigenous lands
The women of Kendeng set their feet in cement to stop a mine in their lands. This is their story.
Deadly anniversary: Rio Doce, Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, 5 years on
The Amazon’s Yanomami utterly abandoned by Brazilian authorities: Report
Government blocks proposed mine that threatened Alaska salmon fishery | Alaska | The Guardian
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-copper-mine-arizona-2649042685.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/11/25/BC-Profs-Protest-Publisher-Dropping-Mining-Book/
Plastic
U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds
https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-acidification-plastic-polllution-2648847023.html
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
Study calls for ban and phasing out of scrubbers to protect the oceans – Offshore Energy
Tech & Media
5G Fund for Rural America Hands Over U.S. Farms to Big Tech, Critics Say • Children’s Health Defense
Corporate Media Reverse Reality by Blaming BLM Protesters for Everything — FAIR
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
U.S. Military Responsible for Widespread PFAS Pollution in Japan
Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful • Children’s Health Defense
New Research Adds Evidence That Glyphosate Disrupts Hormones • Children’s Health Defense
Genetic engineering still failing to increase crop yields
Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me? | Erin Brockovich | Opinion | The Guardian
What You Should Know About Genetically Engineered Salmon | Earthjustice
Are industrial chemicals killing rare whales and familiar dolphins?
Tell EPA: Stop Approving Dangerous Pesticide Products
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-science-food-safety-at-risk/
https://theintercept.com/2020/11/17/pfas-pollution-new-jersey-solvay/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/aspartame-serious-health-problems/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
EU-subsidies for bullfighting scrapped – Party for the Animals
Their zoo dreams spurned, Grand Bend’s big cat couple set their sights on a new town | CBC News
FOUR PAWS International – Posts
“Zooicide: Seeing Cruelty, Demanding Abolition” | Psychology Today Canada
FOUR PAWS International – Posts
Almost 200 greyhounds were euthanised during the last racing season | 1 NEWS | TVNZ
Money, Banking, Investment
Activists hijack HSBC climate advertising
Brazilian and international banks financing global deforestation: Reports
TD Bank says it will not finance oil and gas activities in the Arctic | Reuters
Polluting investments not in our name
Climate activists target Welshpool banks
Extinction Rebellion launches campaign of financial disobedience | Environment | The Guardian
The Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab | The Tyee
‘Nature is next’: Q&A with Finance for Biodiversity’s Simon Zadek
BofA Says It Won’t Finance Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration – Bloomberg
https://fundourfuture.uk/2020/10/30/barclays-and-hsbc-have-no-plan-to-exit-tar-sands/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/safety-deposit-boxes-missing-contents-1.5814592