Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Bangladeshi industries explore renewables as power crisis looms
Indigenous leader’s court win halts one of Australia’s ‘dirtiest gas projects’
California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels | Grist
The Peruvian farmer taking on an energy giant
Pluspetrol Norte: A history of unpaid sanctions and oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon
Fukushima: Novel Fixes Fail, Waste Dumping Threatens Pacific Ocean – CounterPunch.org
https://grist.org/accountability/survivors-kentucky-flooding-sue-coal-companies/
https://grist.org/beacon/hawaii-closes-its-last-coal-plant/
https://www.treehugger.com/perenco-threatens-amazon-reserve-indigenous-6743762
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
‘America’s Other Drug Problem’ — Overprescribing • Children’s Health Defense
Drug company ordered to cut price of life-saving medication after 3,000% jump | CBC News
Industrial Crop Farming
As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also found in breach
Indonesian palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/09/trial-of-palm-oil-tycoon-surya-darmadi-begins-in-jakarta/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Animal farming: Swiss vote on banning industrial animal farming
Chinchilla Farm Investigation Prompts Call for Fur Ban
https://theecologist.org/2022/sep/06/brazils-meat-regulation-carnage
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small-scale fishers
Indonesia pursues agreements to protect its fishers on foreign vessels
Greenland’s sustainable halibut fishery may threaten newfound corals, sponges
Indonesia urged to update fisher training program to international standards
‘Mind-blowing’ marine heat waves put Mediterranean ecosystems at grave risk
Thailand’s contentious plan to curtail bottom trawling unfolds in slow motion
A millennial advocate pushes for a youth-led digital future for Indonesian fisheries
Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy
Java fishers struggle with seine net ban amid rising costs, falling profits
Indonesia’s sustainable fisheries push sails into storm in Java Sea
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2022/09/02/news-pollution-kills-fish-in-egyptian-lake/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Help Save Rhinos – Fauna & Flora International
Cuban scientists race to save one of the world’s rarest crocodiles | CTV News
Sault Ste. Marie news: Group says it wants to dispel myths about trappers | CTV News
In Indonesia’s West Sumbawa, tide turns on taste for turtle eggs
World Heritage Species – Posts | Facebook
As poachers poison wildlife, Zimbabwe finds an antidote in tougher laws
Big data monitoring tool aims to catch up to Indonesia’s booming online bird trade
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Dollar store products commonly tested positive for toxic chemicals, analysis says | CBC News
Construction, Building, Infrastructure
In the Mekong Basin, an ‘unnecessary’ dam poses an outsized threat
Cambodian mega dam’s resurrection on the Mekong ‘the beginning of the end’
Road network spreads ‘arteries of destruction’ across 41% of Brazilian Amazon
Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe. | Grist
Logging & Mining
Chinese companies criticized for mercury pollution in Cameroon
The Western Indian Ocean lost 4% of its mangroves in 24 years, report finds
Illegal logging and trade in fine wood threaten Wampis communities in the Peruvian Amazon
Industrial mining’s tropical deforestation footprint spills beyond concessions
Can Two New Bills Reshape Indigenous Rights and Illegal Gold Mining in Suriname?
Indonesia amnesties 75 companies operating illegally inside forest areas
Zero-deforestation commitments ‘fundamentally limited’ in tackling deforestation, study argues
Regulator approves first deep-sea mining test, surprising observers
Guatemalans strongly reject mining project in local referendum
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/deep-sea-mining-deadline-1.6570232
https://grist.org/climate-energy/how-clean-energy-future-colliding-with-minings-dark-past/
https://www.corporateknights.com/mining/wrestling-with-net-zero-mining/
Tech & Media
Facebook Engineers Don’t Know Where They Keep Your Data
Amazon’s Latest Purchases Are a Surveillance Nightmare + More • Children’s Health Defense
Plastic
Court strikes blow to Formosa Plastics plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ | Grist
$85 million to stop plastic production – Grist | Grist
Experts decry ‘funny math’ of plastics industry’s ‘advanced recycling’ claims
Telecom & Electronic
Tourism
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
How Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate Your Food • Children’s Health Defense
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Woodgreen withdraws from the Greyhound Forum | Woodgreen Pets Charity
The racism, and resilience, behind today’s Pacific Northwest salmon crisis – OPB
Money, Banking, Investment
Canadian banks need new rules to avoid greenwashing, advocates say
Posthaste: Canada still isn’t spending enough on the green economy, RBC says | Financial Post
Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking 2022| Corporate Knights
Transportation, Shipping
Amtrak to go net-zero by 2045 – Grist | Grist
Better management of shared waterways could benefit economy in Bangladesh, India