Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy | rabble.ca
Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine stops output due to diluent pipeline shutdown | Globalnews.ca
Alberta coal miner launches legal challenge against federal environmental assessment | The Narwhal
Global Shipping’s Moral Authority Plunges In Mauritius As Pope Intervenes In Wakashio Saga
Big Oil’s Backers Are Jumping Ship — and That’s Good for the Planet | The Tyee
(2) Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts
Hurricane Laura’s Aftermath: Miles of Oil Sheen in Louisiana’s Wetlands | DeSmog
In Peru, self-reporting of oil spills by companies leaves an unknown toll
Antonia Juhasz on the End of Oil — FAIR
California oil: Companies profit from illegal spills; the state lets them
Facebook Disables Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Wet’suwet’en Support Rally | The Tyee
Philippine community goes to court to stop coal plant in ecological haven
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them. — ProPublica
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/03/What-Oil-Giants-Doing-To-Stop-Climate-Change/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/09/08/Theyre-Trying-To-Take-My-House/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2020/09/10/coal-power-way-canadian-coal-mines-trying-expand/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/11/Site-C-Radical-Risky-Makeover/
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/09/17/fossil-fuel-americans-prosperity-koch-pennsylvania-rggi
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158060712799221/?type=3&theater
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2020/09/29/time-shell-quit-capp-canadian-oil-lobby/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/29/Fracking-Future-Should-Be-Election-Issue/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
(1) Chinese pharma leak infects thousands with bacterial disease – National | Globalnews.ca
Half a million sharks may be killed to produce global Covid-19 vaccine
https://extra.ie/2020/09/27/news/world-news/sharks-killed-covid-19-vaccine
Industrial Crop Farming
Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow
Oil palm plantations in Sumatran wetland worsen flooding in communities
Leuser Watch – Rainforest Action Network
https://www.facebook.com/animalmattersinternational/videos/334033551019004/66
AP probe uncovers abuses in palm oil industry
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Britain’s Largest Food Retailer Hides Behind High Welfare Claims
Undercover footage of animal abuse
Europe’s richest countries importing Brazilian beef linked to millions of tons of emissions: report
Live cattle exports suspended after ship goes missing – MPI | RNZ News
Animal rights activists stage protests outside Abbotsford courthouse and SPCA | CBC News
https://www.facebook.com/animalmattersinternational/videos/444169459874168/156
Farm animals and pandemics: nine diseases that changed the world | Environment | The Guardian
Here’s How Big Farms Got a Big Government Pass on Air Pollution – Mother Jones
Taking on Canada’s Horse Meat Industry
NEW VIDEO: These Chickens Are So Calcium Deficient They Lay Eggs Without Shells – Mercy For Animals
Why Live-Shackle Slaughter Is One of the Cruelest Meat Industry Practices – Mercy For Animals
https://www.inhalton.com/unconstitutional-new-provincial-law-stifles-animal-activists
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/blackrock-silent-on-livestock-in-latest-global-warming-policy/
https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2020/09/22/armed-with-new-research-ranchers-rethink-depredation/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries
Antidepressants Are Polluting the Environment
‘Really disappointing’ – fisheries bill
US allows killing of hundreds of sea lions to save struggling salmon | Environment | The Guardian
Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements
The coal barge and the jewel anemones
45 charged with poaching White Point tide pools in San Pedro – Los Angeles Times
DoC Faces Questions Over ‘Hidden’ Hector’s Catch | Newsroom
Hundreds Of Dead Loggerhead Turtles Wash Up On Same Coastline As Mass Sea Lion Beachings
Hawai‘ian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing
Mi’kmaw Fishing Rights Archives – APTN News
Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk
Flip-flops, fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Past illegal activity dogs Chinese fleet that fished squid near Galapagos
New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?
Indonesia’s new intelligence hub wields data in the war on illegal fishing\
https://maptia.com/cristinamittermeier/stories/beneath-the-thin-blue-line
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/08/shrinking-salmon-alaska-fish
https://www.saobserver.net/news/inside-the-ongoing-mission-to-scrub-clean-b-c-s-wild-beaches/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fincen-files-icij-nb-1.5734110
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
For Brazil’s most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless
Hunters shoot endangered turtledoves despite calls to spare them | The Times of Israel
Cat Meat Trade Going Full Force in Vietnam – One Green Planet
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
Economic Hardship During Pandemic Caused Wildlife Trafficking in Brazil to Soar
World Heritage Species – Posts
Wildlife Trafficking: 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know • The Revelator
Poaching pressure mounts on jaguars, the Americas’ iconic big cat
Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU
Pangolin scale seizures at all-time high in 2019, showing illegal trade still booming
Moment emaciated lions bred to be shot by hunters are rescued | Metro News
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) – Posts
More uncertainty hits Canada’s wild fur industry when it’s already down | CBC Radio
Shark fin trafficking ring busted as trade ban comes into effect in Florida
petition: Stop Murdering Mountain Lions!
petition: Stop Murdering Mountain Lions!
