Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Nuclear had a moment at COP28 — but it may be short-lived | Grist
Government plans to quadruple UK nuclear power
Nuclear hype in meltdown
Burnaby, B.C., fuel refinery warns more odour, flaring, visible smoke are possible | CBC News
https://grist.org/indigenous/why-more-than-60-indigenous-nations-oppose-the-line-5-oil-pipeline/
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/norway-to-pay-sami-reindeer-herders-millions-for-violating-their-human-rights/
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/gas-malfunction
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-deep-river-nuclear-waste-ottawa-river-1.7079037
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/10/new-york-times-minimizes-impacts-of-three-mile-island/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/ai-and-satellite-data-map-true-scale-of-untracked-fishing-and-ocean-industry/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/01/10/enbridge-gas-caught-lying/
https://rabble.ca/columnists/ottawa-supports-big-oil-over-the-climate/
https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-emissions-cap-lobbying/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/courage-calm-despite-attacks-qa-with-colombian-activist-yuly-velasquez/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/01/23/capping-oil-and-gas-emissions-we-have-the-framework-now-where-do-we-go-from-here/
https://in-sights.ca/2024/01/24/everything-else-becomes-moot/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/01/26/Oilsands-Air-Pollution-Much-Higher-Than-Industry-Estimates/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/pfbid075PbgSvY8f7SDn5KP4cSbkDtsiUB4PJSud6dTY1K9dp6UpVGqkzGicPniyhd2Pkxl
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/knight-bites-five-ways-natural-gas-supply-chain-is-leaking-methane/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/desmog-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-risks-1950s-denial/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
French Researchers Identify ‘Improbably High Rate of Deaths’ in Newborns Who Received New RSV Shot • Children’s Health Defense
Police Detective: 50% of Sudden Infant Deaths Happened Within 48 Hours of Vaccination — But No One Is Allowed to Say It • Children’s Health Defense
Big Pharma Embattled Over Cheap Drug Imports, Patents – CounterPunch.org
Big Pharma Has Increased Hundreds Of Drug Prices In 2024 So Far | IFLScience
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
128 Pregnant Women, 25 Tots Under Age 2 Given Wrong RSV Vaccines, CDC Says • Children’s Health Defense
Scientists Call for Global Moratorium on mRNA Vaccines, Immediate Removal From Childhood Schedule • Children’s Health Defense
‘A Very Dangerous Medical Experiment’: CDC Expands Vaccine Schedules for Kids, Pregnant Women and Most Adults • Children’s Health Defense
https://www.iflscience.com/epa-abandons-plan-to-end-mammal-testing-by-2035-72472
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/17/scientific-misconduct-and-fraud-the-final-nail-in-psychiatrys-antidepressant-coffin/
https://www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/a-first-ever-experiment-shows-how-pigs-might-one-day-help-people-who-have-liver-failure-8130668
https://worldanimalnews.com/nearly-900-dogs-and-cats-caged-and-brutally-used-as-live-blood-bags-in-secret-blood-bank/
https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/posts/pfbid02vHHVPAfsa4LYhYYKey8brYkn7e3wWW7TNhaDS8p7ogdveFnDUqMMb5a844yiw3bBl
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/mmr-vaccine-media-measles-outbreaks/
Industrial Crop Farming
The waters of the Xingu: A source of life at risk of death
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/palm-oil-giants-push-out-smallholders-in-guatemala-deforestation-risks-remain/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/new-tool-aims-to-help-palm-oil-firms-comply-with-deforestation-regulations/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/meet-the-think-tank-behind-the-agribusiness-legislative-wins-in-brazil/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Earthjustice – As a result of our litigation, the EPA agreed to… | Facebook
Animal Justice – Profit shouldn’t come at the price of animal… | Facebook
“‘[T]he intensive concentration of animals… – Deep Green Resistance | Facebook
250+ Groups Urge USDA To Address The Reduction Of Meat & Dairy Consumption To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions – World Animal News
B.C. SPCA rescues seven dogs from outdoor pens in sub-zero temperature | Vancouver Sun
Animal agriculture is a far cry from the lush… – We Animals Media | Facebook
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/01/03/animal-news-chickens-died-stable-fire-netherlands/
https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/posts/pfbid02LvWUcJ5GGGBCH31dWWowF3LQSH5mkCn2HTH1BbUoQ3WPkn13vH6oELwXNiwJLsD2l
https://worldanimalnews.com/95-labrador-retrievers-rescued-for-one-of-the-nations-most-notorious-breeders-in-missouri/
https://worldanimalnews.com/250-groups-urge-the-usda-to-address-the-reduction-of-meat-dairy-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/stacy-woods/an-opportunity-to-reduce-water-pollution-from-slaughterhouses/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/mexicos-first-black-and-white-hawk-eagle-nest-is-a-treasure-trove-for-researchers/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Salmon farms in vulnerable and exposed coastal zones face increasing threats from extreme weather events due to the unpredictable climate… | Instagram
