Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Biden Promised Not to Finance Fossil Fuels. So Why Is the US Backing a Huge Gas Project? – Mother Jones
Are nuclear bonds ‘green’?
The Lying Piper of Nukeland – CounterPunch.org
https://grist.org/cities/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-big-oil-backlash/
https://grist.org/accountability/big-oil-climate-lawsuits-trials-attribution-science-exxon/
https://grist.org/looking-forward/behind-one-gulf-coast-communitys-efforts-to-oppose-liquefied-natural-gas/
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-drought-fracking/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-lng-major-projects/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/18/FortisBC-Renewable-Gas-Claims/
https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/why-is-shell-leading-bcs-task-force-on-human-trafficking/?
https://ricochet.media/indigenous/brandi-morin-in-oil-country-first-nation-accuses-government-of-regulated-murder/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/21/the-iaea-cannot-both-police-proliferation-and-promote-nuclear-power/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/texas-cera-week-fossil-fuel-ceos-ridicule-clean-energy-transition/
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/nuclear-is-back-dealing-with-radioactive-waste-is-tomorrows-problem/
https://rabble.ca/environment/fossil-fuel-industry-gaslighting-puts-world-at-risk/
https://www.facebook.com/deepgreenresistance/posts/pfbid027zPNmDVDa9L2zkxmTFkU7FPFbEDMfHRG3xwPf6NfCG4prnnGbtkteo5SvrxSwGsrl
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/gas-oil-flaring-venting-smog-asthma-premature-death-study/
https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2024/03/environmentalists-say-trans-mountain-pipeline-will-increase-tanker-traffic-in-salish-sea-by-700/
https://thenarwhal.ca/irving-oil-clean-fuel-regulations/
https://wildsight.ca/2024/03/11/wildsight-welcomes-elk-valley-water-pollution-inquiry/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/pfbid02NDMwefp1sn5kn2k66FMx18ZdQn715vMq5fozCTTM1AYnAgdbuzFq9QPZxC6SWddrl
https://www.cheknews.ca/lawsuit-accuses-b-c-gas-utility-of-deceiving-consumers-over-environmental-impact-1196826/
https://www.corporateknights.com/transportation/fossil-fuel-lobby-against-new-car-emissions-rules-us/
https://worldanimalnews.com/court-orders-u-s-fish-wildlife-service-to-fix-regulation-that-allows-oil-companies-to-harass-polar-bears-in-alaska/
https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/canadas-lng-industry-says-it-will-reduce-asian-emissions-prove-it/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/03/27/when-will-canada-stop-funding-fossils/
https://grist.org/energy/high-power-demand-utilities-see-fossil-fuels-solution/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
‘Dissolving Illusions’: 225 Years of Lies and Cover-Ups Behind Vaccines • Children’s Health Defense
Canadians need to know how much money Big Pharma gives health-care providers, but this information is far too difficult to find
34 Deaths, 302 Serious Injuries: RSV Vaccines Aren’t Even a Year Old but Some Experts Say It’s Time to Pull Them From the Market • Children’s Health Defense
9 New ‘Independent’ Advisers to CDC Publicly Promoted Vaccines or Took Money From Pharma — or Both • Children’s Health Defense
Popular Acne Treatments Used by Millions of Teens Contain High Levels of Chemical Linked to Leukemia • Children’s Health Defense
New EPA Rule Cracks Down on Toxic Chemical That Sterilizes Medical Equipment – Mother Jones
‘Stunning Admission’: Widely Used HPV Vaccine Linked to 4 Autoimmune Disorders • Children’s Health Defense
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/19/Just-How-Much-Is-Big-Pharma-Paying/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/u-s-doctors-perform-world-s-first-genetically-edited-pig-kidney-transplant-1.6816420
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/03/23/news-animals-used-as-spare-parts-pig-to-human-kidney-transplant/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pharmacies-downtown-eastside-kickbacks-1.7076276
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pharmacists-medscheck-pressure-college-of-pharmacists-investigating-1.7157550
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-flu-shots-covid-boosters-strokes-elderly/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/cambodian-official-acquitted-in-trial-that-exposed-monkey-laundering-scheme/
Industrial Crop Farming
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/sumatra-community-faces-up-to-plasma-disappointment-after-palm-oil-policy-shift/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/04/kangaroo-island-logging-koalas-killed-injured-ntwnfb