Online Reptile Trade Is a Free-for-All That Threatens Thousands of Species – Scientific American
https://ricochet.media/en/3285/anishinaabe-block-roads-to-stop-trophy-hunting-in-northern-quebec
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
https://truthaboutpetfood.com/fda-inspection-report-smuckers-pet-food/
Logging & Mining
Under cover of COVID-19, loggers plunder Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation: Report
Mercury from gold mining contaminates Amazon communities’ staple fish
Paper giant APP’s Sumatran road project cuts through elephant habitat
Two deaths, zero accountability: Indonesia’s mining pits claim more lives
(1) Max Dashu – “Earlier this month, the Anglo-Australian mining…
We can’t mine our way out of the climate crisis
https://therevelator.org/rights-of-nature-los-cedros/
https://theecologist.org/2020/sep/16/europes-scramble-minerals-comes-home
https://theecologist.org/2020/sep/15/bhp-betrays-international-safety-efforts
Plastic
In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive
Is Plastic Recycling A Lie? Oil Companies Touted Recycling To Sell More Plastic : NPR
‘They Put the Blame of Waste on Individuals as Opposed to Companies’ — FAIR
More Talk and No Action on Chemical Recycling
Telecom & Electronic
Mayor in Alpine Silicon Valley Wants France to Hit Brakes on 5G
Washington Post Is Right That 5G Is a Lie, But Wrong About the Reason • Children’s Health Defense
https://therevelator.org/videos-mountain-gorilla-tourism/
Tourism
Urge CDC to extend the No Sail Order
The Cruise Ship Report Card – Friends of the Earth
https://therevelator.org/videos-mountain-gorilla-tourism/
Tech & Media
“AI is in the hands of an elite class of… – Catladymori Webster
“AI is in the hands of an elite class of… – Catladymori Webster
Are Apple products environmentally friendly?
Media Blame Gender Reveal Parties, Not Climate Change, for West Coast Fires — FAIR
Facebook Disables Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Wet’suwet’en Support Rally | The Tyee
https://www.facebook.com/likhtsamisyu/posts/640601966657353
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Power and GM cotton in Burkina Faso
New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas – Mother Jones
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-epa-pesticide-childrens-health-2647788744.html
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Rodeo Facts: The Case Against Rodeos
Horse dies after racing injury at Del Mar Racetrack | cbs8.com
Yukon mine poses environmental risk decades after being remediated under federal watch | The Narwhal
TikTok has an exotic animal problem – Insider
Keeping large animals in captivity literally damages their brains
Two beluga whales taken to sea sanctuary in Iceland
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158779604300295&set=a.10151358995610295&type=3&theater
Money, Banking, Investment
$154b in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement
Oatly dilutes values to milk profits
Multinationals driving climate breakdown
North Baffin Inuit form new group to raise concerns about proposed mine expansion | Nunatsiaq News
The Big, Dirty Money Behind the California Wildfires | Common Dreams Views
BlackRock silent on livestock in latest global warming policy
Tell European banks to stop trade financing Amazon crude oil.
Finance experts call for greater transparency on climate risks and opportunities | Corporate Knights
Opinion: State-based insurer should drop tar sands pipeline – StamfordAdvocate
How Morgan Stanley is linked to deforestation in the Amazon
Coop green investment bill blocked by government
BlackRock, other asset managers enabling deforestation, says Friends of the Earth
In industry first, 60 companies call on US insurers to drop fossil fuels — Insure Our Future
BlackRock’s $400m stake in Amazon meatpackers defies sustainability cred
‘Investment in Fossil Fuels Yields Much Less Returns Than the Green Sector’ — FAIR
Defund or Defend? In the Fight Over Fossil Fuel Investments, Who’s Winning? • The Revelator
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/what-on-earth-climate-change-lawsuit-children-1.5737350
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-cppibs-ownership-of-crestone-raises-questions/
Transportation, Shipping
Yukon aims to put 200 times more electric vehicles on the road by 2030 | The Narwhal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fincen-files-icij-nb-1.5734110