Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Landmark Deal: Fracking Company Admits Criminal Responsibility, Will Pay $16.29 Million to Build Pennsylvania Water System • Children’s Health Defense
LA bans oil and gas drilling in historic vote – Grist | Grist
More Fossil Natural Gas Won’t Lower High Energy Bills – Union of Concerned Scientists
Billionaire’s coal mine blocked on climate grounds – Grist | Grist
Will SMRs seed a nuclear renaissance? | Corporate Knights
Cumbria mine ‘is self harm’
Cumbria mine approval ‘an appalling decision’
As waste-to-energy incinerators spread in Southeast Asia, so do concerns
African countries are tapping their fossil fuel wealth. Why aren’t they getting rich? | Grist
New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals | Grist
$15.5 billion to get Vietnam off coal – Grist | Grist
https://grist.org/beacon/puerto-rican-cities-sue-big-oil-over-climate-collusion/
https://theecologist.org/2022/dec/01/cumbrian-coal-mine-decision-imminent
https://www.treehugger.com/stora-enso-lignode-tree-battery-power-evs-6834087
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2022/12/02/more-gas-more-missing-climate-targets/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuela-signs-contracts-with-chevron-reanimate-expand-oil-output-2022-12-02/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-first-solar-electric-car-goes-into-production/
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Keystone-Oil-Pipeline-Shut-Down-After-Leak-In-Nebraska.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/as-eu-finalizes-renewable-energy-plan-forest-advocates-condemn-biomass/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/09/how-a-nuclear-site-was-allowed-to-poison-its-own-workers/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/kansas-oil-spill-biggest-in-keystone-history-u-s-data-1.6188317
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/get-tough-with-canada-over-cross-border-mining-contaminants-first-nations-tell-u-s/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/indigenous-communities-leading-the-switch-to-renewable-energy-in-the-north/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/bill-threatens-more-oil-extraction-roads-in-guatemalas-protected-forests/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/keystone-pipeline-leaks-becoming-more-severe-in-recent-years-u-s-data-shows-1.6191145
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/canada-other-g7-nations-launch-sustainable-mining-alliance-at-cop15-nature-meeting/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/keystone-pipeline-oil-spill-toxic-chemicals-drinking-water/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-oil-climate-disinformation-record-profits-cd/?itm_term=home
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/sinchiurco-is-coated-with-oil-the-kichwa-people-going-up-against-petroecuador/
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/case-against-exxonmobil-chevron-and-other-fossil-fuel-companies
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/14/gas-and-oil-corporation-deception-what-a-surprise/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/keystone-pipeline-spill-kansas-creek-biggest_n_63950b4fe4b0804966ad2271
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/committee-resource-extraction-mmiwg-report-1.6685802
https://grist.org/accountability/kansas-keystone-pipeline-spill-harder-clean/
https://www.treehugger.com/puerto-rico-sues-oil-majors-over-hurricane-damage-6951116
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/canadian-doctors-prescribe-fines-for-natural-gas-greenwashers/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2022/12/21/victory-canada-ends-financing-for-international-fossil-fuel-projects/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/trans-mountain-pipeline-fine-for-bird-disturbances-upheld-while-penalty-slashed/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/shadows-of-oil-in-peru-shipibo-people-denounce-damage-contamination-left-by-company/
https://grist.org/equity/california-passed-a-milestone-law-to-stop-neighborhood-drilling-now-big-oil-has-launched-its-counterattack/
https://ricochet.media/en/3915/2022-the-year-of-climate-change-and-polycrisis
https://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuel-funding-fudges-climate-research-6951672
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Facebook
How Bill Gates and Other Private Interests Used Legal Loopholes to Corrupt FDA • Children’s Health Defense
‘Parasitic’ Private Equity Consumes U.S. Healthcare System • Children’s Health Defense
Facebook
Big Pharma’s Takeover of Modern Medicine Created a ‘Pandemic of Misinformed Doctors’ • Children’s Health Defense
Moderna Fires Back at Pfizer Counterclaims in COVID Vaccine Patent Lawsuit + More • Children’s Health Defense
Prenatal Tests and Tragic Decisions: What Happens When FDA Fails to Regulate Medical Products • Children’s Health Defense
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccines-immune-system-neurological-disease-cola/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fauci-taxpayer-funded-beagle-dog-experiments-et/?itm_term=home
https://worldanimalnews.com/__trashed-4/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-nw-greed-lawmakers-slam-pfizer-price-hike-shots/?itm_term=home