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/brazil-risks-losing-the-pampa-grassland-to-soy-farms-and-sand-patches/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/palm-oil-deforestation-persists-in-indonesias-leuser-amid-new-mills-plantations/
https://www.corporateknights.com/supply-chain/were-razing-forests-for-palm-oil-plantations-again/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/fertilizer-management-could-reduce-ammonia-pollution-from-3-staple-crops-study/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/deforestation-from-soy-shows-no-sign-of-stopping-in-cerrado-report-says/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Canadian Jews say kosher slaughter under threat – The Forward
This is one of the most… – There’s an Elephant in the Room | Facebook
Inside the Movement to Ban Lab-Grown Meat – Mother Jones
5 Brave Animals Who Risked Everything to Escape Transport Trucks
Animal Justice – Today is National Poultry Day. Chickens killed… | Facebook
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/major-meatpacker-jbs-misled-the-public-about-sustainability-efforts-ny-lawsuit-claims/
https://worldanimalnews.com/urge-indiana-governor-holcomb-to-veto-bill-that-could-fuel-puppy-mill-cruelty/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/11/state-sponsored-kidnapping-and-extraordinary-rendition-threatens-yellowstone-buffalo/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/03/some-academics-get-funding-for-propping-up-the-livestock-industry/
https://theconversation.com/despite-positive-steps-in-british-columbia-animal-welfare-in-disaster-management-remains-overlooked-222331
https://undark.org/2024/03/19/satellites-illegal-manure-spreading/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Stalemate: WTO talks again fail to end overfishing subsidies
Report: Rising slaughter of small whales and dolphins threatens ocean balance
Indonesia unveils plan to launch a satellite network for maritime monitoring
Fishers’ memories on par with scientific data on historic catches: Study
In Graphic Detail: Gluts of Ghost Gear | Hakai Magazine
Indian shrimp industry ‘abusive’: report | CTV News
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/png-communities-resist-seabed-mining-interview-with-activist-jonathan-mesulam/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/01/accelerating-ocean-heat-breaks-all-time-records/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/corals-dying-as-yet-more-bleaching-hits-heat-stressed-great-barrier-reef/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/05/Can-Marine-Mammals-Munitions-Coexist/
https://www.iflscience.com/fossil-fuel-pollution-is-literally-cooking-the-great-barrier-reef-73297
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/migratory-amazonian-catfish-placed-on-the-international-protection-list/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gray-whale-extinct-for-centuries-in-atlantic-is-spotted-in-cape-cod/
https://www.iflscience.com/halloween-witch-finger-candy-wrappers-and-other-plastic-trash-found-in-turtle-bellies-73340
https://www.ecowatch.com/coral-reef-restoration-recovery-timeline.html
https://www.timescolonist.com/resources-agriculture/mass-die-off-of-farmed-salmon-on-the-rise-finds-bc-scientist-8434466
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/huge-new-no-fishing-zones-give-antarctic-marine-predators-and-their-prey-a-break/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/irrawaddy-dolphin-death-in-thailands-songkhla-lake-underscores-conservation-needs/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/yoho-kootenay-national-parks-water-closure-1.7149184
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/communities-worry-anew-as-png-revives-seabed-mining-plans/
https://www.facebook.com/deepgreenresistance/posts/pfbid027zPNmDVDa9L2zkxmTFkU7FPFbEDMfHRG3xwPf6NfCG4prnnGbtkteo5SvrxSwGsrl
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/under-the-shadow-of-war-in-the-drc-a-mining-companys-actions-face-impunity/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/lebanese-youths-take-up-rods-and-reels-to-learn-sustainable-fishing/
https://grist.org/science/coral-reefs-can-rebuild-in-just-four-years-with-a-star-and-a-little-care/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Cops nabbed for allegedly hijacking truckload of perlemoen
More than 600 rhinos were poached in ten years – Windhoek Observer
Son of Cali Cartel leader tied to Colombia-Hong Kong shark fin trafficking
Endangered Red Panda Among 87 Animals Found Inside Luggage During Bust At Bangkok Airport – World Animal News
Rehabilitation of Guatemalan fauna highlights opacity of illegal wildlife trade
Red panda seized from smugglers at Thailand airport
Hunters kill birds in Cyprus on a mass scale, conservationists say
