Energy: Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity
The Oil Execs On Trump’s ‘Opening The Country’ Council Are Major GOP Donors | HuffPost Canada
‘The Industry Chose to Protect Billions of Dollars a Year in Its Own Profit’ | FAIR
Two Pandemics in the Ecuadorian Amazon: COVID-19 and Oil | Sierra Club
This Energy Analyst Says the Oil Sands Are ‘Done’ | The Tyee
In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times
Oil was doomed before the pandemic | Ricochet
Phillips 66 Refineries Are Poisoning Our Communities. We’re Ready to Fight Back. | Earthjustice
The problem with Big Oil’s climate goals: They don’t include all the oil. | Grist
Keystone pipeline project proceeds amidst COVID-19 pandemic | PBS NewsHour Weekend
Crisis Vultures Are Circling Over the Energy Industry – Union of Concerned Scientists
Protesters chant “Shell must fall” at oil major’s meeting
Judge Prolongs Steven Donziger’s House Arrest to September
Phillips 66 Refineries Are Poisoning Our Communities. We’re Ready to Fight Back. | Earthjustice
The BLM Went Out of Its Way to Provide Pandemic Relief to Ailing Oil Companies – Mother Jones
Bailing out oil and gas is a bad recovery strategy for Canada – Environmental Defence
Antarctic Penguin Poop Emits Laughing Gas – EcoWatch
The Coal Bailout Everybody Is Talking About – Union of Concerned Scientists
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-8-million-tab-land-rent-left-unpaid-oil-gas-companies-2019/
https://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/koalasnotcoal/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/climate/lawsuit-fuel-economy-climate.html
Pharma, Medical, Veterinary, Animal Testing,
Remaining PMU producers brace for more cuts | Manitoba Co-operator
Over 400,000 experiments carried out on animals in Israel last year | The Times of Israel
Petition · Stop wasteful and deadly DOJ “live tissue training” on animals · Change.org
Industrial Crop Farming
Leuser Watch – Rainforest Action Network
New bill could legalize ‘land banking’ by Indonesian plantation firms
As their land claim stalls, Brazil’s Munduruku face pressure from soybean farms
Papuan farmer dies after alleged police assault at palm oil company
Deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/journo-arrested-reporting-palm-oil-land-grab-jhonlin-indonesia/
Animal Breeding, Ranching, Factory Farming, Puppy Mills
Piglets aborted, chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector – Reuters
Farmed Animals Culled En Masse as COVID-19 Outbreaks Halt Meat and Dairy Production
Trump’s COVID-19 meatpacking order returns us to ‘The Jungle’ days just so you can eat bacon
Rather than Cull Millions of Livestock, Let’s End Animal Agriculture – Harvard Political Review
Live Mic: Coronavirus biting down on Utah mink farms
Backyard Breeders Exposed – Exposing Animal Cruelty – Posts
Coronavirus Pandemic: Human Cost of Culling’ Livestock and ‘Depopulating’ Farms | National Review
Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker Join Forces on Bill to Ban Most Factory Farming by 2040
COVID-19 Isn’t the Only Sickness Spreading Through Meat Plants
Suffocating Healthy Farmed Animals During Pandemic Is Not “Euthanasia”
Slaughter of the Innocents: COVID-19 & the Future of Agriculture
Petition: Ban Fur Farms in the U.S. – One Green PlanetOne Green Planet
Petition · Please Help To Protect Victorian Brumbies with Legislation · Change.org
Desperate farmers are selling pigs on Craigslist | TreeHugger
Brutality of the meat industry is on display during COVID-19 pandemic | The Star
Update: Ireland’s fur farming ban | Respect for Animals
Brazilian taxpayers subsidizing Amazon-clearing cattle ranches, study shows
Will Coronavirus Be What Finally Kills Factory Farming? | Opinion
In the Amazon, a farmer practices the future of sustainable cattle ranching
Mass Extermination of Iowa Pigs Amid Pandemic Revealed
A booming niche industry goes bust, quietly taking millions in public money with it | CBC News
Fisheries, Fish Farming, Marine Life
Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports
Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion
Sea Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Agencies to Save New Zealand’s Māui Dolphin from Extinction
Hunting, Trapping, Wildlife Trafficking
Coronavirus: Poachers kill more animals as tourism to Africa plummets
Poachers put Roosevelt elk in jeopardy, says conservation official | Times Colonist
Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown
B.C. marine biologist wins $250K award for work protecting seahorses around the world | CBC News
Mexico Seizes 15,000 Turtles, Some of Them Endangered, Bound for China
Help stop the horror in Hanoi! | Soi Dog Foundation
It’s time to implement solutions that make the bushmeat trade unnecessary (commentary)
How Tiger King sheds light on the illegal reptile trade | World Animal Protection
Fundraiser by Salome De Villiers : Africa Professional Hunters in Need
China offers buyouts to wildlife farmers in response to pandemic
Irish man faces US charges on trafficking rhino horns
New book reveals the British businessmen with trophy hunting blood on their hands | News | The Times
Secret footage shows badger caught in snare near Sheffield river | The Star
For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort
Increased Poaching Threatens Vulnerable Wildlife Populations | The Tyee
https://www.facebook.com/AntiFurSociety/posts/3490504020963042
Consumer Goods Manufacturers & Sellers
Import Records Show China Remains Leading Pet Food Ingredient Exporter – Truth about Pet Food
Johnson & Johnson Stops Selling Talc-Based Baby Powder In U.S. And Canada : NPR
Calls for end to business with paper giant APP over Sumatra land disputes
Logging & Mining
Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands
The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?
Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
‘They never intended to conserve it’: Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve
Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’
With new law, Indonesia gives miners more power and fewer obligations
Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, hastens ecosystem collapse
World-famous Okefenokee Swamp Threatened by Mining
Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio
Illegal logging ‘mafia’ stripping hornbill habitat in Northeast India
Mining company pressing to enter Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest
Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea
Indigenous Group in Brazil Wins Decades-Long Battle Against Illegal Loggers in the Amazon
World-famous Okefenokee Swamp Threatened by Mining
Contentious Guatemala nickel mine ‘ignores coronavirus lockdown’
Loggers attack Brazilian environmental official in Amazon; Bolsonaro silent
FOUR PAWS International – Posts
Plastic
Plastic Recycling is Broken. So Why Does Big Plastic Want $1 Billion to Fix It? – Mother Jones
Telecom & Electronic
Health workers call for caution over 5G roll-out
How Big Wireless Lobbied Governments to Build 5G For Citizen Data Collection and Surveillance
Anti-5G Activists Take Dutch Government To Court Over ‘Unethical’ Network Rollout
Easton bans 5G technology rollout citing lack of research, testing
Atty Says Verizon ‘Corporate Invasion’ Risks COVID-19 Spread – Law360
UK’s leading human rights barris… – News – Mobile News
Tourism
Polar Bear Shot And Killed After Tourists Encroach On Remote Territory
Tech & Media
A High-Tech Coronavirus Dystopia
Chemicals, Pesticides, GMOs
Ever heard of isoxaflutole? That’s about to change – EHN
Bayer shareholder meeting draws protests, pleas from cancer patients – U.S. Right to Know
Missouri Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto | Sierra Club
DC sues Monsanto over toxic chemicals | WTOP
‘Ozone Friendly’ Chemicals Are Polluting the Environment – EcoWatch
Trump’s EPA Wants to Weaken Science-Based Rules for Toxic Air Pollutants
Animal Entertainment, Racing, Bloodsports
Australia: Racing is a Blood Sport – Stop the Killing of Gentle Greyhounds! – In Defense of Animals
Duncan horse rescue races to save ponies being sold due to COVID-19
Greyhound Stadium Closes Permanently | Viva! – The Vegan Charity
Back at the track: Assiniboia Downs set to resume racing Monday – Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
12-Foot Hilton Head Gator Wrangled, Hog Tied, And Sat On, Video Shows
Money, Banking, Investment
By Letting Small Businesses Fail, the State Is Handing Power to Corporate Giants | Novara Media
BlackRock Faces the Reality of Climate Activism – Union of Concerned Scientists
Is your pension invested in animal cruelty? | Corporate Knights
Lloyd’s, Munich Re, Zurich come under fire for supporting tar sands pipeline | Insurance Business
People’s Assembly on BlackRock
It’s time for our financial statements to reflect the vital value of nature | Corporate Knights
UC fully divests from fossil fuels; largest university to do so – Los Angeles Times
University of California Says It Has Divested Completely from Fossil Fuels | Democracy Now!
The Seven Sins of Alberta’s Pension Manager Demand a Judicial Review | The Tyee
Transportation, Shipping
What It’s Like to Be Boxed In By Amazon Warehouses | Earthjustice