Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities
Many factors caused Keystone pipeline leak, says TC Energy | CBC News
Just how good were Exxon’s climate projections? | Grist
https://grist.org/article/oil-refineries-polluting-us-waterways-too-often-its-legal/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/shell-profit-doubles-to-record-as-war-drives-up-energy-costs-1.6256638
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/01/shell-oil-niger-delta-nigeria-lawsuit/
https://grist.org/accountability/supreme-court-state-climate-lawsuits-oil-exxon/
https://grist.org/accountability/as-fracking-increases-in-the-texas-city-leaders-avoid-scrutiny/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/03/big-oil-is-posting-colossal-2022-profits/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/tide-island-seven-decades-of-environmental-racism-in-salvador/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/big-oil-profits-climate-1.6739808
https://grist.org/climate-energy/exxon-reports-record-profits-doubles-down-on-fossil-fuels/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/teck-coal-administrative-penalties-fording-river-pollution-1.6741917
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/carbon-capture-too-expensive-takes-too-long-to-build-report-1.1881568
https://thenarwhal.ca/imperial-oil-kearl-aer/
https://grist.org/protest/enbridge-line-3-pipeline-minnesota-public-safety-escrow-account-invoices/
https://ricochet.media/en/3928/carbon-capture-is-a-fairytale-solution-to-the-climate-crisis
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/win-for-science-as-bp-pressured-into-cleaning-up-offshore-gas-plans/
https://thenarwhal.ca/oil-spill-monitoring-indata-bc/?
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/?pnref=story
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/bp-backtracks-on-transition-climate-change-targets-fossil-fuels/
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=601541688456948&set=a.287193169891803
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/8-reasons-why-solar-power-is-a-good-investment/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/b-c-first-nation-orders-trans-mountain-to-stop-work-on-their-land/
https://globalnews.ca/news/9500425/new-methods-find-methane-emissions-underestimated/?
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/element-africa-the-platinum-bully-and-the-secret-oil-deal/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/21/imperial-oils-latest-toxic-tailings-pond-leak-must-be-a-wake-up-call-for-governments/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/shaina-sadai/fossil-fuel-companies-make-billions-in-profit-as-we-suffer-billions-in-losses/
https://grist.org/economics/bp-exxon-shell-backing-off-climate-promises/
https://grist.org/article/kentucky-floodwaters-are-rising-again-and-activists-blame-strip-mines/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-oil-trade-groups-lobby-billions-federal-policy/?itm_term=home
https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/ecocide/extraction/new-lawsuit-challenging-thacker-pass-lithium-mine-press-release/?
https://grist.org/energy/big-oil-record-2022-profits-methane-emissions-iea/
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/canadian-oil-and-gas-industry-is-actively-lobbying-against-its-net-zero-targets-report/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/27/the-meaning-of-sustainability/
https://grist.org/climate-energy/this-climate-friendly-fuel-comes-with-an-astronomical-cancer-risk/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/28/no-more-excuses-oil-and-gas-companies-keep-lying-about-their-methane-emissions/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Gardasil Side Effects Caused Neuropathic Injuries, Skin Reactions, HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Claims + More • Children’s Health Defense
GoodRx Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million for ‘Deceptively’ Sharing Personal Health Data With Google, Facebook • Children’s Health Defense
Antibiotics Can Disrupt Gut Microbiome, Increase Risk for Crohn’s, Colitis • Children’s Health Defense
Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Oil Driving Spread of Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ • Children’s Health Defense
On the Greed of the Pharmaceutical Industry – CounterPunch.org
Federal NDP-Liberal agreement prompted increased lobbying efforts from Big Pharma – Goldstream News Gazette
Health Care is Sick and Profit is the Disease – CounterPunch.org
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/pollution-and-climate-change-set-stage-for-rise-in-antimicrobial-resistance/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/federal-regulation-medical-tests-lobbying/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/nih-monkey-experiments-cd/?itm_term=home
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/invisible-threat-inequitable-impact
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/federal-government-big-pharma-liability/?itm_term=home
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/pharmacist-alleges-pet-drug-companies-are-keeping-the-cost-of-vet-medications-high-1.6274367
