Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
Business risk and COVID-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal
Oil nosedives while renewables rise | Corporate Knights
BP will slash oil output by 40% and pour billions into green energy – CNN
D.C. Circuit Issues Mixed Decision on Dakota Access Shutdown Order | Earthjustice
Energy Companies Spend Billions on Fruitless Projects
Total implosion in the tar sands – Environmental Defence
Tell N.C. to cancel the MVP Southgate pipeline > Appalachian Voices
MV Wakashio: Mauritius declares emergency as stranded ship leaks oil – BBC News
Don’t let Big Oil open a new front in its war on environmental defenders (commentary)
Tired of Wells Threatening Residents’ Health, a Small California Town Takes on Big Oil | KQED
Exclusive: European banks face indigenous calls to end Amazon oil trade – Reuters
No Northern Access Pipeline – Action Network
Mauritius weeps as the island is surrounded by oil – The Mail & Guardian
The Bakken Boom Goes Bust With No Money to Clean up the Mess | DeSmog
Clean energy fights endangered status for Joshua trees – Los Angeles Times
Melting ice is a gift to the fossil fuel tankers navigating the Arctic | Grist
Montana’s High Court Rules Utility Cannot Discriminate Against Solar Energy | Earthjustice
Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty
Bribery and Corruption at Utilities Cost Them–and Us–Big – Union of Concerned Scientists
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suncor-total-fort-hills-conocophillips-tim-mcmillan-1.5668095
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/08/03/What-Kenney-Killed-Embrace-Coal/
https://www.ecowatch.com/mauritius-oil-spill-2646918279.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/bill-17-bc-clean-energy/
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Sunscreen Chemicals Accumulate in Body at High Levels – WSJ
Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers – Rolling Stone
Gardasil Lawsuit Claims HPV Vaccine Caused Teen Severe Injuries
https://www.change.org/p/stop-wasteful-and-deadly-doj-live-tissue-training-on-animals
Industrial Crop Farming
‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil
Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price
Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’
Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags
Is Malaysia’s CIMB serious about addressing deforestation?
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Maryland woman sentenced to 33 years in prison for animal cruelty • Pet Rescue Report
Despite Perdue’s High Welfare Standards, Some Chickens Can’t Survive 45 Days
Province restricts Kootenay commercial huckleberry harvest | CBC News
COVID cases at Brandon packing plant on the rise | The Western Producer
Animal activists release video of animal cruelty at Abbotsford farm
UPDATE: Undercover video shows alleged animal abuse at Abbotsford egg farm – Abbotsford News
What Are Meat and Dairy Companies Doing to Reduce Emissions?
L214: shocking images from a French foie gras factory
Chickens Crushed, Denied Water, and Left to Suffer at McDonald’s Supplier – Mercy For Animals
https://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/meat-animal-welfare/
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
US consumer watchdog group sues Mowi for deceptive marketing, advertising | Intrafish
Why are butchered dolphins washing ashore in France’s Brittany?
Health impacts of synthetic chemicals doubled in last 5 years – CNN
Opinion | Las Galápagos están en peligro y el mundo debe actuar pronto – The Washington Post
China issues new sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet
Chile slaps record fine on Norwegian salmon producer
Belize takes ocean action with expanded marine reserve and ban on gill nets
B.C. rescuers, experts concerned about condition of three entangled humpbacks
News : UNAM researchers discovered dolphin meat in canned tuna
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/481-and-counting-norways-whaling-catch-hits-four-year-high/
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Facial recognition tech for chimps looks to bust online ape trafficking
Weak enforcement sees surging trade in Philippine pangolin, study shows
7 reasons we need to end the exotic pet trade | World Animal Protection
Endangered Moon Bears Are Being Farmed in South Korea for a COVID Cure
End the dog and cat meat trade in Southeast Asia | Four Paws
Alaska Refuges Aren’t Trophy-hunter Amusement Parks
Why the U.S. government is allowing bears and wolves to be hunted in their dens
Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?
Endangered sea turtle shells disguised as blue plastic seized at MIA en route to Asia
Canada’s role in the wildlife trade | World Animal Protection
Forest fires set by poachers threaten a refuge of the Sumatran rhino
Scales of critically endangered pangolin seized in Sumatra | Fauna & Flora International
Poachers suspected after slaughtered black bear found in West Vancouver | CBC News
Congo elephant poacher jailed for 30 years; landmark case hailed – Reuters
Illegal cat meat trade is thriving in Vietnam
https://www.animalalliance.ca/killing-cormorants-in-ontario/
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
The US food system is killing Americans (Opinion) – CNN
https://www.facebook.com/567337650286414/photos/a.567343490285830/1294959290857576/?type=3&theater
Logging & Mining
How a public institute in Oregon became a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry – OPB
Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years: Study
Mining Road to Cut Through Sumatran Forest – Cover Story – magz.tempo.co
Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again
Life among the turtles: Traditional people struggle inside an Amazon reserve
Gold King mine spill left lingering troubles on Navajo Nation – The Salt Lake Tribune
With its mining boom past, Australia deals with the job of cleaning up
Plastic
A Plastics Spill on the Mississippi River But No Accountability in Sight | DeSmog
Telecom & Electronic
Children’s Health Defense sues Facebook and fact-checkers for censoring its content
Tourism
Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Pesticide-Treated Lawns and Fields Are a Hazard to Children and Dogs
New York Sets Drinking Water Safeguards | Earthjustice
Wine Country Women Fight Glyphosate | Pacific Sun | Marin County, California
Health impacts of synthetic chemicals doubled in last 5 years – CNN
New weed killer studies raise concern for reproductive health – U.S. Right to Know
Agrochemicals and industrial waste threaten Argentina’s Gran Chaco
Gates ‘failing green revolution in Africa’
Michigan PFAS lawsuit against 3M, DuPont advances to discovery – mlive.com
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082020/china-n2o-super-pollutant-nylon-emissions-climate-change
https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
https://www.facebook.com/CenterforBioDiv/photos/a.208381210459/10158456402300460/?type=3&theater
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Why Underground Dog Fighting Needs to End
Sign the petition – say no to horse-drawn trolleys in Stanley Park
Tiger King zoo closes after animal treatment investigation | CBC News
Cow Yoga Sparks Hindu Cleric’s Concern
Money, Banking, Investment
Paper maze and lack of transparency cloak investment in companies involved in Amazon deforestation
SIGN NOW: Tell Chubb Insurance to drop TMX | Leadnow.ca
All talk, no walk: ‘Green’ financiers still support Amazon beef industry
Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse
Trade secrets: climate breakdown
Stop Insuring Trans Mountain Pipeline
Lloyd’s of London ‘undermining global climate action’