Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Indonesia’s coal phaseout is just more business as usual, report says
Federal government says Grassy Mountain coal project ‘cannot proceed’ | CTV News
Big Oil’s no-good, very-bad week continues | Corporate Knights
Planned dam in Philippine national park catches flak from activists, officials
Cambodian dam a ‘disaster’ for local communities, rights group says
Burning forests to make energy: EU and world wrestle with biomass science
Blue Hydrogen Study Finds It Isn’t Climate-Friendly, Igniting Fierce Debate Over Emissions
SLO County CA approved illegal oil drilling in Arroyo Grande | San Luis Obispo Tribune
Guess Which Company Ranks Worst for Environmental Racism? – Mother Jones
Dam builder denies responsibility as logjam chokes river in Malaysian Borneo
Enbridge Line 3 Opponents Camp at Minnesota Capitol to Protest Oil Pipeline
What mining, oil and gas can learn from Sudbury – Corporate Knights
https://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuel-facebook-ads-climate-misinformation-5196295
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/07/minnesota-pipeline-line-3-public-records/
https://www.ecowatch.com/mountain-valley-pipeline-activists-2654615116.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/secretive-israel-uae-oil-deal-endangers-prized-eilat-corals-1.5547169
https://www.ecowatch.com/blue-hydrogen-bipartisan-plan-2654666968.html
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/18/Nurses-Doctors-Take-Aim-BC-LNG-Ambitions/
https://www.desmog.com/2021/08/13/lng-projects-canada-net-zero-expansion/
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/can-portland-oregon-stand-oil-industry
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/23/18-billion-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Journal Board Members Resign After Controversial Papers
Dietary supplement industry doesn’t need mandatory product listing
The Hidden Face of Animal Research – CounterPunch.org
Purdue Pharma Spent Over $1.2 Million on Lobbying
Big Pharma Keeps Trying to Convince Women They Need Libido Drugs – Mother Jones
Big Pharma Eyes Next Childhood Vaccine Cash Cow — mRNA Vaccines for RSV • Children’s Health Defense
https://act.pcrm.org/5nXAkhR310a61sTGmenxmw2
Significant Hill’s Prescription Pet Food Lawsuit Will Continue – Truth about Pet Food
Industrial Crop Farming
The Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness: Remembering Ernesto Galarza – CounterPunch.org
Deforestation surge continues amid deepening uncertainty in Myanmar
Calls mount for Indonesian ban on new palm oil plantations to be extended
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-full-approval-pfizer-vaccine-lack-scientific-debate/
https://theecologist.org/2021/aug/25/agribusiness-devastates-our-environment
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Protecting undesignated forests seen as key to slowing Amazon deforestation
PROGRESS: Three of the Largest Supermarkets Commit to Reducing Suffering for Chickens
More than six hundred pigs suffocate after ventilation failure in Dutch stable
California voted to improve pig welfare. The pork industry is facing a reckoning.
36 Cows Will Be Forced to Give Birth at New York State Fair
Animal Rebellion blocks UK’s largest dairy factory
https://www.idausa.org/campaign/farmed-animal/wool-cruelty/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Breaking News Archives – World Animal News
Indonesia assessing fish stock health to improve sustainable planning
Protecting Colombia’s shark paradise: Q&A with Sandra Bessudo
Geopolitical standoff in South China Sea leads to environmental fallout
96,000 Fish Die in Chlorine Leak at Norwegian Fish Farm
Marine Protected Areas Are Less Effective Than We Thought — Illegal Fishing Is to Blame
New Strain of Deadly Marine Mammal Virus Identified in Stranded Maui Dolphin
X-Press Pearl sinking shines a light on seafood safety in Sri Lanka
Trawling bycatch increases risk of marine life extinction in Brazil
Kenya port and ship-breaking projects threaten livelihoods and environment
Climate Change Will Force Tuna Migration, Cripple Small Island Nations, Study Finds
The Promise and the Challenge of “Restorative Aquaculture” | Sierra Club
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-introduce-world-leading-ban-on-shark-fin-trade
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/brazil-a-wreck-on-trawling-control/
https://www.ecowatch.com/human-noise-marine-ecosystems-2654722367.html
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Nearly 2,000 Rescued Animals Released Into Columbian Lagoons and Forests
For Malagasy trapped in poverty, threatened lemurs and fossas are fair game
New study finds that minority of animals host majority of zoonotic viruses
Weak controls fuel surge in wildlife trafficking by air across Latin America
Weak Protections Fuel Surge in Wildlife Trafficking by Air Across Latin America
Stranded dugong in Indonesia reportedly cut up for traditional medicine
VICTORY: Man Jailed for Illegally Trapping & Shooting Coyote 13 Times
PETITION: End Pay-to-Poach for Endangered Animals in the Congo
An 80-Pound Cougar Is Removed From A New York City Apartment : NPR
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/16/oregon-is-better-than-this-stop-killing-wolves/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/mother-tiger-and-her-cubs-found-dead-in-sumatra/
