Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
‘Bring on the docs!’ Climate risks, Canada’s banks and fossil fuels | The Narwhal
ExxonMobil Shows Its Lobbying Hand, But Hides Some Cards – Union of Concerned Scientists
Just Stop Oil continues to block critical oil facilities
Wind And Solar Generated a Record 10% of the World’s Power in 2021 – Victory for Paris Agreement
Canadians Pay More as Corporations Cash In | The Tyee
Sluggish growth of renewables threatens Bangladesh’s clean-energy goals
Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital
Dishonoring Earth Day 2022 with An Oil, Gas, Coal & Nuclear Heyday – CounterPunch.org
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Continue to Seize On Ukraine War
The $287 Million Gas Pipeline No One Needed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-fracking-premature-1.6408680
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rbc-coastal-gaslink-defends-1.6412189
https://rabble.ca/environment/fossil-fuel-funding-is-an-investment-in-disaster/
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092806582/wind-power-energy-source
https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-gas-drilling-federal-lands-biden.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/coal-capacity-rising-2021-scientists-climate-crisis.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fracking-lng-northeast-bc-impact-1.6426927
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Erectile dysfunction meds linked to vision problems: UBC | CTV News
FDA Fails Americans on Food Safety and Nutrition, Investigation Finds • Children’s Health Defense
Corruption in Drug Patents: Take Away the Money – CounterPunch.org
Undercover Investigation Alleges Animal Suffering at Toxicology Lab
Industrial Crop Farming
For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves
Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season
Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine
Indonesians, too reliant on palm oil, should go back to their roots (commentary)
Indonesian trade official, palm oil execs charged in cooking oil crisis
Indonesia bans exports of palm oil
Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Judges Strike Down Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ Law As Unconstitutional- Again
Protester glues hand to table during California hearing | AP News
B.C. mink ban: Court rejects farmers’ application | CTV News
Ask a Scientist: Taking a Holistic Look at Big Ag – Union of Concerned Scientists
Woman disrupts NBA game to protest brutal killing of 5 million US chickens
ALDI Uncovered | Low Prices. High Cruelty. Every Day.
B.C. avian flu outbreak likely spread through commercial bird farming – Kelowna Capital News
First human case of H3N8 bird flu reported in China, kid infected
500 pigs burnt alive in farm fire in Belgium
43,000 chickens die in barn fire in the Netherlands
How Big Meat is impeding plant-based products | Corporate Knights
Planting Seeds: The Impact Of Diet & Different Animal Advocacy Tactics – Faunalytics
First Person in U.S. Tests Positive for Bird Flu as Largest Outbreak in Years Continues – EcoWatch
https://animaljustice.ca/blog/bird-flu-outbreak-canada?
https://theecologist.org/2022/apr/25/victory-animal-and-worker-rights
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/study-finds-high-prevalence-of-gut-parasites-in-nepals-rhinos/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Seafood Watch Warns Against Consuming Lobster, Snow Crab, to Help Save Right Whales – EcoWatch
Crab and lobster join food ‘red list’
Commercial Fishers Kill Sharks to Retrieve $1 Hooks in New Zealand, Report Finds – EcoWatch
Sea Lions Break Into B.C. Salmon Farm and Feast for Weeks – EcoWatch
Mexico and Sea Shepherd combine efforts to save near-extinct vaquita
Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad
Fisher trawling rocked by Dogger Bank bylaws
Oceans conference comes up with $16b in pledges to safeguard marine health
Pilot program tries to get U.S. aquariums to raise their own fish, not catch them
American Aquafarms’ controversial salmon farm permit is killed
Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity
Troubled waters: A massive salmon farm off the coast of Maine is stalled
Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data
https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/rare-cold-water-coral-garden-in-peril-on-bc-coast-5294534
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Colombia rescued tarantulas from trafficking, twelve died
‘A risky business’: Online illegal wildlife trade continues to soar in Myanmar
Hundreds of puppies rescued from meat and pet trade in China
Animals rescued from trafficking released in Colombia (VIDEO)
Spain seizes stuffed endangered animals in warehouse (VIDEO)
Colombia rescues over 1,000 animals from trafficking
Pheasant and Partridge Import Numbers Revealed – Hunt Saboteurs Association
300,000 baby eels rescued from smugglers in the Netherlands
In media coverage of wildlife crime, ‘feedback loops’ entrench biases: Study
Endangered tigers, parrots and monkeys for sale on Facebook
https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-trade-reptiles-protected-australia.html
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Construction, Building
Why Did the Fishing Cat Cross the Railway? | Panthera
Turtles in Congo threatened by rising waters and new port
Small farmers take a stand for one of Dakar’s last urban woodlands
Company charged over deaths of dozens of fish in West Vancouver creek | CBC News
The Guardian view on the future of buildings: make do and mend | Editorial | The Guardian
Road projects threaten integrity of Uganda’s mountain gorilla stronghold
Logging & Mining
Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report
‘A huge mistake’: Concerns rise as deep-sea mining negotiations progress
In Gabon, a community’s plea against logging paves the way for a new reserve
Podcast: Who owns the companies destroying rainforest in the heart of New Guinea?