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Caiman’s new Saanich home far from his native habitat – Victoria Times Colonist
3rd ‘Super Tusker’ Elephant Killed By A Trophy Hunter In Tanzania Within The Last Six Months – World Animal News
Peru’s illegal pet monkey trade is also an infection superhighway
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Certainly confirmed now,all three Amboseli… – Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Man to plead guilty in U.S. eagle ‘killing spree’ | CTV News
Ten Organizations Join Forces To Combat Illegal Wildlife Trafficking In Global Supply Chains – World Animal News
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
Cambodian official acquitted in trial that exposed monkey-laundering scheme
Please watch and sign the petition! (link to… – Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
https://worldanimalnews.com/newly-introduced-bill-the-protect-act-would-ban-trophy-imports-domestic-sport-hunting-of-at-risk-species/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/animal-rights-groups-seek-review-of-ontario-s-new-hunting-dog-law-1.6823969
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Acne treatments contain high levels of benzene: lab | CTV News
France Considers Penalties on Fast Fashion Companies to Offset Their Environmental Impact – EcoWatch
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/scientists-and-doctors-raise-global-alarm-over-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/acne-treatment-benzoyl-peroxide-benzene-cancer/
https://grist.org/regulation/detergent-pods-are-only-the-start-of-clothings-microplastic-pollution-problem/
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-america-waged-global-campaign-against-baby-formula-regulation-thailand
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods | Grist
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/to-save-topsoil-reduce-pollution-bangladesh-moves-toward-alternative-bricks/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/study-infrastructure-bill-climate-time-bomb-transportation-driving-highway-expansion/
https://worldanimalnews.com/proposed-resort-development-on-the-big-island-of-hawaii-threatens-endangered-species-cultural-practices/
https://theecologist.org/2024/mar/07/highway-amazon-collapse
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/to-detect-illegal-roads-in-remote-areas-ai-comes-into-play/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/road-paving-in-a-peruvian-bird-paradise-threatens-wildlife-and-ecotourism/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/projected-pantanal-waterway-threatens-protected-areas-may-render-navigation-impossible/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/under-the-shadow-of-war-in-the-drc-a-mining-companys-actions-face-impunity/
https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2024/03/environmentalists-say-trans-mountain-pipeline-will-increase-tanker-traffic-in-salish-sea-by-700/
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/nepal-mulls-policy-shift-to-allow-hotels-back-into-tiger-strongholds/
Logging & Mining
Rainforest Seedlings Grow Better in Natural Forests Than Restored Ones, Even After 30 Years, Study Finds – EcoWatch
Today, Protect Thacker Pass is announcing… – Protect Thacker Pass | Facebook
Mineral commodities: the wealth that generates most impacts in the Pan Amazon | Chapter 5 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/png-communities-resist-seabed-mining-interview-with-activist-jonathan-mesulam/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/indonesians-uprooted-by-mining-industry-call-for-a-fairer-future-amid-presidential-vote/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/phantom-deeds-see-borneo-islanders-lose-their-land-to-quartz-miners/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/java-rice-farmers-suffer-crop-failure-as-copper-mine-pollutes-local-irrigation/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/indonesian-gold-mine-expanding-in-wrong-direction-into-orangutan-habitat/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/11/montanans-oppose-catbox-cleanups-of-superfund-sites/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/03/the-lithium-rush-turns-its-sights-to-arkansas/
https://www.cheknews.ca/u-s-canada-agree-to-work-together-on-reducing-b-c-coal-mine-pollution-1194562/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/norway-pension-fund-breaks-with-u-k-conglomerate-jardines-over-endangered-orangutan-habitat/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-elk-valley-pollution-inquiry-launch/
https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-mining-claim-caribou-habitat/
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/bc-gold-company-fined-276000-for-environmental-failures-8441536?