https://www.timescolonist.com/bc-news/canadian-medical-association-endorses-bc-parks-plan-to-prescribe-nature-6265530
https://theecologist.org/2022/dec/22/musk-ditch-animal-tests
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/making-pig-livers-humanlike-in-quest-to-ease-organ-shortage-1.6209574
Industrial Crop Farming
Video: Stolen Quilombola cemeteries in the Amazon, and the probe that revealed it all
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/to-be-effective-zero-deforestation-pledges-need-a-critical-mass-study-shows/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/amazing-first-step-as-eu-law-cracks-down-on-deforestation-linked-imports/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/major-brazil-palm-oil-exporter-accused-of-fraud-land-grabbing-over-quilombola-cemeteries/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/video-in-brazils-amazon-quilombolas-fight-major-palm-oil-firm-for-access-to-cemeteries/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
‘Fierce, Ongoing Struggle’: Activists Take Aim at Midwest’s Industrial Factory Farms • Children’s Health Defense
Smartwatch-Wearing Cows And Smart Farms Are The Future, Say Scientists | IFLScience
Facebook
B.C. warns doctors to watch for avian flu spreading to humans after spike in cases in birds | CBC News
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/to-be-effective-zero-deforestation-pledges-need-a-critical-mass-study-shows/
https://grist.org/article/what-happens-when-citizens-try-regulate-factory-farms/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/amazing-first-step-as-eu-law-cracks-down-on-deforestation-linked-imports/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/12/14/civets-kept-in-cages-for-coffee-in-indonesia/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/rights-group-alleges-multiple-canadian-fast-food-chains-engaging-in-animal-cruelty-poor-treatment-of-chickens-1.6194632
https://www.cheknews.ca/new-york-bans-pet-stores-from-selling-cats-dogs-rabbits-1122862/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/better-livestock-health-reduces-carbon-emissions-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/to-cut-emissions-from-cattle-ranching-beef-up-the-soil-study-says/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/amazons-tallest-tree-at-risk-as-deforestation-nears/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat
True “River Monster” of the Amazon Recovers Thanks to Sustainable Fishing Laws
Dolphins delight with return to B.C. waters, but some see ‘invasive species’ – Victoria Times Colonist
2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/podcast-how-reporters-uncovered-a-massive-illegal-shark-finning-operation/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/europes-rarest-fish-numbers-spawn-hopes-for-species-survival/
https://worldanimalnews.com/the-european-commission-adopts-limiting-underwater-noise-pollution-that-will-help-protect-marine-wildlife/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/melting-ice-created-the-perfect-storm-for-a-rapidly-acidifying-arctic-ocean/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/indonesian-authorities-nip-island-auction-in-marine-reserve-in-the-bud/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/shark-fishing-gear-outlawed-across-much-of-pacific-in-win-for-conservationists/
https://worldanimalnews.com/oceana-demands-emergency-protection-of-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whales-especially-moms-calves-during-calving-season/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-climate-change-oceans-fishing/?
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/tech-companies-work-to-make-fishing-aquaculture-more-sustainable/
https://worldanimalnews.com/only-73-endangered-southern-resident-orcas-remain-in-the-wild-new-regulations-proposed-to-save-them/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/dalian-ocean-fishing-subject-of-mongabay-probe-now-sanctioned-by-u-s/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/from-bombs-to-seasonal-closure-indonesian-fishers-move-toward-sustainability/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/unsustainable-fishing-to-be-banned-in-irrawaddy-dolphins-bornean-sanctuary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/californias-network-of-marine-protected-areas-must-be-strengthened-and-expanded-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/strong-marine-protected-areas-credited-with-manta-ray-surge-in-indonesia/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/landmark-bill-will-ban-the-shark-fin-trade-in-the-us/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/mongabay-explains-whats-all-the-brouhaha-over-bottom-trawling/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Bright, unique colors can put tropical songbirds at greater risk
Facebook
Fighting wildlife trafficking in Peru: Q&A with prosecutor Alberto Caraza
https://worldanimalnews.com/montana-court-denies-new-effort-to-protect-wolves-which-now-allows-killing-40-of-the-states-wolf-population-this-winter-to-continue-take-action/
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/30/wolf-hunt-montana-judge/
