Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Hype Over Hypersonic Weapons – Union of Concerned Scientists
Polluting Automakers Are At It Again — Take Action
Texas Activists Are Fighting Against a Natural Gas Project Abroad
Namibian villagers fight against oil giant – YouTube
Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian river
Pipeline leaks over 1,600 gallons of oil at Inglewood field – Los Angeles Times
In Mauritius, Locals United to Keep an Oil Spill at Bay
‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams
6 Ways Chevron Is Failing on Climate and Human Rights • Children’s Health Defense
South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia
Illegal coal mine tunnels threaten a Sumatran village
One Tribe’s Fight to Protect the Great Lakes | Earthjustice
Renewable Electricity Is Coming on Strong | The Tyee
Court Puts the Freeze on Dangerous Arctic Drilling Plan | Earthjustice
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/04/despite-emissions-pledges-china-is-bingeing-on-coal/
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/03/unicorn-riot-dakota-pipeline-energy-transfer-subpoena/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/palm-oil-waste-spent-bleaching-earth-non-hazardous-indonesia/
https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-line-5-pipeline/
https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.international/photos/a.165558403299/10158683473233300/
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/chevron-steven-donziger-law-gibson-dunn-boycott/
https://breachmedia.ca/oil-lobby-trudeau-government-formed-secretive-committee-during-pandemic/
https://www.facebook.com/CoastProtectors/posts/4167880696604493
https://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-atlantic-oceans-oil-drilling-trump-biden-2652592264.html
https://www.theprogressreport.ca/brett_wilson_s_orphans
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/17/enbridge-line-3-minnesota-police-protest/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/04/17/corporate-fines-paid-from-petty-cash/
https://www.facebook.com/environmentalinvestigationagency/photos/a.204552795647/10164790315420648/
https://www.ecowatch.com/gulf-mexico-abandoned-pipelines-2652652003.html
https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-concept-of-net-zero-is-a-dangerous-trap-157368
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Trump Rule Would Allow Unlimited Vaccine Price Hikes
Premarin Horses – The Suffering of Premarin Mares
Lack of domestic vaccine capacity leaves Canada at mercy of big pharma | rabble.ca
Over 100 Drug Lobbyists Working to Block Generic Covid-19 Vaccines
Industrial Crop Farming
Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals
Drinking coffee in the U.S.? Worry about forests in Vietnam, study says
Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia
Australia’s pivot to plantations may be too late for nearly extinct parrots
Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka
Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy
Sri Lanka bans palm oil imports, tells producers to uproot plantations | Reuters
What Big Ag Doesn’t Want You to Know: Small Farms Can Feed the World • Children’s Health Defense
Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed – CounterPunch.org
Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Captive lions kept in ‘stressful conditions’ create perfect recipe for disease, experts say
Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade
Many global food brands failing on animal welfare, report says | Food Dive
Page Not Found – The Humane Society of the United States
Help stop IHOP’s animal cruelty – The Humane Society of the United States
Horrifying scenes uncovered at Chinese fur farms as animals are slaughtered | Daily Mail Online
Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area
Are Insects in Pet Food Safe? – Truth about Pet Food
How We’re Changing the World for Chickens and You Can Help
New Slaughterhouse Shouldn’t be on the Menu Says Animal Advocate. – Victoria Animal News
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – OCCRP
https://www.ecowatch.com/commercial-fishing-netflix-documentary-2651331648.html
https://www.facebook.com/environmentalinvestigationagency/posts/10164763105965648
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042021/meat-dairy-lobby-climate-action/
https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/costcos-cruelty/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Closing the net on industrial fishing
Science has not kept pace with aquaculture
