Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Intercepted: Corporate Counterinsurgency Against Line 3 Pipeline Resistance
Exxon’s Senate Puppets – CounterPunch.org
Inside Exxon’s playbook – Unearthed
Gas Industry Fuels a Legislative Campaign to Keep Its Fires Burning | Sierra Club
Celebrities urge Biden to halt pipeline through Minnesota tribal lands
What Oregon’s Climate Bill Means for Climate Change
Report Finds Evidence Of Toxic “Forever Chemicals” Used In Fracking Across The US | IFLScience
Big Oil Companies Are Dumping Dirty Assets
You Can’t Drink Oil: Wasting Freshwater for Fracking and Drilling in California – CounterPunch.org
In the Shadow of Big Oil: Neighborhood Drilling in California | Earthjustice
Minnesota Cop: Oil Pipeline Budget Boost Means New Guns
Australia Lobbying Thwarts Push to List Great Barrier Reef as Endangered – EcoWatch
Ethnic communities in Myanmar opposing a coal plant see their fight get harder
https://www.ecowatch.com/exxonmobil-lobbyists-climate-denial-2653617788.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-crimes-2653604786.html
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/undersea-gas-pipeline-rupture-causes-fire-in-gulf-of-mexico/
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-cities-heat-baltimore-suing-oil-gas-2653631679.html
https://www.facebook.com/environmentalinvestigationagency/photos/a.204552795647/10165076913235648/
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/6/exxon_blocks_congressional_action_climate
https://theintercept.com/2021/07/07/line-3-pipeline-minnesota-counterinsurgency/
https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-chemicals-gulf-of-mexico-2653718395.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/renewables-cheapest-energy-source-2020-2653729451.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/permafrost-thawing-trans-alaska-pipeline-2653766367.html
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2021/oil-drilling-everglades-stupid
https://ecojustice.ca/update-no-cash-for-goldboro-lng/
https://earthjustice.org/blog/2021-july/puerto-rico-needs-solar-energy-not-fossil-fuels
https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2021/07/climate-changing-rapidly-oil-industry-not
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/23/protests_line_3_pipeline_minnesota
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/07/26/what-does-a-real-just-transition-require-from-canada/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/07/26/regulators-who-oppose-regulation/
https://theecologist.org/2021/jul/30/science-museum-or-shell-mouthpiece
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Pfizer, subsidiaries agree to pay US$345M in EpiPen settlement | CTV News
Veterinary Surgeon In China Dies After Catching Monkey B Virus From Monkey Dissection | IFLScience
‘The FDA’s Decision Showed a Stunning Disregard for Science’ – FAIR
Patent Monopolies, Corruption, and the New Alzheimer’s Drug – CounterPunch.org
How Canada enabled Big Pharma’s price-gouging | rabble.ca
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/22/the-drug-companies-are-killing-people/
Industrial Crop Farming
Blind spot in palm policy raises deforestation risk in Malaysia, report says
For Norway salmon farms giving up deforestation-linked soy, Cargill proves a roadblock
Study shows how soy, cattle team up to drive deforestation in South America
Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations
Deforestation In Brazil Is Changing The Weather, Hurting Farms : NPR
FSC dumps palm oil giant Korindo amid rights, environmental issues in Papua
The USDA Wants to Make Farms Climate-Friendly. Will It Work? – Mother Jones
As soy frenzy grips Brazil, deforestation closes in on Indigenous lands
Illegal deforestation intensifies along Brazilian highway as agribusiness hopes swell
For an Indigenous group in Sumatra, a forest regained is being lost once more
Palm oil grower looks to make amends for past deforestation in Indonesia
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
World Animal Protection Canada – Posts | Facebook
Federal ag gag bill fizzles out after committee study | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis
Meat Industry Consolidation In The U.S. – Faunalytics
Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model – DeSmog
Big Meat pulls from Big Oil’s playbook to delay climate action | Corporate Knights
A Peek At Big Beef’s Playbook – Faunalytics
On the torment of insect minds and our moral duty not to farm them | Aeon Essays
https://theecologist.org/2021/jul/15/make-mcdonalds-plant-based-protesters
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=342367020780007&set=a.314329013583808
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Seafloor microbes hoover up methane, keeping global warming in check
Trout On Meth: How Freshwater Contamination Can Get Fish Hooked On Drugs | IFLScience
Overfishing: Know How We Are On The Brink Of A Marine Food Crisis – The Planet Voice
Florida Coasts Are Currently Being Overwhelmed By Dead, Rotting, Stinky Fish | IFLScience
‘Mismanaged to death’: Mexico opens up sole vaquita habitat to fishing
Why the Ocean Needs the Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act | Earthjustice
Film highlights ‘disastrous’ effects of Chinese fishmeals in Gambia – The Standard Newspaper
Indonesian former fisheries minister jailed for bribery in lobster exports
Tallying the toll on marine life from the X-Press Pearl sinking (commentary)
Philippines banks on new fisheries management system, but rollout is rocky
Indonesia to send more tuna vessels out into international waters
Lawsuit Challenges Seismic Oil, Gas Testing in Gulf of Mexico – Center for Biological Diversity
Eli Roth On Discovery+ Doc ‘Fin’ & His Upcoming ‘Borderlands’ – Deadline
Indonesia reimposes ban on destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters
https://www.ecowatch.com/florida-manatee-deaths-2653756211.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/seahorses-extinction-2653730429.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/chinook-salmon-sacramento-river-2653790752.html
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=359138069109927&set=a.273999317623803
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
PETITION UPDATE: Hunting Birds With Cruel Glue Traps Is Now Illegal in France
Trafficking for traditional medicine threatens the Philippine porcupine
https://action.hsi.org/page/86381/action/1
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Can Steel Town clean up its act? | Corporate Knights
Make McDonald’s plant-based – protesters
Construction, Building
Logging & Mining
Mining exposes Indigenous women in Latin America to high mercury levels
Myanmar’s warring military and rebels find common ground in corrupt jade trade
Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much
The Brooklyn Bridge needs a makeover. Is rainforest lumber still in style?