Forest loss shows stopgap decrees failing to protect Brazil’s Isolated Indigenous
Outcry in Malaysia as failure to replant forests sparks ‘cover-up’ accusation
Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests
Just outside Mexico City, community-run forests provide eco services, livelihoods
Amid illegal Amazon gold mining, Indigenous land defenders get reinforcements | Grist
Protect Old Growth and Mature Forests – CounterPunch.org
Iwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains
Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land
Analysis: Myanmar’s gemstone riches bring poverty and environmental destruction
Arsenic and Gold: My Family’s Role in the Poisonous Legacy of Giant Mine | The Walrus
More Forest Service Snake Oil on the Bitterroot – CounterPunch.org
2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach
Court setback doesn’t sway Indonesian villagers fighting a mining firm
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/04/02/rescue-center-for-endangered-drills-in-nigeria/
https://www.ecowatch.com/brazil-amazon-deforestation-2022.html
https://vimeo.com/677019149/e59e120d35
Plastic
Mystery Chemicals in Plastics Might Lead to Obesity – EcoWatch
Microplastics Found in Lungs of Living People for First Time, and Deeper Than Expected – EcoWatch
It’s Time to Ditch Performative Recycling
CBC Gem – Why Plastic? – Why Plastic?
Thailand bans single-use plastics in national parks
Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests | Grist
Microplastics Pick Up Pollution, Making Them Even More Toxic to Humans • Children’s Health Defense
Bottled Water Giant Admits to Environmental “Puffery”
California subpoenas ExxonMobil in probe of plastics waste | CTV News
‘Enough is enough’: California subpoenas ExxonMobil over plastic pollution
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
How Tourists Are Hurting Rock Iguanas in the Bahamas
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/how-much-does-air-travel-warm-the-planet-new-study-gives-a-figure/
https://theecologist.org/2022/apr/25/ecotourisms-negative-impact-primates
Tech & Media
How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town | MIT Technology Review
Corporate media nearly killed community TV, but it can rise again ⋆ The Breach
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
For a beekeeping couple in Costa Rica, pesticides are killing the buzz
GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks
Dirty Dozen or Clean Fifteen? See Where Your Favorite Produce Ranks This Year
How a Nebraska ethanol plant turned seeds into toxic waste | Grist
European Union Plans “Largest Ever Ban” on Toxic Chemicals – Mother Jones
“Forever Chemicals” May Be Damaging Your Liver, New Study Claims | IFLScience
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Release Captive Elephant Family from Fort Worth Zoo!
Georgia Rattlesnake Roundup Chooses to Educate About Snakes This Year – Not Kill Them
https://www.zoocheck.com/letter/?
Money, Banking, Investment
Big Oil Using Wartime Profits to Enrich Investors, Report Says • Children’s Health Defense
Royal Bank defends funding B.C.’s Coastal GasLink pipeline despite environmental concerns | CBC News
Almost $8M of ‘Freedom Convoy’ donations still unaccounted for, documents show | CBC News
XR targets Lloyd’s in climate shut down
First Nations group wants reconciliation reporting in new climate rules| The Narwhal
Competition bureau asked to investigate RBC for alleged greenwashing – Victoria Times Colonist
How to avoid greenwashing in ‘sustainable’ investing | CBC News
Canada’s big banks must walk their talk on climate | The Star
Investors Must Hold Banks to Their Word on Climate Change | Sierra Club
Coastal GasLink Pipeline: Banks Must Divest or Lose Hollywood’s Funds – Rolling Stone
https://blog.ucsusa.org/laura-peterson/exxon-shows-its-lobbying-hand-but-hides-some-cards/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/04/13/Canadians-Pay-More-Corporations-Cash-In/?
Transportation, Shipping
Air Canada, Porter among airlines attempting to void passenger rights rules | CTV News
Revolutionary changes in transportation could slow global warming if done right | Corporate Knights
Stranded coal barge spills cargo, disrupts fishery in Indonesian waters
How much does air travel warm the planet? New study gives a figure
Injured beached sperm whale dies in Portugal
Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul mobilizes to reduce wildlife massacre on its roads