https://worldanimalnews.com/__trashed-4/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/for-philippine-pangolins-tourisms-return-could-spell-trouble/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/trafficking-and-habitat-loss-spell-doom-for-bangladeshs-western-hoolock-gibbons/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/20/the-meat-industry-has-created-a-false-dichotomy-that-pits-people-against-animals/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
As the outdoor industry ditches PFAS, REI lags behind | Grist
Hidden cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up | CBC News
GOTS Certification Actually Tackles Textile Greenwashing
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/business/watchdog-group-casts-doubt-on-amazons-claims-of-reducing-plastic/
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
Treehugger Introduces a Modern Pyramid of Energy Conservation
Sulawesi hydropower dam could flood important archaeological sites
In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/rinjani-cable-car-project-lombok-ntb-indonesia/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/brazils-pantanal-is-at-risk-of-collapse-scientists-say/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/wildlife-at-risk-in-bangladesh-as-roads-run-rampant-through-protected-forests/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-oak-ridges-moraine-regulations-1.6692337
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/29/conservation-groups-force-forest-service-to-drop-huge-clearcutting-and-road-bulldozing-project-in-boises-most-popular-recreation-area/
Logging & Mining
Villagers demand Rio Tinto compensation
Poisoning the well
Timmins news: Agnico Eagle touts increased production, northern exploration | CTV News
Bolivia looks to opaque methods, firms to build lithium powerhouse
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-first-for-indonesia-government-recognizes-indigenous-papuans-ancestral-forests/
https://grist.org/sponsored/despite-bidens-promises-logging-threatens-old-forests-and-climate-goals/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/despite-11-drop-in-2022-amazon-deforestation-rate-has-soared-under-bolsonaro/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/eus-winter-energy-crisis-intensifies-pressure-on-forests-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/indigenous-communities-in-peru-living-in-fear-due-to-deforestation-drug-trafficking/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/as-eu-finalizes-renewable-energy-plan-forest-advocates-condemn-biomass/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/mennonites-deforest-peruvian-amazon-encroach-on-indigenous-lands-chasing-deforestation/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/09/a-mining-lawsuit-in-guatemala-shows-how-trade-courts-put-big-corporations-first/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/get-tough-with-canada-over-cross-border-mining-contaminants-first-nations-tell-u-s/
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/12/12/for-generations-grassy-narrows-residents-have-used-the-land-for-hunting-now-its-in-the-middle-of-a-lawsuit-between-canadian-mining-corporations.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/five-pressing-questions-for-the-future-of-lithium-mining-in-bolivia/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/bill-threatens-more-oil-extraction-roads-in-guatemalas-protected-forests/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/charlie-hoffs/just-and-sustainable-solutions-for-the-mining-and-recycling-of-rare-earth-elements-in-wind-turbines/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/canada-other-g7-nations-launch-sustainable-mining-alliance-at-cop15-nature-meeting/
https://grist.org/equity/time-running-out-save-grand-canyon-uranium-mines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/major-brazil-palm-oil-exporter-accused-of-fraud-land-grabbing-over-quilombola-cemeteries/
https://grist.org/regulation/tiehms-buckwheat-endangered-species-rhyolite-ridge-lithium-mine/
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/16/corporate-rico-environmental-advocate/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-first-hovering-robot-that-collects-rare-minerals-from-sea-floor-allows-industry-to-ditch-dredging/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-liberia-a-gold-boom-leads-to-unregulated-mining-and-ailing-rivers/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/gold-mining-invades-remote-protected-area-in-ecuador/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/the-netherlands-decides-to-stop-paying-subsidies-to-untruthful-biomass-firms/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/amazons-tallest-tree-at-risk-as-deforestation-nears/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/29/conservation-groups-force-forest-service-to-drop-huge-clearcutting-and-road-bulldozing-project-in-boises-most-popular-recreation-area/
Tech & Media
How Big Tech and Billionaires Dodge 1st Amendment Laws and Censor the World’s Big News Platforms – CounterPunch.org
MPs pass bill mandating internet giants pay for news. Meta threatens to block content | CBC News
Facebook intimidating Canadians with threats to pull news from platform: Ottawa – Vancouver Island Free Daily
Plastic
Waste pickers push to be heard in global plastics treaty negotiations
Canada’s single-use plastics ban starts this month | CTV News
