Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
How the global steel industry is cutting out coal | The Narwhal
We still blow up mountains to mine coal: Time to end the war on Appalachia | Salon.com
Cities’ Climate Conundrum: How to Shift From Gas to Electric? – Mother Jones
Who stands to benefit from building a transmission line under Lake Erie? | rabble.ca
Shell shock after XR not guilty verdict
Wyoming Threatens to Sue States That Won’t Buy its Coal – Mother Jones
‘Silence Speaks Very Loudly’ as Solar Replaces Diesel for Yukon First Nation – The Energy Mix
Indonesia says no new coal plants from 2023 (after the next 100 or so)
Biden Administration Approves First Major Offshore Wind Farm In The US | IFLScience
Line 5 pipeline: How did we get here and what it means for Canada | Globalnews.ca
The Real Reason Why Shell Aims for ‘Net-Zero’
The Brutal Legal Odyssey of Jessica Ernst Comes to an End | The Tyee
Fossil Fuel Interests Caught Peddling Propaganda to Schoolchildren – Mother Jones
How a lack of insurance is a growing threat to the oilsands | CBC News
Oil Giant Enbridge Defies Line 5 Pipeline Shutdown Order, Faces Profit Seizures | Earthjustice
Big Oil Is Trying to Make Climate Change Your Problem to Solve – Rolling Stone
Exxon scrambles to stave off dissidents as board fight nears climax | CBC News
Activist Investor Wins Exxon Board Seats In Day Of Reckoning For Big Oil | OilPrice.com
ExxonMobil and Chevron suffer shareholder rebellions over climate | ExxonMobil | The Guardian
Exxon, Shell, and Chevron All Lose Big on Climate in Just 1 Day
The clean energy revolution is here – and the oil patch is missing it | Corporate Knights
Moody’s: Credit Risk Is Growing For Big Oil | OilPrice.com
https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuel-companies-greenwashing-ads-2652900405.html
https://act.nrdc.org/letter/big-cypress-panther-170821
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/05/10/numbers-big-oil-made-like-bandits-pandemic/
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2021/05/10/pipeline-shutdown-looms-as-international-battle-continues/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/michigan-governor-enbridge-line5-shutdown
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/adb-declares-coal-exit-in-asia-pacific-but-gas-remains-in-play/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/05/10/expansion-of-natural-gas-infrastructure-and-usage-is-incompatible/
https://www.ehn.org/line-3-minnesota-2652795873.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/its-time-to-kick-gas
https://shipandbunker.com/news/world/264091-ikea-rejects-lng-for-shipping
https://www.ecowatch.com/exxonmobil-climate-misinformation-2653013732.html
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/17/chevron-steven-donziger-trial/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/05/18/shell-keeps-hiding-behind-canadas-big-oil-lobby/
https://www.ecowatch.com/international-energy-agency-fossil-fuels-climate-2653023817.html
https://biv.com/article/2021/05/iea-declares-golden-age-natural-gas-lng-over
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/21/International-Energy-Agency-Annihilates-Chance-Fossil-Fuel/
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-alaska-drilling-2653127441.html
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158649686634221/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Hawaii To Become Sixth State to End Cosmetic Animal Testing | VegNews
Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From COVID Vaccine + More • Children’s Health Defense
Inside the Secret Mental Health Crisis of People Who Kill Animals for Science
Industrial Crop Farming
Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river
Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil
Indonesian omnibus law’s ‘whitewash’ of illegal palm oil shocks its architects
Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns
Behind the scenes video unveils water contamination by ‘sustainable’ Amazon palm oil
To save chocolate’s future, ‘start now and go big’ on agroforestry (commentary)
Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)
Denver Zoo’s Sloth Exhibit Teaches Visitors About Palm Oil
Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon
Book Review: ‘Planet Palm’ reveals a world map stained by red oil
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/rallying-the-public-to-save-bolivias-forests-qa-with-gina-mendez/
https://www.ecowatch.com/understanding-biodiversity-2653049258.html
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Deforestation-free beef stymied by Brazil’s unequal supply chain
Canadians want transparency, not secrecy, from factory farmers – iPolitics
In the Honduran Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, an illegal road for cattle and drugs
Study shows more than half of Cerrado’s cattle pasture can be restored
Bridger-Teton National Forest Proposal Threatens Grazing Allotment Retirements – CounterPunch.org
Saving the Spotted Frog From Grazing Livestock: a Good Beginning in Oregon – CounterPunch.org
Germany To Make Culling Of Male Chicks In Meat Industry Illegal From 2022 | IFLScience
Factory Farms are a Deadly Nuisance – CounterPunch.org
Mexican Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Mayan Community, Suspends 49,000 Hog Farm | Earthjustice
WATCH: “Motherhood,” A Glimpse Into the Lives of Mother Pigs in the Meat Industry
Urge Petco and PetSmart to Stop Selling Live Birds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pigs-farm-animal-cruelty-scotland-b1840471.html
https://theecologist.org/2021/may/10/my-secret-life-killing-zone
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/rallying-the-public-to-save-bolivias-forests-qa-with-gina-mendez/
https://spca.bc.ca/ways-to-help/take-action/stop-funding-fur-farming/
https://animaljustice.ca/blog/new-report-questions-biosecurity-as-justification-for-ag-gag-laws
https://www.ecowatch.com/south-africa-bans-breeding-lions-2653136637.html
https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/grizzly-bear-killed/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Popular opposition halts a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven
Absorbent and yellow and … mobile? Sea sponges on the move in Arctic Ocean
New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size
On an island scarred by tin mining, mangrove planting preserves shrimp tradition
Farmed Salmon is Actually Grey. The Pink Coloring is Added. And 70% of Salmon is Farmed.
