Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
LA bans natural gas in new buildings – Grist | Grist
Oil industry pioneer leads sustainable aviation revolution | Corporate Knights
The EU banned Russian wood pellet imports; South Korea took them all
Alberta landowners fear repeat of orphan well crisis as renewable energy booms – Vancouver Island Free Daily
https://www.treehugger.com/oil-gas-deforestation-threaten-africa-carbon-sink-6951634
https://grist.org/beacon/uk-winds-record-breaking-year/
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/09/fuelling-biodiversity-collapse
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/indonesias-biofuel-push-must-go-beyond-palm-oil-to-reduce-risk-experts-say/
https://ricochet.media/en/3918/the-disinformation-of-fossil-fuel-advertising-in-canada
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/11/coal-2-nuclear-another-smokescreen-that-obscures-real-climate-solutions/
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/12/oil-chief-exec-captures-cop28
https://grist.org/accountability/study-exxonmobil-models-predicted-reality-climate-change-lawsuits/
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/13/hiding-behind-hydrogen
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/13/solidarity-lutzerath-lebt
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/exxon-climate-scientists-predicted-damage/?itm_term=home
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-coal-mine-climate-protests-thunberg-1.6714515
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/16/rosebank-oil-field-climate-wrecking
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/big-oils-good-times-set-roll-after-record-2022-profits-2023-01-17/
https://grist.org/international/investor-state-dispute-settlements-keystone-pipeline/
https://ricochet.media/en/3920/inflation-has-been-very-good-for-canadas-extraction-industries
https://theecologist.org/2023/jan/19/life-lutzerath
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/venezuelas-oil-spill-crisis-reached-new-heights-in-2022-report/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/shaina-sadai/exxonmobil-accurately-projected-rising-temperatures-while-publicly-disparaging-climate-science/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/oil-spill-vancouver-english-bay-1.6722517
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-climate/are-insurance-companies-walking-away-from-fossil-fuels/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/25/exxon-got-rich-we-got-played/
https://rabble.ca/environment/climate-crisis-who-knew-turns-out-the-oil-industry-did/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/01/27/debunking-five-myths-that-oil-and-gas-executives-want-you-to-believe/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/alicia-race/esg-investing-fight-is-heating-up-in-kentucky-and-could-cost-taxpayers/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/laura-peterson/oil-companies-plan-to-take-the-road-already-traveled/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/kathy-mulvey/six-ways-science-can-boost-climate-accountability-in-2023/
https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/reckless-spiteful-pipeline-project?
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
California Sues Pharma Giants Over Insulin Price Gouging • Children’s Health Defense
Sanders Blasts Big Pharma Greed in Fox News Op-Ed • Children’s Health Defense
https://www.iflscience.com/drugs-no-longer-need-to-be-tested-on-animals-before-human-trials-fda-announces-67072
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-pharma-industrial-food/?itm_term=home
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/16/twitter-covid-vaccine-pharma/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/wsj-covid-booster-fda/?itm_term=home
Industrial Crop Farming
Jail, but no justice, for perps in Indonesian palm oil corruption case
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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/indonesias-biofuel-push-must-go-beyond-palm-oil-to-reduce-risk-experts-say/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/at-a-rubber-plantation-in-liberia-history-repeats-in-a-fight-over-land/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/indigenous-communities-in-latin-america-decry-the-mennonites-expanding-land-occupation/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/on-sumatra-coast-mangrove-clearing-sparks-scrutiny-of-loophole/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Japan kills record 10 million chickens after bird flu outbreaks
Obese foxes with infections at fur farms in Finland
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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/deforestation-out-of-control-in-reserve-in-brazils-cattle-capital/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/01/11/news-girl-infected-with-bird-flu-in-ecuador/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/01/14/news-mink-breeding-for-the-fashion-industry-starts-again-in-denmark/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/ecotourism-and-education-win-win-solution-for-pantanal-jaguars-and-ranchers/
https://www.treehugger.com/egg-shortage-cruel-unsustainable-system-7098019
https://www.treehugger.com/gene-edited-hen-prevent-slaughter-male-chicks-7099020
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Sea Urchins Keep Surviving As Marine Life Languishes in the Florida Keys
Fishers on Indonesia’s Batam Island suffer as mangrove cover declines
Costco faces lawsuit over false ‘dolphin safe’ tuna claim
Mongabay Explains: What’s the difference between artisanal and industrial fishing?
