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Industry Ecocide Global — April 2022

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

California utility agrees to pay $55 million for pair of massive wildfires – Vancouver Island Free Daily

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

Make BP history

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.sierraclub.org/sierra/big-oil-enbridge-line-5-michigan-mackinac-straits-disaster-waiting-happen

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-fracking-premature-1.6408680

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/stranded-coal-barge-spills-cargo-disrupts-fishery-in-indonesian-waters/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rbc-coastal-gaslink-defends-1.6412189

https://www.straight.com/news/environmental-protests-are-back-on-north-shore-and-on-edge-of-false-creek

https://grist.org/accountability/a-california-water-board-assured-the-public-that-oil-wastewater-is-safe-for-irrigation-experts-say-evidence-is-flimsy/

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.corporateknights.com/issues/2022-04-earth-index-issue/geothermal-energy-finally-seeing-light-of-day/

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

HSI applauds Brazil’s move to drop outdated animal test requirements for veterinary drugs – Humane Society International

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)

How soy, beef and leather supply chains are threatening one of South America’s last forest frontiers | Corporate Knights

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

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/for-a-beekeeping-couple-in-costa-rica-pesticides-are-killing-the-buzz/

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/brazil-bill-seeks-to-redraw-amazon-borders-in-favor-of-agribusiness/

Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills

Victory! Ireland Is Set To Become The Next Country To Ban Fur Farming After Bill Passes Final Stages – World Animal News

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

Undercover Footage By Vegan Food Brand VFC At A Chicken Factory Farm In England Exposes KFC’s Misleading “Animal Welfare” Claims – World Animal News

FOUR PAWS – Posts | Facebook

Woman disrupts NBA game to protest brutal killing of 5 million US chickens

Quebec duck farm says it has to kill 150,000 birds, lay off 300 staff due to avian flu | Globalnews.ca

Industrial Food Production Is Failing Us, Regenerative Farming Is the Solution • Children’s Health Defense

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

Victory For Farm Animals & Free Speech! The U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Review Kansas’ Ag-Gag Law That Would Have Prevented Undercover Filming In Slaughterhouses – World Animal News

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://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/03/31/opinion-its-time-for-californians-to-talk-about-the-cow-in-the-room/

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/sustainable-fashion-biomaterial-revolution-replacing-fur-and-skins/

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/brazil-bill-seeks-to-redraw-amazon-borders-in-favor-of-agribusiness/

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/

https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/04/29/news-animals-mcdonalds-says-icahns-demand-to-treat-pigs-better-is-too-expensive/

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

Full Investigation Of Mexico’s Rampant Illegal Fishing Of Totoaba In Vaquita Refuge; There Are Only Estimated To Be 10 Vaquita Remaining In The Wild – World Animal News

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

John Kerry’s Global Ocean Conference Raises 400+ Commitments Worth $16 Billion to Protect Ocean Health

Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/resilient-leatherback-turtles-can-survive-fishing-rope-entanglements-mostly/

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/death-of-last-river-dolphin-in-laos-rings-alarm-bells-for-mekong-population/

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/rare-cold-water-coral-garden-in-peril-on-bc-coast-5294534

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-island-researchers-look-into-oyster-breeds-as-temperatures-rise-b-c-1.5882095

Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking

Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Grew By Only 10 Last Year Bringing The Population To Just Under 200; Recovery Is Being Hampered by Hunting & Disease – World Animal News

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

Urgent! The Horrific 2022 Canadian Seal Hunt Begins Tomorrow With A Quota Of 400,000 Harp Seals Allowed To Be Slaughtered; Help Stop The Sickening Hunt! – World Animal News

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

Ontario family says it lost thousands of dollars in ‘absolutely sickening’ exotic animals scam | CBC News