Commercial whaling season begins in Japan’s coastal waters | The Japan Times
Red flag: Predatory European ships help push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink
European tuna boats dump fishing debris in Seychelles waters ‘with impunity’
Seaspiracy: What you need to know about the bombshell documentary | Intrafish
Green World Warriors – Posts | Facebook
An Amazonian arapaima washed up in a Florida river. It didn’t swim there
Big Fish tries to sink Seaspiracy
What Seaspiracy Gets Right About the Exploitative Fishing Industry
Sharks on a knife’s edge as Maldives mulls lifting 10-year fishing ban
This Commercial Fishing Technique Is a Climate Catastrophe – Mother Jones
Researchers rush to understand kelp forests as harvesting increases
4 Gray Whales Found Dead in San Francisco in 9 Days
COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon’s pirarucu
Entangled baby whale struggling off O.C. coast sparks urgent multi-agency rescue effort | KTLA
https://www.safesalmon.ca/captured
https://theecologist.org/2021/apr/09/big-fish-tries-sink-seaspiracy
https://www.facebook.com/ClayoquotAction/photos/a.565346526844147/4079053028806795/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/12/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-ecocide-in-the-pacific/
https://thebreaker.news/news/north-island-mayors-salmon-farm-lobbyist/
https://www.facebook.com/raventrustorg/posts/4194725510537977
https://www.facebook.com/DavidAttenboroughlovers/photos/a.101027828557345/174628331197294/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/podcast-the-tales-of-two-tuna-and-the-consequences-of-overfishing/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Photo of Extremely Elusive Antelope is a First
Court halts funding of unwarranted Colorado mountain lion and black bear cull | WildEarth Guardians
Plane tows banner reading “Barlow Hunt kills foxes” above hunt kennel fundraiser | Derbyshire Times
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts | Facebook
CBC Gem – Farm Crime – The Million Dollar Baby Eel Deal
PetSmart sells species who are struggling to survive in the wild | World Animal Protection
The Hole Truth: The Scandal Of Artificial Earths – Hunt Saboteurs Association
Men Convicted in Barnes County Poaching Case | News Dakota
Help Halt the Trade in Imperiled Wildlife
Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority
Want to save our planet? Kill trophy hunting. – One Green Planet
Your safari selfies are cute, but they’re a road map for poachers
Victory! Italy bans the import, detention and trade of wild and exotic animals – LAV
South African dehorning initiative aims for ‘zero poached’ white rhinos
https://www.facebook.com/environmentalinvestigationagency/photos/a.204552795647/10164728057460648
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marmosets-in-brazil
https://www.ecowatch.com/asian-small-clawed-otter-2651381482.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/montana-wildlife-bills-bears-wolves-2651914873.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/africa-elephants-ivory-trade-2652250758.html
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/tVESddDrtUiqvwMxvnQMWQ2
https://takeaction.league.org.uk/page/79663/action/1
https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson/posts/10158845569945932
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
There’s a Huge Dog-Food Recall Due to Salmonella Risk to Pets and People | SELF
Tim Hortons, Metro among retailers in new report’s toxic chemicals ‘hall of shame’ | CTV News
Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now
Mercy For Animals Took to the Streets to Expose Costco’s Cruelty
Warning: ‘Keys of the Food System’ Being Handed Over to Big Tech • Children’s Health Defense
New beef scorecard measures brands against their deforestation promises
Court Rules Against Tyson in False Advertising Case
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/a/polluting-automakers-are-it-again-take-action
https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/news/petsmart-sells-species-who-are-struggling-survive-wild
https://www.fooddive.com/news/many-global-food-brands-failing-on-animal-welfare-report-says/597716/
https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.international/photos/a.165558403299/10158712292658300/
Construction, Building
https://www.treehugger.com/homes-for-cars-emit-carbon-as-homes-for-people-5120723
https://thenarwhal.ca/canmore-three-sisters-mountain-village/
Logging & Mining
Logging company moves into intact Gabon forest as village fights to save it
