Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Wind Energy 101: Everything You Need to Know
As Line 3 nears completion, pipeline battles are far from over | MPR News
Hurricane Ida Makes a Mockery of Big Oil’s Philanthropy
Large oil spill in Gulf of Mexico after Ida, clean-up under way | Environment News | Al Jazeera
Take Action: Protect our public lands and waters from fossil fuels | Earthjustice
Divers Find Broken Pipe In Search For Source Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill | IFLScience
Divers Find Likely Source of Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico After Hurricane Ida
Bush, “Squad” call for end of Line 3 construction in Minnesota | Local News | stlamerican.com
‘Keep it cool’ – sponsored by Shell?
How One Washington County Took On the Fossil Fuel Industry—and Won | Sierra Club
Los Angeles County Votes to End Oil and Gas Drilling
Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida – POLITICO
In Sign of Climate Pressure, Royal Dutch Shell Sells Permian Basin Holdings
Line 3 pipeline resistance continues as activists ask Biden admin to shutdown project – ABC News
DNR orders Enbridge to pay $3 million for aquifer puncture | KSTP.com
‘Manchin Has Taken the Lead in Diluting Ethics Provisions’ – FAIR
Oil pipeline on Native lands ramps up as Canada honors its Indigenous people
https://www.ecowatch.com/big-oil-delay-tactics-new-climate-science-denial-2654954010.html
https://www.corporateknights.com/canada-votes-2021/cleaning-up-canadas-electricity/
https://www.ecowatch.com/birds-covered-oil-hurricane-ida-2655011032.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/harvard-fossil-fuels-divest-2655009473.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-doi-polar-bears-walruses-2654466213.html
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/22/how-big-oil-continues-to-buy-off-politicians/
https://theecologist.org/2021/sep/24/largest-oil-play-decade
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted | CTV News
‘Where Are the Threads Dropped With the Criminal Investigation of the Sackler Family?’ – FAIR
Bikers Against Animal Cruelty, Inc – BAAC – Posts | Facebook
Politicians Who Shill for Big Pharma ‘Not Fit to Represent the People’ • Children’s Health Defense
Sickening, Indeed: the Horrors of Big Pharma – CounterPunch.org
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pandemic-cause-toxic-exposure/
Industrial Crop Farming
Palm oil firms in Papua hit back with lawsuit after permits are revoked
Borneo’s bearded pigs and traditional hunters adapted to oil palms. Then came swine fever
Fomenting a “Perfect Storm” to push companies to change: Q&A with Glenn Hurowitz
Oil palms alone can be damaging; with other crops, the benefits abound
Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows
Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers
New Zealand developer denies key role in giant palm oil project in Indonesia
https://www.ecowatch.com/trees-conservation-extinction-risk-2654879396.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/drug-trafficking-threatens-indigenous-shipibo-communities-in-peru/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/when-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest-you-can-still-hear-the-birdsong/
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2021/09/29/millions-of-wild-animals-killed-in-brazil-for-soy/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Saskatchewan cattle owners face animal cruelty charges | Globalnews.ca
https://action.hsi.org/page/72530/action/1
Feds settle grazing suit – Silvercity Daily Press
EU allows feeding cheap animal remains to pigs and chickens
Use of ‘franken-chickens’ against UK Law, animal charity says
Brazil confirms two mad cow disease cases at two slaughterhouses
KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Announce Global Cage-Free Egg Policy
Little changed after Karim Allah and Elbeik live animal transport disasters
The Truth About Cows Raised for Human Consumption
Animal activists outraged by plans for huge new egg farm in Singapore
France kills ducks, chickens, turkeys and pigeons after bird flu outbreak
EPA to Revise Outdated Water Pollution Standards for Slaughterhouses | Civil Eats
Fashions to die for: The fur trade’s role in spreading zoonotic disease
The Egg Industry Grapples With a Grim Practice: Chick Culling
Potty Trained Cows and Bovine Bathrooms Can Mitigate Climate Change
White Striping Disease Hits 99% of U.S. Supermarket Chicken, Study Finds
New permits for Brazilian beef exports to US could increase deforestation risk: Report
New Permits for Brazilian Beef Exports to U.S. Could Lead to Increased Amazon Deforestation
Denmark to extend mink breeding ban another year until 2023 | Reuters
https://faunalytics.org/public-approval-of-undercover-farm-investigations/
https://www.ecowatch.com/world-meat-consumption-2021-2654945657.html
https://aldf.org/article/united-states-protect-state-agricultural-laws-oppose-the-eats-act/
https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/photos/a.270826382933918/5115758361774005
https://www.ecowatch.com/what-is-factory-farming-2655074084.html
https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/29/animal-cruelty-chickens-foster-farms-humane/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/b-c-chicken-catching-company-pleads-guilty-to-animal-abuse/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Indonesia’s newly minted investigators to go after illegal fishing kingpins