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/mexico-dismantles-illegal-fishing-cartel-killing-off-rare-vaquita-porpoise/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/13/the-invisible-global-heat-danger-zone/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/more-than-half-of-reef-sharks-and-rays-threatened-with-extinction-study-shows/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/innovators-develop-seaweed-based-alternatives-to-plastic-food-wrappers/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2023/01/17/most-coral-reef-sharks-and-rays-may-be-at-risk-of-extinction/?sh=4d52e123c74c
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/study-aims-to-unmask-fishing-vessels-and-owners-obscured-by-loopholes/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/invasive-rats-topple-ecological-domino-that-affects-reef-fish-behavior/
https://worldanimalnews.com/over-2500-tones-of-whale-meat-en-route-to-japan-from-iceland-samskip-disregards-own-promise/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/banned-but-abundant-gillnets-pose-main-threat-to-bangladeshs-river-dolphins/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/u-s-refuses-calls-for-immediate-protection-of-north-atlantic-right-whales/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/re-carbonizing-the-sea-scientists-to-start-testing-a-big-ocean-carbon-idea/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/01/25/japan-whaling-company-sells-whale-meat-in-vending-machines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/the-dark-side-of-light-coastal-urban-lighting-threatens-marine-life-study-shows/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/indigenous-kawesqar-take-on-salmon-farms-in-chiles-southernmost-fjords/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
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A Conservation Success As Zero Indian Rhinos Were Poached In 2022 Making It The First Time In 45 Years – World Animal News
Help save pangolins – Support FFI’s appeal
Rare case of rhino poaching jolts conservation community in Nepal
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Germany Is Holding The Largest Trophy Hunting Fair In The EU; Over 80 Exhibitors Are Selling Hunting Trips To Kill Imperiled Wildlife – World Animal News
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/mexico-dismantles-illegal-fishing-cartel-killing-off-rare-vaquita-porpoise/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-fur-trappers-snares-dogs-killed-1.6705947?
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/rumors-and-misconceptions-threaten-tokay-geckos-in-bangladesh/
https://worldanimalnews.com/breaking-disgraced-texas-biologist-dr-richard-kazmaier-receives-light-sentence-for-illegal-wildlife-trafficking/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/federal-agency-targeting-illegal-wildlife-trade-through-financial-intelligence/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
L’Oreal targeted in proposed B.C. class action linking hair relaxers to cancer in Black women | CBC News
Critics Say New FDA Limits for Lead in Baby Food Don’t ‘Go Far Enough to Protect Babies From Neurodevelopmental Damage’ • Children’s Health Defense
Thinx Settles Lawsuit Alleging Its ‘Nontoxic’ Underwear Contain Harmful Chemicals
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/toxic-chemicals-from-b-c-s-sewage-are-making-their-way-inside-orcas-ubc-study-finds/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/01/24/costco-faces-lawsuit-over-false-dolphin-safe-tuna-claim/
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
Canadian developers are gentrifying Mexico’s beaches ⋆ The Breach
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/series-of-small-dams-pose-big-cumulative-risk-to-amazons-fish-and-people/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/el-salvador-poised-for-big-year-of-roadbuilding-despite-environmental-concerns/
https://ricochet.media/en/3922/mikmaq-community-in-newfoundland-is-sounding-the-alarm-with-concerns-of-contaminated-drinking-water
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/canopy-bridges-connect-forests-wildlife-and-international-researchers/
Logging & Mining
Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?
Could mining-waste-eating bacteria be key to sustainable battery minerals?
Venezuela’s Yapacana National Park suffering increasing mining deforestation: report
(1) Deep Green Resistance – Posts | Facebook
Brazil declares public health emergency for Yanomami people | CBC News
Priciest territorial contaminated sites include abandoned mine, former town site – Vancouver Island Free Daily
Carbon Hunters Episode 3: Summit Nanotech | Corporate Knights
FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses
Tense neighbors: Chinese quarry in Cameroon takes a toll on locals
Illegal road found in Yanomami land accelerates destruction
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-blockade-20-anniversary-1.6699763
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/404853/Alberta-won-t-release-data-on-snowpack-contamination-from-coal-mines
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/from-deforestation-to-restoration-policy-plots-path-to-amazon-recovery/
https://rabble.ca/indigenous/grassy-narrows-in-the-context-of-reconciliation/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/10/alliance-for-the-wild-rockies-and-native-ecosystem-council-sue-forest-service-to-stop-cabinet-yaak-grizzly-bear-habitat-destruction/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/teck-metals-columbia-river-pollution-fine-1.6709794
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/dammed-now-mined-indigenous-brazilians-fight-for-the-xingu-rivers-future/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/deforestation-out-of-control-in-reserve-in-brazils-cattle-capital/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/burning-man-latest-foe-of-green-energy-project-in-nevada/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/17/logging-for-wildlife-is-a-destructive-fiction/