https://www.cheknews.ca/birds-of-prey-face-global-decline-from-habitat-loss-poisons-875352/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Stink, Sulfur and Soot: Billionaire Kraft Deals an Air Pollution Crisis to South Carolina
Expired doughnuts and Cookies in Dog Food – Truth about Pet Food
https://truthaboutpetfood.com/significant-hills-prescription-pet-food-lawsuit-will-continue/
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158819214769221/
Construction, Building
Steel giants sign up for carbon-cutting transformation | Corporate Knights
Indonesian farmers refuse to budge for train line through karst landscape
Logging & Mining
USAID redirects funding in Cambodia as future of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary hangs in the balance
Advocates raise alarm over proposal to reopen DRC forests to loggers
How to Defeat the New Era of Extractavism – CounterPunch.org
Wildfires on a Warming Planet: Debunking the Myths – CounterPunch.org
In Chile, a prickly coalition tries to bring a salt flat back to life
An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a licensed operator
Even as the government bets big on carbon, REDD+ flounders in Madagascar
Malaysian timber giant Samling takes conflict over logging activity to court
Half of burned forests across Latin America don’t survive, study finds
Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report
Deforestation-free supply chains in Vietnam rely on working with small scale farmers (commentary)
Does Nature Have Rights? – CounterPunch.org
Drug trafficking and illegal logging threaten Indigenous communities in Peru
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/05/we-cant-log-our-way-out-of-global-baking/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mines-landslide-climate-risk/
https://www.corporateknights.com/climate-and-carbon/what-mining-oil-and-gas-can-learn-from-sudbury/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-caribou-forestry-1.6155121
Plastic
Record Levels of Harmful Particles Found in Great Lakes Fish
How Exxon Is Lobbying to Make Plastics the Norm
St. James Parish Activists Win ‘Important Victory for Environmental Justice’ vs. Petrochemical Plant
The plastic blame game is getting old. Time to hold producers responsible. – Environmental Defence
One Parent’s Harrowing Encounter with Microplastic | Sierra Club
Telecom & Electronic
Court orders FCC to revisit its safety guidelines for RF radiation | FierceWireless
Tourism
They safeguarded nature, but now Malaysia’s Mah Meri face eviction for an eco-resort
Tech & Media
Big Oil Spent Millions on Facebook Ads to Spread Fossil Fuel Propaganda
Media framing of climate change downplays the threat | rabble.ca
Canadian Nobel scientist’s deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias, study finds | CBC News
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/04/dna-profiling-forensic-genetics-journal-resignations-china/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Leaked Audio: EPA Overruled Scientists in “Hair-on-Fire” Cases
Suppressed EPA Report: Formaldehyde Causes Leukemia
EPA Chlorpyrifos Ban Rationale Could Give Others Pesticides a Pass
Nature takes a beating after chemical explosion in South Africa civil unrest
Interactive Map: Suspected industrial discharges of PFAS
Air Pollution From Household Products Is Cutting People’s Lives Short
EPA Takes Action to Protect Pacific Salmon From Pesticides
Stop the War on “Invasive” Plants, They Do More Good Than Harm
https://www.ecowatch.com/neonicotinoids-harm-bees-2654615209.html
https://www.treehugger.com/bees-killed-pesticide-cocktails-5198100
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/78-sunscreens-cancer-causing-ingredients/
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/posts/1596465257355679
https://www.ecowatch.com/generational-harm-of-pesticides-2596453994.html
https://www.cheknews.ca/birds-of-prey-face-global-decline-from-habitat-loss-poisons-875352/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Disney Cancels Plan for Live-Action Rodeo Film After Mounting Pressure From Activists
Oxford councillors speak out following protest against greyhound racing | Oxford Mail
Tell Congress Wild Animals Shouldn’t Suffer in Circuses
Animal Charity Sues IOC Over Olympic Horse Problems, Pentathlon Punch
No more elephant rides at African Lion Safari | World Animal Protection
Why Captive Cetaceans Have Been Dying | The Whale Sanctuary Project | Back to Nature
https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/wounded-nyc-carriage-horse-forced-to-work-animal-rights-group/
https://iheartcats.com/tiger-king-stars-give-up-remaining-61-animals-to-dept-of-justice/
https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/36-cows-give-birth-new-york-state-fair/
Money, Banking, Investment
Debt deal with deforester BrasilAgro puts UBS’s green commitment in question
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts | CTV News
Flawed and Outdated Animal Models | National Anti-Vivisection Society
Insurance industry seeks to limit fossil fuel exposure amid growing climate threat | CTV News
15 Insurers Drop Trans Mountain Pipeline After Grassroots Pressure
Insurance industry seeks to limit fossil fuel exposure amid growing climate threat | CBC News
Rock Climbing Legend Alex Honnold Wants You to Stop Funding the Climate Crisis
12 Major Central Banks Continue to Fuel Climate Crisis, Report Says • Children’s Health Defense
Transportation, Shipping
https://www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/future-transport-spc-intl/index.html