Kenyan villagers show how to harvest more octopus by fishing less
Report: Human tragedy stalks the prized Honduran lobster industry
Indonesia invites Turkish investors to develop tuna farms in Papua
Overfishing leads to decline in Bangladesh marine fish stocks & diversity
Mangrove crab sustainability is vital for fishers in Indonesia’s Aru Islands
Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas fishing
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/study-fishing-with-pesticides-and-dynamite-puts-ecuadorian-amazon-in-peril/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/indonesia-fishers-eco-friendly-gear-equipment-sustainability-catch-crab/
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20354-gm-fishy-canola-to-feed-farmed-salmon-is-misleadingly-claimed-as-sustainable
https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-sea-turtle-feminization/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/canada-lobster-pounds-kill-egg-bearing-female-lobsters-1.7079443
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/ai-and-satellite-data-map-true-scale-of-untracked-fishing-and-ocean-industry/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/spain-sanctions-fishing-vessels-for-illegally-going-dark-near-argentine-waters/
https://www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/rise-in-fishing-related-shark-deaths-worldwide-despite-more-anti-finning-laws-study-8095715
https://www.facebook.com/EmmaHurstMP/posts/pfbid033TodZuiVFysGN25RsdhmLVN4im1UaZ9MULaynqG2ZCN3HagNeJSUSKzXF9mYEv8Bl
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/global-shark-deaths-increasing-despite-finning-bans-study-shows/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/indigenous-effort-in-bangladesh-helps-reverse-endangered-fishs-slide-to-extinction/
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-tanzania-the-fight-against-blast-fishing-is-ramping-up/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whirling-disease-confirmed-fish-in-bc-yoho-national-park-1.7089726
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/diver-spends-5-mins-pulling-fishing-hook-from-frightened-stingrays-mouth/
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-brazil-the-seahorse-black-market-is-bustling/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/dna-probe-uncovers-threatened-shark-species-in-thailands-markets/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/ocean-heating-breaks-record-again-with-disastrous-outcomes-for-the-planet/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Australian police seize lizards worth US$800,000 from smugglers | CTV News
Togo monkey seizure turns spotlight on illicit wildlife trafficking from DR Congo
This says it all! When the buying stops the… – Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Green meerkat Malta was smuggled to Malta… – Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Uncovering the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia with Emi Kondo | Mongabay Sessions
Shocking Undercover Investigation Reveals Illegal Elephant Ivory Sold Throughout Connecticut – World Animal News
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Clarkson beer-maker backs fox hunt
(4) POLOKWANE – Three… – WCIN – Wildlife Crime Information Network | Facebook
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/elite-appetite-turns-bangladesh-from-source-to-consumer-of-tiger-parts/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/01/12/nigeria-combats-elephant-poaching-by-destroying-seized-tusks/
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-brazil-the-seahorse-black-market-is-bustling/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
A mountain of clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames. | Grist
UK consumption causing massive deforestation
How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook – CounterPunch.org
Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know – EcoWatch
https://www.ecowatch.com/new-zealand-pfas-ban-cosmetics.html
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods | Grist
Why the Amazon’s small streams have a major impact on its grand rivers
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/ai-and-satellite-data-map-true-scale-of-untracked-fishing-and-ocean-industry/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/amazonia-in-flames-unlearned-lessons-from-the-2023-manaus-smoke-crisis-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/in-mexico-xalapas-chronic-water-scarcity-reflects-a-deepening-national-crisis/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/jokowis-land-reform-agenda-stalls-as-conflicts-nearly-double-report-shows/
Logging & Mining
The climate case for a career in mining | Grist
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/illegal-gold-mining-devastates-peruvian-amazon-river-and-communities/
https://www.corporateknights.com/mining/clean-energy-mineral-lithium-boom-africa/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/illegal-gold-mining-threatens-indus-river-water-and-biodiversity-commentary/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/u-s-mining-companies-leave-lasting-trail-of-contamination-across-peru/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ontario-quebec-boreal-forest-1.7079841
https://maxwilbert.substack.com/p/thinning-and-logging-arent-a-solution?