https://ricochet.media/en/3920/inflation-has-been-very-good-for-canadas-extraction-industries
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/australian-niobium-mining-project-instills-16-years-of-anxiety-for-malawi-communities/
https://grist.org/article/a-zero-emissions-future-without-the-mining-boom/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/logging-threats-loom-over-tree-kangaroo-refuge-in-papua-new-guinea/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/even-in-recovery-previously-logged-tropical-forests-are-carbon-sources-study/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/chiles-denial-of-dominga-port-project-is-a-just-energy-transition-victory-and-lesson-commentary/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/26/is-mining-money-behind-the-arrest-of-salvadoran-water-defenders/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/liberian-courts-rubber-stamp-export-shipment-of-illegal-logs/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/u-s-mature-forests-are-critical-carbon-repositories-but-at-risk-study/
https://grist.org/regulation/georgia-okefenokee-swamp-mining-permit-trump-epa-navigable-waters-protection-rule-twin-pines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/element-africa-lead-poisoning-polluted-rivers-and-calamitous-mining-regulation/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/u-s-government-uses-rare-veto-to-block-alaska-copper-gold-mine-plan/
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/system-broken-if-bamberton-quarry-gets-no-environmental-review-green-mla-6461065
Tech & Media
Home Depot gave personal data to Meta without valid customer consent
Plastic
Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is it? (commentary)
https://www.treehugger.com/unlikely-solution-to-microplastic-pollution-magnets-6944610
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/innovators-develop-seaweed-based-alternatives-to-plastic-food-wrappers/
Telecom & Electronic
What You Should Know About Wireless Radiation • Children’s Health Defense
WHO’s Cancer Research Agency to Assess 5G Health Risks — But Not Until 2025 • Children’s Health Defense
4 Studies Add to Evidence of Wireless Technology-Related Electromagnetic Radiation in Humans • Children’s Health Defense
Tourism
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/prince-rupert-port-set-to-ban-cruise-ships-from-dumping-contaminated-wastewater/
https://www.treehugger.com/sea-urchins-keep-surviving-as-marine-life-languishes-in-the-florida-keys-7094387
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/01/21/news-thailand-elephant-camp-buys-six-elephants-for-chinese-tourists/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Pesticide traps the cause of Gold River elementary school rash
You Can’t See, Smell or Taste These Toxic Chemicals — But They’re Everywhere • Children’s Health Defense
How Neonicotinoid Insecticides Adversely Affect Nervous System Health • Children’s Health Defense
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/loss-of-pollinators-leading-to-drop-in-healthy-food-production-and-more-excess-deaths-study-1.6223570
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/toxic-chemicals-from-b-c-s-sewage-are-making-their-way-inside-orcas-ubc-study-finds/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/poisoned-by-pesticides-health-crisis-deepens-in-brazils-indigenous-communities/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/glyphosate-dna-damage-cancer-oxidative-stress-cg/?itm_term=home
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/black-hair-class-action-lawsuit-loreal-1.6721662
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/glyphosate-desiccant-pesticide-pollen/?itm_term=home
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-climate/the-climate-blockers-basf-quietly-lobbies-against-strong-climate-policy-while-talking-a-big-game/
https://grist.org/agriculture/a-new-report-says-pesticides-intensify-climate-change/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
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Thailand elephant camp buys six elephants for Chinese tourists
Zoo workers blame Chile government for death of lion Zeus
End to 30-year era: No more Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo; organizers cite lack of volunteers – Vancouver Island Free Daily
In Defense of Animals’ 10 Worst Zoos For Elephants In 2022 Revealed – World Animal News
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/video/video-in-norway-sled-dogs-train-and-play-in-warming-arctic/
Money, Banking, Investment
Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits
2023 Responsible Funds Guide | Corporate Knights
Report: Pension funds responding to climate crisis, more effort needed | CTV News
How leading companies are tying executive pay to sustainability | Corporate Knights
Are insurance companies walking away from fossil fuels?
Fossil fuel stocks cost Colorado pension fund US$2.7 billion
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/accelerating-biodiversity-positive-impact-a-conversation-with-silverstrand-capitals-kelvin-chiu/
https://grist.org/climate-energy/federal-reserve-banks-climate-stress-test-scenario-regulation-wells-fargo-jpmorgan-chase/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/kathy-mulvey/six-ways-science-can-boost-climate-accountability-in-2023/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/federal-agency-targeting-illegal-wildlife-trade-through-financial-intelligence/
Transportation, Shipping
Between 60 and 100 litres of oil spilled near Vancouver’s English Bay | CBC News
Silicon Valley accelerates climate breakdown
Biden administration unveils roadmap for a greener, more equitable transportation sector | Grist
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/prince-rupert-port-set-to-ban-cruise-ships-from-dumping-contaminated-wastewater/
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/u-s-refuses-calls-for-immediate-protection-of-north-atlantic-right-whales/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/watch-this-cargo-ship-fly-a-giant-kite-to-save-fuel-and-cut-emissions/