https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-selenium-pollution-elk-valley-inquiry/
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/lantzville-mulls-fog-future-old-growth-zones-8457118
https://wildsight.ca/2024/03/19/the-elk-valleys-6-4-billion-pollution-problem/
https://wildsight.ca/2024/03/06/the-importance-of-critical-minerals-should-not-condone-their-extraction-at-all-costs/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/banks-island-gold-benjamin-mossman-trial-1.7147971
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/soraida-chindoy-the-indigenous-guardian-defending-the-sacred-putumayo-mountains/
https://thenarwhal.ca/teck-elk-valley-mine-cleanup-cost-2024/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/communities-worry-anew-as-png-revives-seabed-mining-plans/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/japan-prepares-to-mine-its-deep-seabed-by-decades-end/
https://grist.org/indigenous/the-massive-copper-mine-that-could-test-the-limits-of-religious-freedom/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/mind-blowing-new-orchid-species-found-in-madagascar-forest-canopy/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rio-tinto-quebec-amazon-bauxite-aluminum-1.7153444
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/under-the-shadow-of-war-in-the-drc-a-mining-companys-actions-face-impunity/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/03/oak-flat-copper-mine-carolos-apache-religious-freedom-supreme-court/
https://www.iflscience.com/barbie-pigs-among-strange-and-possibly-new-to-science-species-discovered-in-the-pacific-73539
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/the-environmental-and-social-liabilities-of-the-extractive-sector/
https://wildsight.ca/2024/03/25/what-a-flight-over-b-c-s-north-columbia-mountains-tells-us-about-the-dire-state-of-caribou-habitat/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/global-cobalt-rush-drives-toxic-toll-near-drc-mines/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/amazon-prosecutors-get-sharper-impact-tool-to-charge-illegal-gold-dealers/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/mining-industry-touts-green-pledges-to-attract-talent-but-gen-z-isnt-buying-it/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/in-liberia-a-former-mining-activist-gets-the-bully-pulpit/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/indigenous-filipinos-fight-to-protect-biodiverse-mountains-from-mining/
Tech & Media
Matters of Revenue: Meta Abandons Australia’s Media Stable – CounterPunch.org
Instagram is limiting the amount of political content you’ll see in your feed, angering users | CBC News
B.C. court approves $51M settlement for Facebook users – Victoria Times Colonist
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/26/meta-gaza-censorship-warren-sanders/
Plastic
Under pressure from activist investors, big brands agree to report and reduce plastics use | Grist
Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. It usually isn’t. | Grist
Your tax dollars may be funding the expansion of the plastics industry | Grist
Archaeologists find microplastics in ancient remains | CTV News
https://www.iflscience.com/could-we-soon-be-suffering-from-plastic-attacks-73279
https://www.iflscience.com/halloween-witch-finger-candy-wrappers-and-other-plastic-trash-found-in-turtle-bellies-73340
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/toxic-plastic-chemicals-number-in-the-thousands-most-are-unregulated-report-finds-1.6807514
https://grist.org/health/pentagon-tries-to-dodge-pfas-lawsuits-over-a-product-it-helped-invent/
https://grist.org/regulation/detergent-pods-are-only-the-start-of-clothings-microplastic-pollution-problem/
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-global-heating-vicious-circle.html
https://grist.org/science/plastic-chemicals-are-inescapable-and-theyre-messing-with-our-hormones/
Telecom & Electronic
Exclusive: Woman Living Near Cell Tower Diagnosed With 51 Strokes • Children’s Health Defense