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/17/how-drug-ads-gaslight-us/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/glaxosmithkline-zantac-cancer/?itm_term=home
https://breachmedia.ca/after-pharma-lobbying-minister-intervened-to-suspend-drug-price-reform/
Industrial Crop Farming
Indonesia and Malaysia assail new EU ban on ‘dirty commodities’ trade
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/development-projects-in-ethiopia-leave-starvation-disease-in-wake-report/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/the-20m-flip-the-story-of-the-largest-land-grab-in-the-brazilian-amazon/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/palm-oil-plantation-linked-to-wilmar-faces-accusations-in-liberia/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/bolivia-has-a-soy-deforestation-problem-its-worse-than-previously-thought/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/six-steps-to-tackle-exploitation-in-indonesias-palm-oil-smallholder-scheme-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/indonesian-palm-oil-billionaire-gets-15-years-for-corruption/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Undercover Investigation Of Fur Farms In Finland Reveals Sick & Injured Foxes Kept In Horrific Conditions; Help Ban Cruel Fur Farming In The EU – World Animal News
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A major dairy company plans to slash methane emissions — but there’s an elephant in the room | Grist
The Egg Shortage Reflects a Cruel, Unsustainable System
Bird flu update: Outbreaks at farms in Slovakia and Nepal
What’s the Difference Between Cage-Free and Free-Range Eggs?
How Cows Destroyed an Entire Marine Ecosystem in California – Atlas Obscura
Drought has farmers thinning cattle herds, could cause supply problems
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/bird-flu-keeps-spreading-beyond-birds-scientists-worry-it-signals-a-growing-threat-to-humans-too-1.6732287
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/jbs-is-accused-of-misleading-investors-with-suspicious-green-bonds/
https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/mountain-of-wool-fleece-piles-up-as-prices-tank-mills-shut-down-6529554
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/fire-claims-hog-barn-thousands-of-animals-near-sturgis-sask-1.6271957
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/26/eu-authority-recommends-end-of-cages-at-chicken-farms/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Massive Plastic Pollution Cleanup
Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach – Vancouver Island Free Daily
Costa Rica announces ban on fishing of hammerhead sharks
Indian Ocean states take a stand against overfishing – Grist | Grist
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Bangladesh bans suckermouth catfish in light of threats to native fish species
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/thai-government-turns-its-sights-on-illegal-coral-trade/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/good-fisheries-management-if-enforced-can-help-sharks-and-rays-recover/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/woodfibre-ling-squamish-b-c-environmental-assessment-changes-1.6737625
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marine-refuge-first-nation-conservation-1.6737910
https://www.facebook.com/alexandramorton.wildsalmon/videos/557168006354594
https://www.facebook.com/alexandramorton.wildsalmon/videos/557168006354594
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/tide-island-seven-decades-of-environmental-racism-in-salvador/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/study-paying-fishers-to-ease-off-sharks-and-rays-is-cost-effective-conservation/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/critics-allege-eus-toxic-collusion-with-fishing-lobbies-is-damaging-indian-ocean-tuna/
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a-scientific-sin-16-canadian-salmon-scientists-claim-dfo-sea-lice-report-was-manipulated-6493604
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/climate-change-makes-its-presence-felt-in-the-amazons-shrinking-fish/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/fishing-communities-create-marine-refuges-to-protect-chiles-biodiversity/
https://grist.org/article/hawaii-quietly-rolls-back-innovative-plan-to-manage-marine-resources/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/indonesia-tuna-fishing-fisheries-indian-ocean-fads-eu-fish-aggregating-device/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/u-s-grocery-chains-flunk-sustainability-human-rights-tests-for-tuna-sourcing/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/experts-pushing-for-high-seas-fishing-ban-win-nobel-prize-for-environment/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/roger-stephenson/whales-and-lobstermen-have-a-common-enemy/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
The United States & South Africa Form Powerful New Task Force To Combat Wildlife Trafficking – World Animal News
White Wolf : Meet The Malinois Dogs Who Fight Poachers In Kenya
Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade