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/a-rush-for-green-iron-is-on-in-guinea-will-chimpanzees-be-a-casualty/
https://www.timescolonist.com/business/bc-mill-fined-25k-for-dumping-highly-toxic-waste-into-ocean-8126003
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/indigenous-effort-in-bangladesh-helps-reverse-endangered-fishs-slide-to-extinction/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/sanctioned-timber-baron-wins-new-mining-concessions-in-cambodias-prey-lang/
https://www.timescolonist.com/business/mining-tax-breaks-cost-canadians-over-500m-a-year-finds-investigation-8155246
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/oil-companies-lithium-mining-rural-communities/
Tech & Media
WEF Roundup: Digital IDs Can Track the Unvaccinated, AI Can Speed Up Development of New Vaccines • Children’s Health Defense
AI is increasingly being used to deal with climate change, but it has its own emissions problem | CBC News
BIOSOPHY | “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” | Facebook
Plastic
New AI model helps detect and identify microplastics in wastewater
Nigeria’s Lagos State Bans Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam – EcoWatch
VIDEO: Can bioplastics help shape a more sustainable future? | Problem Solved
The future of plastics
EU Drafts ‘Polluter Pays’ Rules Requiring Companies to Pay for Microplastics Cleanup – EcoWatch
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/as-the-world-swims-in-plastic-some-offer-an-answer-ban-the-toxic-two/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bottled-water-plastic-1.7079302
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/01/13/plastic-pieces-spill-in-spain-causes-problems-for-animals/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/phthalates-bpa-supermarket-groceries/
https://www.iflscience.com/hermit-crabs-around-the-world-turn-to-plastic-trash-to-use-as-shells-72648
https://www.cheknews.ca/plastic-fibres-are-a-dangerous-junk-food-for-tiny-ocean-creatures-1188270/
Telecom & Electronic
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/national-toxicology-program-stop-research-cellphone-radiation-human-health/
Tourism
Environmentalists raise a stink about world’s largest cruise ship | CBC News
In Nepal’s Chitwan, tourist pools spell possible trouble for environment & wildlife
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
A plastic chemical caused a toxic mess in Ohio last year. Now, the EPA is eyeing regulation. | Grist
EU Parliament and Council must suspend consideration of proposed new GMO deregulation
Detection of new GMOs – possible and necessary for transparency and public trust
Is there a risk? What’s behind a newly certified weedkiller class action lawsuit – National | Globalnews.ca
Drastic changes in species-specific characteristics in CRISPR GMO poplar
Expert condemns “Laureates’ letter” supporting GMO deregulation as “devoid of scientific substance” and “insulting”
More reactions to ENVI Committee vote in favour of new GMO deregulation
Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion after jury concludes Roundup weed killer caused a man’s cancer, attorneys say | CNN
New Zealand to Ban PFAS in Cosmetics by 2027 – EcoWatch
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20352-canada-and-us-governments-censor-canadian-ngos-in-trade-dispute-over-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20354-gm-fishy-canola-to-feed-farmed-salmon-is-misleadingly-claimed-as-sustainable
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brazils-pesticide-dilemma-illustrates-the-health-dangers-of-scientific-denialism/?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/12/glyphosate-the-active-ingredient-in-the-weedkiller-roundup-is-showing-up-in-pregnant-women-living-near-farm-fields/
https://undark.org/2024/01/15/drinking-water-pfas-cost/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/phthalates-bpa-supermarket-groceries/
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20358-new-genetic-engineering-ngt-eu-parliament-in-the-maze
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/charlebois-glyphosate-controversy-how-industry-neglect-fueled-a-2-2b-verdict?
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20368-laureates-letter-misled-signatories-about-gmo-regulation-in-europe-has-industry-s-fingerprints-all-over-it
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Kangaroo escapes southwestern Ontario zoo, found safe several kilometres away | CBC News
SanDiegoVille: “Horrific” Sight: Horse Violently Crashes Into Barricade On First Night Of San Diego Rodeo At Petco Park
Indian Relay May Just Be America’s Most Extreme Sport – Atlas Obscura
Repost from Free All Captive Elephants – FACE… – Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Circus animals rescued from trailer fire in US
Facebook
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/01/25/news-bullfighting-italy/
Money, Banking, Investment
How Bankers Profit From Our Broken Economic System – CounterPunch.org
Michigan Insurers Must Pay for Proven Cancer Treatments, State Confirms — ProPublica
2024 Responsible Funds Guide | Corporate Knights
Are sustainable finance units at Canada’s big banks greenwash?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sustainable-finance-complaint-1.7078254
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/01/25/sustainable-finance-101-understanding-the-impact-of-your-money/
Transportation, Shipping
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/ocean-noise-strategy-delayed-but-whale-report-by-military-may-sound-out-path-forward-8041237
https://thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-streetcar-electric-transit/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/ai-and-satellite-data-map-true-scale-of-untracked-fishing-and-ocean-industry/
https://www.iflscience.com/drone-footage-reveals-humpback-whale-with-a-back-injury-off-the-coast-of-mexico-72415
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=777607271060808&set=a.320485403439666
https://worldanimalnews.com/nearly%e2%80%af80-of-ships-violated-mandatory-slow-zones-in-weeks-leading-up-to-boat-strike-that-left-a-critically-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whale-calf-with-life-threatening-injures/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-s-largest-cruise-ship-miami-1.7098615