Leak at old phosphate plant could cause discharges into Tampa Bay
Bozeman Watershed Logging Project Based on Flawed Assumptions – CounterPunch.org
Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve
‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain
Accident leaves deep sea mining machine stranded – BBC News
The Legal Showdown at Hanna Flats – CounterPunch.org
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/04/12/say-no-to-another-hole-in-the-niagara-escarpment/
https://twitter.com/GuMonteiro/status/1387452346100240387
Plastic
New study shows microplastics turn into ‘hubs’ for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk | Corporate Knights
Great, Now Even Our Skies Are Full of Tiny Plastic Particles – Mother Jones
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/04/22/cant-rely-industry-protect-environment-human-health/
Telecom & Electronic
The Clegg Safety Challenge – YouTube
Clegg Safety Challenge – Canadians For Safe Technology (C4ST)
Tourism
Tech & Media
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Childhood Brain Tumors Linked to Mother’s Exposure to Pesticides
Pesticides ‘should be banned in London’
A New Bill Wants the EPA to Shield Drinking Water From “Forever Chemicals” – Mother Jones
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Toxic Barrels Lurk In The Waters Off Los Angeles | IFLScience
VICTORY: Stronger protections from toxic chemicals are finally coming – Environmental Defence
EPA approval of toxic pesticide aldicarb use in Florida sparks lawsuit
https://www.ecowatch.com/pesticide-toxicity-bees-2651348208.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/tampa-bay-algae-blooms-2652238101.html
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/16/epa-cancer-ethylene-oxide-bill-wehrum/
https://www.facebook.com/TheHogsprickle/posts/3958164774263865
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
The controversy over wildlife killing contests | TheHill
End the Torture and Abuse of Circus Animals – ForceChange
Rodeo Facts: The Case Against Rodeos
Calls to end greyhound racing in Portugal – The Portugal News
Greyhound Zipping Sarah wins race – while on methamphetamine | Stuff.co.nz
Zookeepers Reveal The Dark, Low-Down, Dirty Inside Secrets Of Zoos | IFLScience
‘Exercise our right’: Central Alberta rodeo to proceed against COVID-19 restrictions | CTV News
https://www.facebook.com/environmentalinvestigationagency/posts/10164763105965648
https://forcechange.com/584895/stop-pooch-perfect-from-abusing-dogs/
https://faunalytics.org/greyhound-racing-a-winnable-issue/
Money, Banking, Investment
What Is Wall Street’s Role in Climate? – Scientific American
The People vs. Liberty Mutual: Voices from the Frontlines | Facebook
Op-ed: Canada’s banks play defence for the fossil fuel industry – NOW Magazine
JPMorgan Secretly Emailed the Trump Administration About Bailing Out the Oil Industry – Mother Jones
We can’t let greenwash make us lose sight of the prize | Corporate Knights
New York pension fund divests $7 million from Canadian oil sands firms | Reuters
JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure
Coast Protectors – Posts | Facebook
Why I Cut Ties With Insurance Giant Liberty Mutual
Big finance considers climate change a major investment risk. Is your pension prepared? | CBC Radio
‘All Eyes on BlackRock’ — Climate Activists Demand Shareholder Action • Children’s Health Defense
New Coal Projects Have Gotten Super Expensive to Finance – Mother Jones
2021 Eco-Fund Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Responsible Investing | Corporate Knights
Climate protest at RBC scrubbed out | News Now
New York joins tar sands investor exodus with divestment of its state pension fund. | Stand.earth
Allianz ties up with global marine conservation group | Insurance Business
“Big five” Canadian banks provide big money to fossil fuel industry | Corporate Mapping Project
Canada’s big banks hindering progress on climate change | Corporate Mapping Project
Why COVID Vaccines Are Dream Come True for Central Banks • Children’s Health Defense
World to Spend $157 Billion on COVID Vaccines Through 2025 + More • Children’s Health Defense
https://www.ecowatch.com/banks-fossil-fuels-climate-crisis-2651846185.html
Transportation, Shipping
Something Every Frequent Flier Should Know: You’re a “Super-Emitter” – Mother Jones
Did The World Bank Just Doom LNG? | OilPrice.com
The Citizen Lab – University of Toronto
Recent Articles grid view – CounterPunch.org
The Breach ⋆ Journalism for transformation ⋆ Launching in spring, 2021
In-Sights – Personal commentary on political and social issues in western Canada.