Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Young activists fight Cumbrian mine
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay US$14.25M penalty in pollution case | CTV News
Investigation: Lobbyists on CBC panels fail to disclose conflicts | Ricochet
Big Oil’s New Plan: Flood the World With Plastics • Children’s Health Defense
Big Polluters Just Power-Stomped Cities Seeking Greener Building Codes – Mother Jones
North Carolina Pipeline Caused the Biggest Gas Spill in Decades
Ecuador court orders end to gas flaring by oil industry in Amazon
Nearly 30 tonnes of oil recovered from leaking wreck off Vancouver Island | CTV News
Why Are Fossil Fuel Pipelines Bad for Our Climate and Communities? | Earthjustice
King Coal: How Indonesia became the fossil fuel’s final frontier
Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands
“I don’t feel safe here” – HEATED
What Xcel’s Western Coal Fleet Can Learn From its Northern One – Union of Concerned Scientists
How Electric Utilities’ Climate Pledges Are Falling Short
Growing concern over Okavango oil exploration as community alleges shutout
Indonesian campaigners triumph against a coal mine in top court
Chevron’s Kitimat LNG decision isn’t surprising – analyst – JWN Energy
Enbridge Line 5 pipeline dispute, explained | The Narwhal
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/organizations-aim-to-block-funds-for-east-african-oil-pipeline/
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-trillions-hidden-energy-externalities.html
https://dcist.com/story/21/02/24/annapolis-battling-sea-level-rise-sues-26-oil-companies/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/nicole-pinko/three-ways-climate-disclosure-helps-everyone
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/10/oklahoma-mcgirt-oil-industry-kevin-stitt/
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/542373-rutgers-to-divest-from-fossil-fuel-industry
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/03/the-texas-freeze-set-off-a-methane-bomb/
https://www.ecowatch.com/renewable-energy-irena-report-2651115660.html
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chevron-criminalize-human-rights-lawyer/
https://sustainablesong.medium.com/albertas-cycle-of-abuse-with-big-oil-f89d40ef3134
https://blog.ucsusa.org/nicole-pinko/exxonmobil-versus-chevron-fight-for-second-to-last-place
https://anchor.fm/rfkjr/episodes/Ep2-Big-Oil-Injustice-with-Steven-Donziger-esvb7k
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Governments-Make-Taxpayers-Subsidize-Corporate-Cleanup-Oil-Wells/
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-gas-land-rent-2020/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/teck-fined-60m-contaminating-bc-rivers-1.5965646
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
The Cranky Vegan – Posts | Facebook
Media Hails New J&J Vaccine, Ignores Pharma Giant’s ‘Checkered Past’ • Children’s Health Defense
US spends millions buying cats and torturing them to death in labs | Metro News
How Foundations’ Investments in Drug Companies Influence COVID Research • Children’s Health Defense
UF program under fire for allegedly harming research animals – South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Virginia Bans Sale of New Animal Tested Cosmetics | PEOPLE.com
Male Bias In Medical Research May Create A Diagnostic Barrier For Female Patients | IFLScience
Vet Warns Cushing’s Disease In Dogs Is Over Diagnosed | Dogs Naturally
Covid Vaccine Makers Promise Investors They’ll Hike Prices
Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Could Become Most Lucrative Drug in the World • Children’s Health Defense
Drug Lobby Asks Biden to Punish Countries Pushing for Low-Cost Vaccines
Fundraiser by Trisha Lee : Help me help Bode
New bill moving through Legislature could free ‘blood slave’ donor dogs – Orange County Register
Paris court convicts, fines pharma firm for deadly diet pill | CTV News
The failures of animal testing
If Vets are Going to Bash Pet Owners and Their Choices… – Truth about Pet Food
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/johnson-johnson-why-trust-vaccine/
Industrial Crop Farming
To Save Its Soil and Clean Up Its Water, Iowa Needs to Act Fast(er) – Union of Concerned Scientists
Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo
The Hungry Mills: How palm oil mills drive deforestation (commentary)
Blind Orangutan Mother Was Found With 74 Air Gun Pellets In Her Body At A Palm Oil Plantation
Video: Communities struggle against palm oil plantations spreading in Brazilian Amazon
Secretive group found to have cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesia: Report
In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation
Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests
Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent
Podcast: Palm oil plantations and their impacts have arrived in the Amazon
Monsanto, Big Food, and Big Ag Move to Co-opt the Organic and Regenerative Movement
Brazil prosecutors cite Mongabay probe in new legal battle against palm oil firms
Victoria Buzz – Southern Vancouver Island’s source for news and events
Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’
Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/indonesia-malaysia-team-palm-oil-black-campaign-european-union/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/papua-forest-licensed-for-clearing-future-deforestation-report/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
What I Witnessed Investigating Factory Farms During the Pandemic
Emerging Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Strains Are Brewing In US Pig Factory Farms | IFLScience
Communities Drown in Factory Farm Pollution, Thanks to Industry Lawsuits • Children’s Health Defense
How We’re Taking on the Pig Industry in Spain
Petition: Reform America’s Factory Farm System Now to End Animal Torture
JBS, other Brazil meatpackers linked to devastating Pantanal fires, Greenpeace says
Drivers Stunned as Escaped Cows Raced Down a Highway in Indiana
The world’s first legal challenge against factory farming
CFIA targets puppy importers in at least 6 raids in Ontario | CBC News
African swine fever rips through parts of southern Indonesia
https://www.ecowatch.com/cow-seaweed-methane-2651130438.html
https://www.pcrm.org/news/blog/new-study-finds-eggs-will-break-your-heart
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Fish have largely been ignored by the animal welfare movement — until now – Vox
Illegal fishing: The great threat to Latin America’s marine sanctuaries
The Hogsprickle Wildlife Carers – Wildlife advice, care and rehabilitation – Posts | Facebook
‘Minke whales for dinner’: Norway’s controversial whale hunt is still on
Mowi files injunction against Canada’s federal government – Fish Farmer Magazine
A rare display of courage – BC Local News
(1) Green World Warriors – Posts | Facebook
Why industrial fishing companies shouldn’t manage the oceans – Greenpeace International
Fishing Industry Expose Plan To Attack Seaspiracy Netflix Release | Plant Based News
Aquaculture a key factor in falling south coast salmon population, says salmon federation | CBC News
Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey | Smithsonian Ocean
Study calls for a marine reserve in a $500m fishing hotspot in Indonesia
The factories turning West Africa’s fish into powder – BBC Future
Ecojustice in court to fight for fish farm phase out in Discovery Islands
100 Million Dead Sharks – it’s not all about Shark Fin Soup – Greenpeace International
Patagonia’s blue whales besieged by hundreds of boats, study finds
Chinese ‘fishing fleet’ anchored on Philippine reef raises tensions
Fish Farms may pose more than a minimal risk, studies suggest
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2021/03/01/bluewashing-at-the-edge-of-extinction-at-the-end-of-the-world/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/to-fight-climate-change-save-the-whales-some-scientists-say/
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3026795870882287&set=pcb.3026807120881162
https://chooseveg.com/blog/netflix-documentary-fishing-industry/
https://clayoquotaction.org/take-action-home/add-your-voice/
https://time.com/5947430/bottom-trawling-carbon-emissions-study/
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=279988157024919&set=a.273999317623803
https://theecologist.org/2021/mar/26/sound-pollution-impacts-whales-dolphins-and-porpoise
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Chinese triads target Bolivia’s jaguars in search of ‘American tiger’ parts
2 American hunters facing 1-year ban after black bear killed illegally | CTV News
World Heritage Species – Posts | Facebook
(2) World Heritage Species – Posts | Facebook
Off the Hook: The need for transparency and accountability in tackling wildlife crime – EIA
Private operators misusing trophy hunting scheme – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
Threats loom large over Amazon’s Arrau turtles, despite record number of hatchlings
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts | Facebook
Uganda: Lions found dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park – BBC News
Minnesota lawmakers may end commercial turtle harvest – StarTribune.com
(3) Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts | Facebook
In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
Open season in Sudan as trophy hunters flock to shoot rare ibex | Global development | The Guardian
French glue-trapping of birds not allowed, says EU court – BBC News
Surge in seizures of giant clam shells has Philippine conservationists wary
Hunting rare birds in Pakistan to feed the sex drive of princes – BBC News
Botswana Opens Hunting Season With 287 Elephants on Offer | Voice of America – English
Ecuador policeman held in Galapágos Islands over 185 baby giant tortoises in suitcase – ABC News
Galápagos tortoises: 185 babies seized from smugglers – BBC News
https://www.ecowatch.com/songbirds-endangered-trafficking-2650875835.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/take-action/petition-petsmart-stop-wildlife-trade
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
An Overview of Regulatory Failures – Truth about Pet Food
Nestle’s trail of broken promises and environmental destruction | rabble.ca