‘Red-carded’ Australian miner signals intention to play on in Greenland
Indonesian fishers seize dredging boat in protest against offshore tin mining
Global demand for manganese puts Kayapó Indigenous land under pressure
A Losing Game: Letting Corporate Polluters Off the Hook – CounterPunch.org
Brazil prosecutors seek ban on all gold mining in hard-hit Amazonian region
‘Laundering machine’: Furniture giant Ikea implicated in logging protected Siberian forests
Women keeping Ireland’s gold in the ground
Protected areas keep adjacent lands safe, but face losing their own protection
EU sanctions no ‘silver bullet’ against Myanmar’s illegal timber trade, experts say
Better logging regulations ‘last best hope’ for Solomon Islands, study says
The Return of Logging Without Laws – CounterPunch.org
Nearly 1 million km2 of intact forests menaced by extractives, study finds
Federal Court Halts North Idaho Logging Plans Due to Government Abuse of Process – CounterPunch.org
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/tiger-habitat-threatened-by-malaysian-royals-mining-plans/
https://thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-narwhals-ice-breaking/
https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-renewable-energy-ocean-conservation-2654261786.html
Plastic
Push back against Canada’s biggest plastic polluters this Plastic Free July – Environmental Defence
Big plastic’s ‘trashy’ lawsuit | rabble.ca
Telecom & Electronic
Smartphones Emit Harmful Radiation — Here’s How to Reduce Your Risk • Children’s Health Defense
Tourism
Cruise ships are back. And it’s a catastrophe for the environment | Kim Heacox | The Guardian
Tech & Media
The true environmental cost of the Internet (commentary)
Netflix Backs Planet-Killing Show – Unacceptable | Slanted Media
Hundreds of journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets, probe finds | CBC News
As US Broils and Europe Floods, Media Dismiss EU Climate Plan as ‘Ambitious’
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Dr. Zach Bush: Doctors, Farmers Indoctrinated by Big Pharma • Children’s Health Defense
Monsanto-Bayer to End U.S. Residential Sales of Toxic Pesticide Glyphosate
https://theintercept.com/2021/07/02/epa-chemical-safety-corruption-whistleblowers/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Anti-cockfighting group starts ad campaign to pressure law enforcement – ABC 36 News
Dead greyhounds listed as ‘retired’ on Greyhound Racing Victoria website FastTrack – ABC News
We Animals Media – Posts | Facebook
Animal rights activists hold protest at African Lion Safari | CTV News
Group protests after 53 horse deaths in New York this year
Kennel operator ordered to pay B.C. SPCA $65,000 over dog seizure | CBC News
CAGED NationWide – CAMPAIGN AGAINST GREYHOUND EXPLOITATION & DEATH
Chuckwagon horse euthanized after incident at Red Deer, Alta. rodeo | CTV News
https://www.facebook.com/TheresAnElephantInTheRoom/photos/a.273773992735022/3839807709464948/
Money, Banking, Investment
Sign now: Banking on Amazon Destruction
Bank risk policies failing to protect Amazon from oil-related threats: Report
ESG BS Detector: Do new “green” funds support the carbon transition? | Corporate Knights
Take Action – Wild Salmon Action Team
When companies massage the books, the environment takes a hit | Corporate Knights
Hartree Partners to channel $2.8 billion toward new carbon credits
U.S., Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals, deforestation in Brazil
https://www.treehugger.com/your-banking-habits-could-be-fueling-climate-change-5192749
https://realpeoples.media/economic-reconciliation-or-economic-retaliation/
Transportation, Shipping
Hundreds of Dead Animals Wash Ashore in Sri Lanka After Ship Catches Fire, Spills Toxic Chemicals
This Proposal to Make Cargo Ships Pay for Pollution Is Making Waves – Mother Jones