Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
They Call It Wapatraz | The Tyee
Shell Promotes ‘Ambitious’ Climate Agenda While Backing Canadian Oil Lobby | HuffPost Canada
Review Finds Michigan Underwater Pipeline Tunnel Plan ‘Riddled with Hazards’ – The Energy Mix
Church Of England Dumps All ExxonMobil Stock | OilPrice.com
North Sea workers ready to switch to renewables
World’s Largest Solar Farm to Supply 20% of Singapore’s Electricity – EcoWatch
Brazil’s Amazon dam plans: Ominous warnings of future destruction (commentary)
Indonesian officials linked to mining and ‘dirty energy’ firms benefiting from deregulation law
Wind and solar now power a 10th of the world, while coal smoulders | Corporate Knights
Husky pipeline spills 900,000 litres of produced water in northwestern Alberta | CBC News
Vancouver just endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Who’s next? | Ricochet
Peruvian Indigenous groups thwart oil drilling in their territory — for now
https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-and-gas-company-bonds-federal-reserve-2647879550.html#toggle-gdpr
https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-seismic-blasting-atlantic-2647890796.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://thenarwhal.ca/rbc-oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/
https://www.facebook.com/BCGreens/videos/369621441063206/
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/more-than-470-oil-spills-in-the-peruvian-amazon-since-2000-report/
https://www.ecowatch.com/mauritius-oil-spill-damages-2648116836.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ranchers-grazing-lands-coal-mines/
https://boereport.com/2020/10/14/banks-and-insurers-shun-canadas-oil-sands/
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2020/endangered-whale-protected-seismic
https://www.ecowatch.com/north-dakota-pandemic-relief-funds-fracking-2648548763.html
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Researchers Have a New Test Subject: The Octopus
Find Out if Your State Lawmakers Take Cash From Big Pharma • Children’s Health Defense
Tech Giants Google, Oracle to Monitor Americans Who Get COVID-19 Vaccine • Children’s Health Defense
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges | CTV News
Trump Sets Up Pharma Billionaires for Coronavirus Payday
https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/covering-causes-breast-cancer-1985-astrazenecas-bcam-2
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccine-sharks-ocean-ecosystems-peril/
https://sentientmedia.org/stolen-from-the-wild-the-use-and-abuse-of-mauritian-monkeys-for-research/
Industrial Crop Farming
Food companies urge Britain to adopt tougher rules to protect tropical forests | Reuters
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/gates-foundation-agriculture-propaganda-africa/
https://theheartysoul.com/tyson-foods-dead-zone/
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/indonesia-militarized-agriculture-food-estate-kalimantan-sumatra/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Bringing Big Ag’s Right to Harm to the U.S. Supreme Court | Sentient Media
The murky process of licensing Amazonian meat plants
Research links industrial pig farming and virus outbreaks
Kingpin Pays Drug Addicts €150-A-Day To Steal Dogs
How the Animal Agriculture Industry Surveils, Punishes Critics
Roscommon Animal Rights – Posts
The Indisputable Link Between Antibiotic Resistance and Factory Farming
Hollywood Comes to Life in an L.A. Slaughterhouse
Why We Need to Hold This California Dairy Farm Accountable
Changes needed after disease from domestic sheep puts another Washington bighorn herd at risk
PoultryWorld – Heat wave kills over 1 million layers in Brazil
The Beef Industry’s Latest Climate ‘Solution’: Kill Cows Younger
Dairy lobby deception does not belong in virtual classroom | The Star
https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/01/fix-nitrogen-fix-climate-change
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Fish Cut in Half, Electrocuted, and Suffocated in New Investigation – Mercy For Animals
Trump Orders More Offshore Fish Farms. Will Congress Cooperate?
Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities
https://www.ecowatch.com/whales-california-cargo-ships-2648206820.html
Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia – Ku’ku’kwes News
World Heritage Species – Posts
Crucial meeting could expand protection of Antarctic waters
How NGOs Can Help Keep Tabs on China’s Illegal Fishing Activity
Illegal Fishing Increasing Due To Covid – Bloomberg
Efforts to tackle shark fin trade need to focus closer to shore, study says
Fish farmers trying to stop the Minister of… – Alexandra Morton
https://www.facebook.com/catladymoripage/posts/3415192555233355
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2020/endangered-whale-protected-seismic
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Hunt hounds ‘invade kennels and cattery, killing owner’s pet’ | The Independent
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
‘Doc’ Antle from ‘Tiger King’ fame has been indicted on wildlife trafficking charges – CNN
Decoy turtle eggs put in nests to track illegal trade in Costa Rica | Environment | The Guardian
Over 30,000 sea turtle eggs seized from truck in Oaxaca – Riviera Maya News
Conservation groups to sue Trump administration, seeking giraffe protections | TheHill
In Uganda, safeguarding chimpanzees against the scourge of snaring
Tradable by default: Reptile trafficking flourishes amid lack of protection
The turtle egg that pinged back: Tracing a poaching pathway in Costa Rica
End the global wildlife trade. Forever. | World Animal Protection
$6,150 Reward Offered for Info on Wolf Poaching in Eastern Oregon – Center for Biological Diversity
Marmosets trafficked as pets now threaten native species in Atlantic forest
Bushmeat hunting: The greatest threat to Africa’s wildlife?