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/carl-hiaasen/article249558288.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/housing-public-health-environment-race-2651196514.html
Logging & Mining
https://theecologist.org/2021/mar/09/australian-uranium-fuelled-fukushima
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/mining-sites-indonesia-disaster-prone-area-report/
https://www.ecowatch.com/electrical-cars-seafloor-mining-2651006649.html?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4
https://www.ecowatch.com/sand-mining-climate-crisis-2651083582.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/de-beers-diamond-mining-greenwashing-2651117844.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/we-have-turned-the-amazon-into-a-net-greenhouse-gas-emitter-study/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/teck-fined-60m-contaminating-bc-rivers-1.5965646
https://news.yahoo.com/illegal-mining-surges-yanomami-indigenous-041513520.html
Plastic
Australia Is Smart to Ban Biodegradable Plastics
Canada’s plastic pollution crisis: What’s real vs. what Dow Chemical says – Environmental Defence
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-oils-plan-flood-world-with-plastics/
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_2f8d75d8-7c3b-11eb-b1c0-2f5a6755f02e.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-illegal-plastic-waste-2651126176.html
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
Tech & Media
Instagram: Don’t Give Animal Cruelty a Global Platform – ForceChange
Still no action from Canada on global wildlife trade – Vancouver Humane Society
Facebook Canada head warns news posts could be blocked as last resort – Goldstream News Gazette
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/27/india-climate-activists-twitter-google-facebook/
https://theecologist.org/2021/mar/19/fires-floods-and-media-failures
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Environmental Group Says EPA Ignored Evidence of Cancer
More than 50 new environmental chemicals detected in people | Live Science
Coalition of nonprofits sue EPA over approval of streptomycin for use on citrus trees
109 Industrial Chemicals Found in Pregnant Women • Children’s Health Defense
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/18/epa-pollution-cancer-ethylene-oxide/
https://clayoquotaction.org/take-action-home/add-your-voice/
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/24/paraquat-poisoning-syngenta/
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1472428889759317/
https://news.wgcu.org/news/2021-03-25/will-a-known-neurotoxin-be-used-on-florida-citrus
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Advocacy group names Hamilton’s ‘cruel’ African Lion Safari as ‘worst’ zoo for elephants | CBC News
Los Angeles To Ban Use Of Electric Prods And Spurs At Rodeos | Los Angeles, CA Patch
Vernal, Utah Rodeo Animal Abuse – YouTube
Horse Carriages in Central Saanich same tired trick for industry. – Victoria Animal News
Deadly viral outbreak ravages European horses | Science | AAAS
1,400 dead horses, a fading sport, and huge subsidies — Pennsylvania horse racing faces a reckoning
#closecruelcages – Explore | Facebook
It’s time to eradicate wildlife killing contests from New York (Commentary) – syracuse.com
https://theecologist.org/2021/mar/09/australian-uranium-fuelled-fukushima
https://forcechange.com/581984/dont-celebrate-sport-that-exploits-animals-for-entertainment/
Money, Banking, Investment
We need an ecological interest rate
Multinational Insurer Aims for Net-Zero, But What Does Net-Zero Really Mean?
Extinction Rebellion calls for financial disobedience | Corporate Knights
Big Banks Make a Dangerous Bet on the World’s Growing Demand for Food – Inside Climate News
Rutgers to divest from fossil fuel industry | TheHill
Financing the climate gap | Corporate Knights
Trudeau’s new infrastructure bank ensures business profits from public services | rabble.ca
Manifest powers up to help industry master growing climate risks | Corporate Knights
Wall Street May Finally Be Taking Climate Change Seriously – Mother Jones
81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter
Prince Charles, Matt Damon call for wave of investment in water crisis | Corporate Knights
How pension funds seek to profit from corporate agriculture | rabble.ca
How much the largest banks have invested in fossil fuel: report
RBC – Stop funding climate destruction and the violation of Indigenous rights | Leadnow.ca
Report Accuses Banks Of Creating “Climate Chaos” | OilPrice.com
Big Banks Have Piped $3 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since the Paris Climate Deal – Mother Jones
Renewable investors lagging despite 700% higher returns than fossil fuels | Corporate Knights
https://www.ecowatch.com/israeli-maritime-innovations-2650906291.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://blog.ucsusa.org/nicole-pinko/three-ways-climate-disclosure-helps-everyone
Transportation, Shipping
What Happens When Bearded Seals Aren’t Loud Enough?
New age of sail looks to slash massive maritime carbon emissions