Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Federal Agency Charts New Course on Environmental Justice and Climate | Sierra Club
Canadian mining group objects to proposed effluent rules | CTV News
‘She Intended Not to Ignore Things Related to Climate, as There Is Pressure to Do’ – FAIR
AI model shows how Amazon dams can be made less environmentally damaging
Oil spill contaminates wildlife, beaches and protected areas in Peru
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-oil-lobby-ukraine-biden-climate-agenda.html
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/amid-war-ukrainians-envision-fossil-free-world
https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-directors-sued-clientearth-climate-change.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/exxon-climate-denial-lawsuits.html
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/21/bishops-beg-pm-drop-oil-plans
https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuel-projects-insurance-swiss-re.html
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/22/shell-no-we-aint-alright
https://www.ecowatch.com/ships-dumping-oil-europe.html
https://raventrust.com/look-ma-no-pipelines-indigenous-power-is-coming-from-renewables/?
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Pfizer Canada recalls Accuretic due to potential cancer-causing impurity | CTV News
Despite its Effective COVID Vaccine, Pfizer Is Not Our Pfriend – CounterPunch.org
How Taxpayer-Funded NIH Foundation Funnels Millions to Big Pharma • Children’s Health Defense
CDC – The Vaccine Fraud – Summary – Magnesium and Health
Childhood cancer risk linked to phthalate exposure: study | CTV News
Virginia Rescue Saves 400 Surplus Research Beagles from Euthanasia | PEOPLE.com
Industrial Crop Farming
Banning high-deforestation palm oil has limited impact on saving forests: Study
Sugar and the struggle for the human right to water in Guatemala – rabble.ca
In destroying the Amazon, big agribusiness is torching its own viability
Indonesian program’s promise of food security backfires for local farmers
In a national park plagued by encroachers, Indonesia tries a new approach
Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven
Deforestation for palm oil falls in Southeast Asia, but is it a trend or a blip?
EU response to palm oil is opportunity, not threat (commentary)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-sterilization-claim-1.6360857
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/28/treespiracy
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Dutch killed 84,000 chickens and 16,000 turkeys after bird flu was detected
Three million chickens starving at huge factory in Ukraine
US kills 240,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak
Lab-Grown Meat Requires Real Cow Fetus Blood, Too Expensive to Develop | Science Times
Ban the commercial trade of big cats in South Africa | FOUR PAWS
Sadistic Footage Captured At Foie Gras Farm in France – One Green Planet
2021 Amazon deforestation map shows devastating impact of ranching, agriculture
The Truth about Tyson | Union of Concerned Scientists
Feed humans – not factory farms
Bird Flu Outbreak Leads to Deaths of 12.6 Million Birds in U.S. – EcoWatch
Petland stores across Illinois close after puppy mill ban goes into effect | Top Stories | wrex.com
France allows farmers to suffocate their animals, 10 million birds killed
Anti-Fur Society UK – Posts | Facebook
Abbotsford pig farm video: Pre-trial hearing underway | CTV News
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/24/slaughterhouse-closed-climate-activists
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Latest seismic survey blocked in South Africa court on fishers’ challenge
‘Small-scale fishers have a Ph.D. in the ocean’: Q&A with Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy
Climate change set to upend global fishery agreements, study warns
Indonesian fishing boat found with banned trawl net highlights enforcement challenges
There’s a Great Decline in Basking Shark Sightings
Great Barrier Reef Experiences ‘Widespread’ Bleaching – EcoWatch
Juvenile sea lion found shot on Kits Beach in “absolutely terrible” condition | News
Cambodian project aims to revive flagging fish populations in Tonle Sap Lake
Rescued turtle entangled in fishing gear died when returned to sea in Spain
Please support FFI’s shark appeal
Grey whale tangled in fishing gear off Tofino prompts search by DFO | CTV News
Shrinking of Wild Salmon in Finland Is ‘Evolution in Action’ – EcoWatch
https://www.ecowatch.com/irrawaddy-dolphin-cambodia-death.html
https://www.facebook.com/alexandramorton.wildsalmon/posts/514037763619956
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/wwf-casts-a-wide-net-to-save-dugongs-in-the-great-barrier-reef/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Killed a Cat on Public Land – Mother Jones
Cold case: Half-hearted prosecution lets ivory traffickers escape in Uganda
Smuggler Tries Crossing US Border With 52 Live Reptiles Stuffed In His Clothes | IFLScience
Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises
Civil conflict in Cameroon puts endangered chimpanzees in the crosshairs
Wildlife cameras no longer allowed for big game hunting
Kentucky man sentenced in wildlife trafficking case | Lexington Herald Leader
Coalition against online wildlife trafficking shares little evidence of success (analysis)
https://globalnews.ca/news/8651980/coyote-hunt-lawsuit-belleville/?