Marine experts flag new Peru marine reserve that allows industrial fishing
For sustainable global fisheries, watchdogs focus on onshore beneficial owners
Overfishing threatens to wipe out bowmouth guitarfish in Indonesia, study says
https://www.ecowatch.com/right-whale-conservation-noaa-2654863797.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/grieg-seafood-bc-salmon/
https://www.ecowatch.com/shark-species-iucn-red-list-2654910594.html
https://pacificwild.org/its-time-for-a-shift/
https://apnews.com/294ff1e489589b2510cc806ec898c78f
https://www.livescience.com/humpback-beached-staten-island
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Conservation after coronavirus: We need to diversify and innovate (commentary)
Man from China sentenced in turtle-smuggling scheme: feds | Raleigh News & Observer
Calls to ban trail hunting in Cheshire amid fox-killing fears – BBC News
https://action.hsi.org/page/89373/action/1
Moon Bear Cub Rescued From Trafficker in Vietnam
Indian Officials Burn Nearly 2,500 Rare Rhino Horns Worth $78M in Anti-Poaching Message
As tigers dwindle, Indonesia takes aim at poaching ring
Malaysian hornbill bust reveals live trafficking trend in Southeast Asia
Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail
https://mountainjournal.org/montana-hunting-laws-put-yellowstone-wolves-in-the-crosshairs
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
When Pet Food Ingredients Kill People – Truth about Pet Food
Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard – Mercy For Animals
Maine Is a Trailblazer in Holding Companies Accountable for Recycling Packaging Waste
When Regulatory Doesn’t Regulate… – Truth about Pet Food
Is Big Food hiding the carbon footprint of your lunch? | Corporate Knights
Labor rights violations at Brazil coffee farm linked to Starbucks, Nespresso
Construction, Building
Logging & Mining
30% of Tree Species Face Extinction Risk, Study Finds
Vale told Brazil communities they were in danger. They say Vale wants their land
Spike in deforestation detected in Papua concession linked to South Korea’s Moorim
Can ‘green mining’ boom save our planet?
Mount Polley fined $9,000 for violating new wastewater permit for two years
Railroad and mine projects stir up anxiety in rural Brazil communities
In Colombia, legal mining proves a win-win for environment, traditional communities
The greenwashing of gold mining
Monitoring reveals Indonesia’s ‘legal timber’ scheme riddled with violations
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-sudbury-ontario-extractive-industries-transition/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/14/a-journey-with-the-last-survivor-of-an-amazon-massacre/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/23/an-unbelievably-awful-logging-project-for-grizzly-bears/
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-caribou-west-fraser-mills/
https://www.ecowatch.com/dead-forests-climate-change-2655176253.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-sudbury-ontario-regreening-mining-2/
Plastic
Dead sea turtle found wrapped in plastic bag in Rio de Janeiro
Telecom & Electronic
Court Demands FCC Reconsider Its Wireless Safety Standards
81 Organizations Urge PA Supreme Court to Reject Smart Meters Mandate – We Are The Evidence
Tech & Media
“Climate Change Disinformation Is Spreading Rapidly” on Facebook – Mother Jones
Facebook Algorithm Boosts Pro-Facebook News | by Cory Doctorow | Sep, 2021 | OneZero
https://www.ecowatch.com/ad-and-pr-firms-greenwashing-2655071377.html
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ – CNN
Brazil’s Abitrigo says millers won’t buy GMO wheat from Argentina | Reuters
https://www.ecowatch.com/forever-chemicals-pfas-indoor-air-pollution-2654865483.html
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pandemic-cause-toxic-exposure/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/nitrogen-the-environmental-crisis-you-havent-heard-of-yet/
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/novel-entities-are-we-sleepwalking-through-a-planetary-boundary/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bayer-roundup-39-5-million-misleading-advertising/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Pressure is mounting for a ban on greyhound racing | Scoop News
Opinion: Want to save beluga whales? Stop making them tourist attractions.
‘Untouchable One’: N.B. champion race horse rescued from kill pen | CTV News
The Hidden Truth of Greyhound Retirement – CAGED NationWide
Little to be proud of when sending dogs to grim deaths
‘Not art, not culture’: Hundreds protest in Madrid against bullfights – CGTN
Fancy hunting a kangaroo? Or a zebra? In Texas, you can pay to play | Texas | The Guardian
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/09/disturbing-new-footage-kiska-lonely-marineland-orca/
Money, Banking, Investment
Insurance CEOs issued warning over support of Trans Mountain pipeline | Insurance Business
‘A Large Domino to Fall’ — Harvard to End Fossil Fuels Investments
Harvard Moves to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Wall Street Mortgage Bankers Are Freaking Out About Climate Change – Mother Jones
Caisse to sell off remaining oil assets by next year | CBC News
https://www.corporateknights.com/responsible-investing/sustainable-or-sellout/
https://www.insureourfuture.us/updates/2021/9/14/insure-our-future-welcomes-chubbs-tar-sands-exit