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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/the-illegal-jaguar-trade-is-thriving-online-why-arent-governments-stopping-it/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/08/news-vietnam-confiscates-ivory/
https://worldanimalnews.com/breaking-13-spider-monkeys-rescued-from-illegal-wildlife-trafficking-are-released-into-a-protected-forest-in-guatemala/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-man-sentenced-for-role-in-reptile-smuggling-from-u-s-to-asia-1.6273024
https://www.treehugger.com/operation-pangolin-launched-save-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal-7110725
https://worldanimalnews.com/trophy-hunters-are-gathering-this-week-from-feb-22nd-25th-in-tennessee-for-another-sickening-annual-safari-club-international-convention/
https://worldanimalnews.com/a-critically-endangered-pangolin-pup-was-born-after-their-mother-was-saved-from-traffickers-in-south-africa/
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/he-was-very-close-to-dying-dog-owner-calls-for-quebec-ban-on-leg-hold-traps-1.6288368
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/27/vietnam-gives-13-years-sentence-for-wildlife-trafficking/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Helly Hansen sweaters and hoodies recalled | CTV News
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/lead-health-risks-heavy-metal-production/?itm_term=home
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/processed-seed-oils-cola/?itm_term=home
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/invisible-threat-inequitable-impact
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/in-mexico-worry-that-maya-train-will-destroy-jungle/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/development-projects-in-ethiopia-leave-starvation-disease-in-wake-report/
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/09/opinion/mountain-roads-great-recreation-disaster-watersheds?
https://www.facebook.com/BrightGreenLies/photos/a.280313409029699/1744483509279341/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/for-tigers-in-nepal-highways-are-a-giant-roadblock-best-avoided/
Logging & Mining
Element Africa: Lead poisoning, polluted rivers, and ‘calamitous’ mining regulation
Sea floor mining without regulations prohibited in Canada | CTV News
Can the U.S. transition to electric vehicles while avoiding dirty mining? | Corporate Knights
Mining law has barely changed since 1872. Can Congress agree on a fix? | Grist
Battling a Mining Goliath on Two Continents – CounterPunch.org
Element Africa: The platinum ‘bully’ and the secret oil deal
For some Colombians, vows of mining reform are just a flash in the pan
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/illegal-mines-and-floating-towns-on-the-pure-river-leave-uncontacted-indigenous-peoples-at-risk/
https://grist.org/regulation/epa-veto-alaska-pebble-mine-bristol-bay-sockeye-salmon-clean-water-act/
https://grist.org/regulation/georgia-okefenokee-swamp-mining-permit-trump-epa-navigable-waters-protection-rule-twin-pines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/mechanization-of-illegal-gold-mining-threatens-ghanas-forests/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/is-el-salvador-preparing-to-reverse-its-landmark-mining-ban/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/saving-masungi-a-last-green-corridor-of-the-philippines-qa-with-ann-dumaliang/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/podcast-moths-vs-mines-in-ecuadors-astounding-biodiversity-hotspot/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/10/the-lithium-frenzy-is-an-ecological-catastrophe-for-oregons-high-desert/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/potential-impact-on-whales-overlooked-as-deep-sea-mining-looks-set-to-start/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/the-20m-flip-the-story-of-the-largest-land-grab-in-the-brazilian-amazon/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/bauxite-mining-in-para-poisons-quilombola-people/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/mercury-is-a-complex-problem-qa-with-colombian-mining-minister-irene-velez-torres/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/forests-finance-a-lawsuit-an-import-ban-and-restoring-zambian-forests/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/france-seeks-eu-okay-to-fund-biomass-plants-burn-amazon-forest-to-power-spaceport/
https://grist.org/article/kentucky-floodwaters-are-rising-again-and-activists-blame-strip-mines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/newly-described-dicaprios-snake-and-others-threatened-by-mining-in-ecuador-and-panama/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/in-brazil-criminals-dismantle-one-of-the-best-preserved-swaths-of-the-amazon/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/lithium-mining-report-transit-1.6755418
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/treacherous-pits-and-lakes-left-in-the-wake-of-cameroons-abandoned-mining-sites/
https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/ecocide/extraction/new-lawsuit-challenging-thacker-pass-lithium-mine-press-release/?