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Can a reforestation project stop land grabs? Villagers in the DRC give it a try
Construction, Building
Podcast: The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares
Thai authorities demolish resorts in parks, but struggle to prosecute encroachers
Fear over India’s dangerous dams
Road project threatens to derail Nepal’s conservation gains, study says
Logging & Mining
A community in Mexico reforests its land against the advance of illegal logging
Honduras bans open-pit mining, citing environmental and public health concerns
Revealed: Timber giant quietly converts Congo logging sites to carbon schemes
A Chance to Stop the Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range – CounterPunch.org
Palm oil and pulpwood the usual suspects as Papua deforestation persists
Fate of mine, plantation concessions revoked by Indonesia to be finalized soon
Honduras to Ban Open-Pit Mining Projects – EcoWatch
EVs from Everest? Chinese lithium find in Himalayas raises concerns over water
Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities
Millennia of Indigenous history faces erasure as mining grips Brazil’s Tapajós
Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria
The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua
Madagascar’s insistence on using seized rosewood rattles conservationists
Best-preserved part of Brazil’s Amazon, home to isolated tribes, faces ‘decimation’
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/02/235493/
https://www.cheknews.ca/brazil-detects-record-amazon-deforestation-in-january-and-february-982112/
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/25/dead-fish-found-mine-dumps-water
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/28/treespiracy
Plastic
UN agrees to create global plastic pollution treaty | CBC News
Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity, study finds
Brazilian biologists find microplastics in sea urchins
‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola Macdonald
Burning Plastic Is a Terrible Idea. Here’s Why. – Environmental Defence
Amazon Joins the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT to Tackle Plastic Waste With New Science
Dutch university finds plastic particles in human blood
Plastic grass isn’t green: the problem with artificial turf – Environmental Defence
https://www.treehugger.com/nrdc-report-trashes-chemical-recycling-5221820
Telecom & Electronic
5G Radiation Causes ‘Microwave Syndrome’ Symptoms, Study Finds • Children’s Health Defense
5G Expansion Could Send Weather Forecasting Back to the 1970s – Mother Jones
Tourism
‘The Last Tourist’ Film Will Make You Approach Travel Differently
COVID-19’s Legacy in Parks and Public Lands | Sierra Club
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=341601294661875&set=a.211640637657942
Tech & Media
Amazon Drastically Underestimates Its Carbon Footprint – Mother Jones
There’s Less Nature Online for World Wildlife Day
YouTube’s Censorship Reflects Broad Problems With Big Tech
Smart home assistants have a staggering environmental cost | CBC Docs POV
Google Ordered Translators to Replace References to Ukraine “War”
https://www.ecowatch.com/bitcoin-energy-efficiency-coding.html
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Nail salon workers exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals, new study reveals | CBC Radio
EPA Rejects Industry Attempt to Downplay Ethylene Oxide Harms – Union of Concerned Scientists
EPA Rejects Denka’s Request to Weaken Chloroprene Assessment
The Trickle-Down Effect of Agriculture in Iowa | Sierra Club
BPA linked to asthma in school-age girls, study finds | CTV News
Gene-Edited Beef Cattle Resistant To Heat Stress Approved By FDA | IFLScience
In Indonesia’s Spice Islands, some farmers are going back to organic
https://theintercept.com/2022/03/02/epa-whistleblowers-chemical-assessments/
https://blog.ucsusa.org/jacob-carter/your-voice-needed-as-epa-updates-rule/
https://theintercept.com/2022/03/30/epa-new-chemicals-division-workplace/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
For Fox Sake Wildlife Rescue – Posts | Facebook
118 Invasive Species Found in Illegal Zoo – EcoWatch
Money, Banking, Investment
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has a gas problem | Corporate Knights
BCI to divest from Russian-owned oil and gas companies
RBC+Press+Release+Mar+7+2022.pdf
Say Goodbye to Gazprom | Rainforest Action Network – Fighting for People and Planet
Woman outraged CIBC job application suggests traditional regalia for video cover letter | CBC News
World’s Second-Largest Insurer Says New Fossil-Fuel Projects Are a Bad Bet – EcoWatch
The Canadian investor’s guide to investing in the just transition – Environmental Defence
What Do the New SEC Rules Mean for Action on Climate Change? | Sierra Club
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/td-bank-apology-indigenous-muslim-man-account-refused
https://theecologist.org/2022/mar/28/treespiracy
Transportation, Shipping
The Truck Industry’s Decades-long War on Stronger Pollution Controls – Union of Concerned Scientists
EPA Recognizes Problem of Truck Pollution, But Hesitates on Solution – Union of Concerned Scientists