BIOSOPHY | Calves Born Blind After Building A Cell Phone Antenna | Facebook
Tourism
https://worldanimalnews.com/proposed-resort-development-on-the-big-island-of-hawaii-threatens-endangered-species-cultural-practices/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
EPA Finalizes Critical Chemical Disaster Prevention Rules – Union of Concerned Scientists
Risks of new GMOs: French food safety agency ANSES recommends case-by-case assessment
Soul Alchemy – Learn these symbols | Facebook
Food Additive in Pizza, Pancakes Linked to Lower Sperm Counts • Children’s Health Defense
North Bay, Ont., and DND move to remediate ‘forever chemicals’ site that contaminated drinking water | CBC News
Genetically Modified Cow Produces Human Insulin In Milk In World First | IFLScience
EPA Strengthens Emissions Controls for Facilities Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide – Union of Concerned Scientists
Pig kidney transplant in Boston is world’s first | CTV News
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/01/news/how-common-controversial-pesticide-impacting-canada-forests
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/scientists-and-doctors-raise-global-alarm-over-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/posts/pfbid02CxFvJvNdAF9ZtMVycWR9pQQbbpXKTnVejiU2tEAFjHsLRaDHYvqoW8zCmVU1wezHl
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfizer-gmo-rennet-cheese-us-cola/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/fertilizer-management-could-reduce-ammonia-pollution-from-3-staple-crops-study/
https://grist.org/accountability/epa-finally-cracks-down-on-the-carcinogen-used-to-sterilize-medical-equipment/
https://www.ecowatch.com/food-packaging-pfas-forever-chemicals.html
https://www.cheknews.ca/catching-a-killer-environmental-sleuths-solve-the-mystery-of-dead-coho-in-courtenays-piercy-creek-1196248/
https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20402-new-gmos-same-risks-eu-ministers-urged-to-apply-scrutiny-not-shortcuts
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Activists Protest Animal Cruelty & The Use Of Electric Shock Devices At The Tucson Rodeo – World Animal News
Skijordue’s ‘gnarliest’ weather ever doesn’t stop these horses, skiers and fans in Alberta | CBC.ca
A Voice of Sentience | Facebook
Do not support rodeos! Beyond cruel! – A Voice of Sentience | Facebook
Don’t forget that dolphins are… – World Animal Protection Canada | Facebook
Marineland found guilty over care of black bears | CTV News
Victory! Miami-Dade County Terminates Miami Seaquarium’s Lease & Orders Park To Vacate By April 21st – World Animal News
“Sleeping with Wolves” opens in Timmins | The Daily Press
(1) Animals should NOT be hurt for “entertainment.”… – Lady Freethinker | Facebook
Marineland Finally Convicted After Decades of Animal Cruelty – Animal Justice
Roar Wildlife News | Facebook
A Voice of Sentience | Facebook
A Voice of Sentience | Facebook
A Voice of Sentience | Facebook
Facebook
2 belugas dead at Marineland; death toll since 2019 reaches 17 | CTV News
Facebook
https://www.bornfreeusa.org/2024/02/26/proposed-nuremburg-zoo-baboon-cull-highlights-hypocrisy-of-zoo-conservation-efforts/?
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/02/miami-seaquarium-animal-cruelty/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/2-dogs-die-during-1-000-mile-iditarod-prompting-call-from-peta-to-end-the-race-across-alaska-1.6803217
Money, Banking, Investment
Canada’s Big Five banks keep moving further away from net-zero
Stand.earth – Citi is the latest major fossil bank to abandon… | Facebook
It’s time the financial sector invested in our well-being – Victoria Times Colonist
https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/canadas-biggest-pension-plan-fuelling-worst-rainy-day-future-ever/
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/norway-pension-fund-breaks-with-u-k-conglomerate-jardines-over-endangered-orangutan-habitat/
https://grist.org/accountability/santander-investment-lng-buildout-gulf-coast/