Chile’s marine protected areas aren’t safe from its salmon farms
Activists Accuse Atlantic Sapphire Salmon Farm of Animal Cruelty | Miami New Times
Commercial fishing vessel found guilty for fishing in culturally significant area off Haida Gwaii
Waiting for sockeye smolts! – alexandra morton
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-heat-beaches-marine-life-2653104016.html
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/how-aquaculture-is-spreading-a-salmon-virus/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
(1) Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts | Facebook
Stop the Senseless Killing of Gentle Giraffes – ForceChange
A new campaign aims to stop the deluge of hunts attacking cats, dogs and farmed animals – The Citro
Wealth inequality fuels flow of wildlife from poor countries to rich: Study
G20 leaders urged at Global Health Summit to take bold action to prevent future pandemics
Hunters allowed to shoot extinction-threatened turtle doves – Channel 4 News
Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species
New bill seeks to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub
Tale of two traffickers is a rare spell of Congolese conservation convictions
https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-trade-countries-rich-poor-2652900825.html
https://faunalytics.org/inside-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-a-pangolins-perspective/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers, Construction, Building
(1) Anti-Fur Society UK – Posts | Facebook
Coronavirus: Why so many Americans are skipping their second COVID-19 shot | CTV News
Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat
Logging & Mining
Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say
Indonesian law enforcers call for financial approach to fight illegal logging
Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine
FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report
Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales
Brazil court orders illegal miners booted from Yanomami Indigenous Reserve
Illegal loggers use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity in Sulawesi
https://www.ecowatch.com/biodiversity-paramos-columbia-2652859809.html
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2847865538762239
https://yvesengler.com/2021/05/09/ugly-canadian-mining-policies-continue-with-trudeau/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/14/big-and-bad-national-forest-clearcuts-continue/
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://theecologist.org/2021/may/25/we-cant-mine-our-way-out-climate-crisis
Plastic
Over 47 tons of plastic found at US marine reserve – and an entangled seal | Hawaii | The Guardian
Canada Declares Plastics Toxic, Paving the Way for Restrictions – Mother Jones
Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals | Plastics | The Guardian
Microplastics Are Now Accumulating On Honeybees | IFLScience
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-heat-beaches-marine-life-2653104016.html
Telecom & Electronic
These Disguised Cell Towers Couldn’t Fool Anyone, Could They? | Sierra Club
Tourism
Floating Graveyards: Let’s Not Revive the Cruise Industry – CounterPunch.org
Tech & Media
How Bitcoin Mining Keeps Old Fossil-Fuel Plants Alive – Mother Jones
Postmedia’s cozy relationship with the fossil-fuel industry | rabble.ca
How can we reform Canada’s petro-friendly media? | rabble.ca
Click here to plant a tree: Q&A with Ecosia’s Pieter van Midwood
Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors | Ars Technica
https://forcechange.com/585252/stop-animals-from-being-killed-tortured-and-eaten-alive-on-youtube/
https://www.ecowatch.com/facebook-climate-misinformation-2652988295.html
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Court Rules EPA Evaded Duty to Protect Public From Pesticide
Fox cub named ‘Sticky’ rescued after being stuck in deadly glue trap
From Fish to Wrappers, PFAS Contaminate the Food System – Food Tank
USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees to be Released Into the Wild – CounterPunch.org
Radioactive Honey Preserves the Legacy of Nuclear Testing – Gastro Obscura
Pesticides Threaten the ‘Foundations of the Web of Life,’ New Soil Study Warns – EcoWatch
We Can’t Talk About Regenerative Ag Without Talking About Pesticides | Sierra Club
Mexican Judge Rejects Industry Bid To Halt GMO Corn & Glyphosate Ban – Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Pesticides Threaten the ‘Foundations of the Web of Life,’ New Soil Study Warns
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/industrial-diets-are-imprinting-on-human-bodies-new-study-finds/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/12/poisoning-the-planets-web-of-life/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Former Circus Elephants Settle Into Refuge Home
Blow to greyhound racing as tourism body pulls the plug on promotion
MPI won’t chase greyhound trainer whose dog ingested meth and won race | Stuff.co.nz
Kentucky Derby winner fails post-race drug test | CTV News
Attention Greyhound Rescue and Animal Welfare Groups – CAGED NationWide
Tell Disney Rodeo Torture is Not Entertainment
Trainer caught on CCTV hitting and kicking whales in Russia | Daily Mail Online
Big Cat Public Safety Act: Owning big cats as house pets might become illegal in the US – CNN
PETITION: Justice for Bonanza the Dog Shot in Eye and Barbecued Over A Fire
Animal Races Are Anything But Entertaining — and Why They Need to Stop – One Green Planet
Free Polar Bears From Torture Chamber – ForceChange
Animal Haven Zoo’s tiger cub passed around at local elementary and high school
Lion tamer brutally attacked in Russian circus show
Calgary Stampede unveils 2021 plans, chuckwagons won’t roll this year | CTV News
https://forcechange.com/585252/stop-animals-from-being-killed-tortured-and-eaten-alive-on-youtube/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAj3j47rx5U
Money, Banking, Investment
Fossilized Finance: How Canada’s banks enable oil and gas production | Corporate Mapping Project
Canada’s big banks hindering progress on climate change | Corporate Mapping Project
Canadian universities on a long road to fossil fuel divestment | Corporate Knights
ESG BS detector: iShares Low Carbon ETF | Corporate Knights
canada pension plan investment board | rabble.ca
Coast Protectors – Posts | Facebook
A short history of responsible investing | Corporate Knights
98% of Bunge shareholders back proposal to reduce deforestation