Endangered tigers, parrots and monkeys for sale on Facebook

Breaking! Outrage Ensues After One Of Africa’s Last Remaining ‘Big Tuskers’ Is Killed By A Trophy Hunter In Botswana – World Animal News

https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-trade-reptiles-protected-australia.html

https://worldanimalnews.com/congress-introduces-legislation-to-ban-barbaric-wildlife-killing-contests-on-more-than-500-million-acres-of-public-land-in-the-united-states/

Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers

https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/volkswagen-rejects-shareholder-push-for-climate-lobbying-disclosures-1.5855609

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

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/sharing-the-air-proves-a-challenge-for-new-nepal-airport-in-bird-paradise/

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.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/un-seabed-mining-watchdog-accused-of-making-decisions-behind-closed-doors/

https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/04/02/rescue-center-for-endangered-drills-in-nigeria/

https://grist.org/international/land-defenders-face-violence-and-repression-clean-energy-could-make-it-worse/

https://www.ecowatch.com/brazil-amazon-deforestation-2022.html

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/canadian-miners-get-high-level-lobbying-boost-for-brazilian-amazon-projects/

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/saving-old-growth-forests-qa-with-amazon-watchs-leila-salazar-lopez/

https://vimeo.com/677019149/e59e120d35

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/illegal-miners-bring-sexual-violence-and-disease-to-indigenous-reserve-in-brazil/

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

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/diseasecausing-parasites-can-hitch-a-ride-on-plastics-and-potentially-spread-through-the-sea-new-research-suggests/

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://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/wave-of-pollution-from-cruise-ships-expected-regardless-of-new-federal-wastewater-rules-5268420

https://theecologist.org/2022/apr/25/ecotourisms-negative-impact-primates

Tech & Media

Key questions answered about new bill forcing tech giants to pay media for content – Vancouver Island Free Daily

‘It Can Get Very Creepy Very Fast:’ John Oliver Exposes Multimillion-Dollar Data Brokering Industry • Children’s Health Defense

How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town | MIT Technology Review

Corporate media nearly killed community TV, but it can rise again ⋆ The Breach

https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/04/19/news-animals-endangered-tigers-parrots-and-monkeys-for-sale-on-facebook/

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

Strawberries, Spinach, Leafy Greens Top ‘Dirty Dozen’ List of Pesticide-Contaminated Foods • Children’s Health Defense

Dirty Dozen or Clean Fifteen? See Where Your Favorite Produce Ranks This Year

A Win for Science: EPA Releases Formaldehyde Study the Chemical Industry Tried to Suppress – Union of Concerned Scientists

People of Color and Low Income Communities Are More Exposed to Pesticides in the U.S., Study Finds – EcoWatch

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

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/14/poisoning-the-solution-lisa-owens-viani-and-the-campaign-to-save-raptors-from-the-ravages-of-rodenticides/

https://worldanimalnews.com/victory-inhumane-rodent-glue-traps-to-be-banned-in-england-following-unanimous-vote-in-the-house-of-lords/

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/?

https://worldanimalnews.com/congress-introduces-legislation-to-ban-barbaric-wildlife-killing-contests-on-more-than-500-million-acres-of-public-land-in-the-united-states/

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

Environment lawyers file complaint with Canada’s competition bureau, allege RBC misleading public about climate action | Vancouver Sun

Members of the public submit complaint claiming RBC advertising on climate action is misleading – Ecojustice

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://www.corporateknights.com/climate-and-carbon/us-climate-disclosure-rules-put-pressure-on-canada/

https://blog.ucsusa.org/laura-peterson/exxon-shows-its-lobbying-hand-but-hides-some-cards/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/04/08/news/wetsuweten-hereditary-chiefs-insulted-rbc-cancels-annual-general-meeting?

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

https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/volkswagen-rejects-shareholder-push-for-climate-lobbying-disclosures-1.5855609

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/wave-of-pollution-from-cruise-ships-expected-regardless-of-new-federal-wastewater-rules-5268420

May 5, 2022

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