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
Safari Club International’s Plan to Colonize Africa’s Hunting Grounds – Wild Things Initiative
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-conservation-urge-wolf-hunting-halt-1.5750527
https://www.facebook.com/CABS2011/posts/3994249923922664
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Extinction Rebellion Calls on Fashion Industry to Transform Itself
California Passes Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act
P&G shareholders vote in landslide to address supply-chain deforestation
https://www.treehugger.com/shark-free-seal-squalene-5082623
Logging & Mining
Land grab, logging, mining threaten biodiversity haven of Woodlark Island
Mexico’s Federal Mining Law Threatens Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Earthjustice
Mining covers more than 20% of Indigenous territory in the Amazon
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal
For Amazon’s harpy eagle, nesting trees are also coveted for timber
In Chile, 25 Rare Chinchillas Are Sitting on Top of 3.5 Million Ounces of Gold – Mother Jones
Madagascar shuts down ‘illegal’ gold mine but activists remain in legal limbo
Paper giant APRIL linked to Borneo forest clearing despite zero-deforestation vow
‘Zero-deforestation’ paper giant APRIL justifies clearing of Sumatran peatland
Court allows referendum on mining in the Ecuadoran Andes to go forward
Federal government tells Teck to improve water quality from 2 B.C. coal operations
https://thenarwhal.ca/responsible-mining-deer-horn-irma/
Plastic
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-ocean-floor-2648115149.html
One Way to Prevent Police From Surveilling Your Phone
On the coast of Chile, bird nests show the scars of plastic pollution
Telecom & Electronic
Press Conference: Response Brief Filed in Landmark Case Against FCC • Children’s Health Defense
Tourism
Tech & Media
‘The Social Dilemma’ Sounds Alarm on Social Media’s Dark Side • Children’s Health Defense
Pre-election lawsuit against Google sets the stage for global action on tech giants | CBC News
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/google-oracle-covid-vaccine/
https://readpassage.com/media-attacked-the-wetsuweten-but-ignore-white-fisher-violence/
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks – The New York Times
Bayer Slumps as Bleak Crop Outlook Saps Monsanto Rationale – Sustainable Pulse
Groups Sue Over Weak Emission Standards for Chemical Plants Linked to Cancer | Earthjustice
Bayer & BASF Fight To Keep Weedkiller On U.S. Farms – Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Fluorinated Chemicals Affecting More Americans Than Previously Estimated • Children’s Health Defense
Hormone-Mimicking Chemicals Harm Fish — and Their Unexposed Offspring • Children’s Health Defense
Gates Grows Global Ag Empire, Expands Large-Scale Biopiracy • Children’s Health Defense
Concern mounts over impact of toxic “forever chemicals” in the Arctic | Nunatsiaq News
Tell EPA: Stop Approving Dangerous Pesticide Products
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/eu-eliminate-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fluoride-is-toxic-to-developing-brains-new-studies-find/
https://www.ecowatch.com/fish-hormone-chemicals-2648385850.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/epa-pesticides-harm-people-wildlife/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/database-scientific-studies-gmos/
https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-dicamba-approval-cancer-2648529163.html
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
World Heritage Species – Posts
End Traveling Circus Cruelty Nation-wide!
Money, Banking, Investment
RBC becomes first major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge | The Narwhal
Stop Funding Tar Sands — Digital Rally
Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks
Liberty Mutual slammed for tar sands involvement | Insurance Business
Harvard fund evades justice in land-grabbing case over Cerrado farm
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-activists-public-banks-2648217884.html
Liberty Mutual Slammed for Enabling the Climate Crisis | Liberty’s Climate Crisis
P&G Shareholders Vote in Favor of a Deforestation Report – Bloomberg
The TMX Pipeline Threatens First Nations People. It Must Be Stopped.
New BlackRock ETFs let Canadians divest from fossil fuels – sort of | Corporate Knights
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158100660884221/?type=3&theater
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gates-global-empire-threatens-life/
Transportation, Shipping
What Is the Carbon Footprint of Transportation?
Campaigners criticise global deal on carbon emissions from shipping | Environment | The Guardian
https://therevelator.org/whale-safe/