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/yanomami-crisis-sparks-action-against-illegal-gold-in-the-amazon/
Tech & Media
How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair law | Grist
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/17/high-country-news-engages-in-climate-change-denialism-and-greenwashing/
Plastic
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/14/news-sri-lanka-ban-plastic-elephants/
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/18/east-palestine-plastic-industry-lobbying/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/23/big-plastic-will-see-us-in-court-next-month-and-youre-invited-toronto/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/scientists-confirm-plastic-is-a-new-threat-to-the-andean-condor-in-peru/
https://grist.org/climate-energy/this-climate-friendly-fuel-comes-with-an-astronomical-cancer-risk/
Telecom & Electronic
Why Smart Meters Are Good for Utility Companies, Bad for Consumers • Children’s Health Defense
Tourism
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/in-mexico-worry-that-maya-train-will-destroy-jungle/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/four-day-music-festival-in-sri-lanka-elephant-territory-set-to-continue-despite-protests/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/as-livelihoods-clash-with-development-vietnams-can-gio-mangroves-are-at-risk/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
https://grist.org/accountability/lessons-pfas-water-small-wisconsin-town/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/03/forever-chemicals-everywhere/
https://grist.org/beacon/states-are-taking-aim-at-toxic-chemicals/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/sperm-counts-reproductive-development-plastics/?itm_term=home
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/04/on-world-cancer-day-we-need-our-government-to-protect-us-from-carcinogens-and-exposure-related-cancers/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/pollution-and-climate-change-set-stage-for-rise-in-antimicrobial-resistance/
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/invisible-threat-inequitable-impact
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/east-palestine-ohio-toxic-chemicals-train/?itm_term=home
https://rabble.ca/environment/its-time-to-break-the-toxic-chain-of-forever-chemicals/
https://worldanimalnews.com/a-major-environmental-disaster-unfolding-in-ohio-after-air-water-is-contaminated-with-toxic-chemicals-following-train-derailment/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/21/rail-unions-warned-us-greed-is-dangerous/
https://www.iflscience.com/genetically-modified-trees-are-growing-in-us-forests-for-first-time-67717
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/epa-pesticides-human-hormones-ehn/?itm_term=home
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
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Sled, bark and go! Yukon Quest 2023 leaves Whitehorse | CBC News
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VIDEO: Happy Ending for Loving Lions Rescued From Horrific Circus
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/mexico-zoo-director-killed-cooked-4-pygmy-goats-for-party-1.6255655
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/01/news-dolphin-duchess-dies-at-the-mirage-in-las-vegas/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/03/three-sloths-died-in-belgium-after-being-left-in-ice-cold-airplane-for-24-hours/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/14/news-elephants-forced-to-dance-at-valentines-day-thailand/
Money, Banking, Investment
Clean energy investments have caught up to fossil fuels – Grist | Grist
New Bank in The Spirit of Walden Will Lend and Invest Only in Local New England Agriculture
Tell RBC to stop funding fossil fuels
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/investors-not-walking-the-talk-when-voting-on-climate-commitments-report-1.6255174
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/jbs-is-accused-of-misleading-investors-with-suspicious-green-bonds/
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/1/29/greening-ourselves-to-extinction?
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/investors-crank-up-the-heat-on-bank-fossil-fuel-financing/
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/canada-falling-behind-other-countries-on-esg-investing-rules-report/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/companies-big-banks-are-still-lagging-on-deforestation-regulations-report/
Transportation, Shipping
https://theecologist.org/2023/feb/01/ecocide-teesside
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/in-mexico-worry-that-maya-train-will-destroy-jungle/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/02/03/three-sloths-died-in-belgium-after-being-left-in-ice-cold-airplane-for-24-hours/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/x-press-pearl-salvage-continues-as-study-shows-toxic-effects-of-disaster/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/east-palestine-ohio-toxic-chemicals-train/?itm_term=home
https://worldanimalnews.com/a-major-environmental-disaster-unfolding-in-ohio-after-air-water-is-contaminated-with-toxic-chemicals-following-train-derailment/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/21/rail-unions-warned-us-greed-is-dangerous