Five things you need to know about Canada’s single-use plastic bans – Environmental Defence
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/scientists-discover-microplastics-in-aquatic-life-human-blood-breast-milk-1.6180489
https://grist.org/international/the-world-agreed-to-a-global-plastics-treaty-now-comes-the-hard-part/
https://grist.org/politics/congressional-democrats-have-a-new-plan-to-combat-plastic-pollution/
https://theecologist.org/2022/dec/15/plastic-pollution-kills-sea-urchin-larvae
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/business/watchdog-group-casts-doubt-on-amazons-claims-of-reducing-plastic/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/plastics-ban-will-have-sizable-effect-on-canada-s-ecosystems-expert-says-1.6202087
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/plastic-pellet-pollution-can-end-through-coordinated-efforts-report-shows/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-5-u-s-states-are-repaving-roads-this-year-with-unrecyclable-plastic-waste-the-results-are-impressive/
Telecom & Electronic
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may affect heart health, new EWG analysis finds | Environmental Working Group
EMF Pollution and Chronic Disease — What’s the Connection? • Children’s Health Defense
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/telecom-giant-ericcson-girl-scouts-5g/?itm_term=home
Tourism
Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them Fodor’s tells global tourists what places to skip | Grist
Indonesian authorities nip island auction in marine reserve in the bud
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/rinjani-cable-car-project-lombok-ntb-indonesia/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/for-philippine-pangolins-tourisms-return-could-spell-trouble/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
How Glyphosate Weedkillers Increase Risk of Breast Cancer • Children’s Health Defense
4 Reasons U.S. Is Losing the Fight to Ban Toxic Chemicals • Children’s Health Defense
The Rise Of The Super-Insecticide-Resistant Mosquitoes | IFLScience
https://grist.org/health/outdoor-industry-ditches-forever-chemicals-rei-pfas/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/toxic-pfas-chemicals-blood-ehn/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/monsanto-glyphosate-roundup-poison-playbook-rtk/?itm_term=home
https://www.iflscience.com/new-method-to-destroy-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-created-66717
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/glyphosate-exposure-level-health-cola/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/glyphosate-contamination-manatees-endangered-species/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfas-chemicals-fracking-waste/?itm_term=home
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/degraded-soil-threatens-to-exacerbate-bangladesh-food-crisis/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Bear Mark rescued from restaurant in Albania
Mary Cummins Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Advocates Los Angeles California: Animal Advocates Report Against Griffith Park Pony Rides and Petting Zoo by Mary Cummins
Dog Sledding Operation Loses Appeal, Court Finds Dogs Were Clearly In Distress – Animal Justice
Edmonton Valley Zoo funding slashed by city council | CTV News
Chimpanzees killed at Sweden zoo, police starts investigation
Berlin aquarium bursts, killing hundreds of fish | CTV News
All 1,500 fish in Berlin aquarium died after tank burst
Bear Kept in Small Concrete Cage for 20+ Years Arrives at Sanctuary
Victory! Suffering Pandas YaYa & LeLe At The Memphis Zoo Will Finally Be Sent To A Sanctuary In China – World Animal News
https://worldanimalnews.com/heartbreaking-news-as-three-chimpanzees-are-shot-killed-after-escaping-from-their-enclosure-at-a-swedish-zoo/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/marineland-animal-cruelty-charges-stayed-1.6694993
Money, Banking, Investment
COP15: Financial institutions have a role to play in biodiversity, negotiators say | CTV News
The world’s insurance bill from natural disasters this year: $115 billion | Grist
Sustainable investing assets plunge by US$8 trillion | Corporate Knights
Europe’s biggest bank to stop funding new oil and gas – Grist | Grist
Businesses and investors need to join the race to revive biodiversity
Vanguard Quits Key Climate Initiative—Will it Quite Climate Action Too?
https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/banking-against-science-financial-institutions-continue-to-fund-climate-destruction/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/climate-damage-from-bitcoin-mining-grew-more-than-125-times-worse-in-just-five-years/
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/hsbc-to-stop-financing-new-oil-and-gas-fields-except-in-canada/
https://democracywatch.ca/campaigns/stop-fossil-fuel-financing-campaign/
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/a-new-years-resolution-for-federal-pension-funds-stop-financing-fossil-fuels/
https://ricochet.media/en/3915/2022-the-year-of-climate-change-and-polycrisis
Transportation, Shipping
EU to regulate shipping emissions – Grist | Grist
Cargo from MV Zim Kingston spill still washes up on B.C. shores
Cargo from 2021 cargo spill still washing up on BC shores – Victoria Times Colonist
