Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Canadian pipeline giant TC Energy closely connected with incoming Trump administration

Investigative Journalism Foundation

Family members, former colleagues among connections unearthed by IJF investigation. Story here.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Canada approved neonic pesticides with outdated studies on human health

Canada's

National

Observer

A growing body of evidence, showing that Canada’s most common insecticides are more dangerous to human health than previously thought, has not been fully assessed by this country’s pesticide regulator, Canada’s National Observer has found. Story here.


Please also read; "Will new research in Europe nudge Canadian authorities toward a neonic ban?"

Thursday, December 5, 2024

International Court of Justice Hearings on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change

International Institute for Sustainable Development


The International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of States under international law to protect the climate system.    

Story here.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Countdown to an ice-free Arctic: New research warns of accelerated timelines

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER




















 

Credit: Céline Heuzé/University of Gothenburg





Arctic sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. 

The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s sea ice, an ominous milestone for 

the planet, could occur as early as 2027. Story here.


Sunday, December 1, 2024

Manitoba is getting a new ‘belt of greenspace’

THE NARWHAL

Federal funds will kickstart work on an ecological corridor along the Little Saskatchewan River, aimed at protecting wildlife habitat and keeping the watershed healthy. Story here.



Wednesday, November 27, 2024

'Twas the night before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas                                                    

and all through the land

corporate farming was here.

It was grand! It was grand!


Hogs were raised.


Waste was spread.


The future looked bright.


The salvation of farming


now seemed in sight.


More factories were built.


The money rolled in.


If you were an investor


you wore a big grin.


But clouds started gathering


on this happy scene.


Neighbors were calling


the big barns - obscene!


The air in the country 


which had been so pure,


was now permeated


with the stench of manure.


The rivers and streams


that had been pristine


were now choked with algae


just like a latrine.


But the good folk of the country 


fought back.


Instead of retreating


they launched an attack.


"Bigger is not better"


they cried!


And together they worked 


to turn back the tide.


So into the future


when Christmas rolls 'round,


will the powers that be


move to limit the harm?


Or will they stand idly by


and not give a darn


as the lifeblood is drained from 


the family farm?


Larry Powell - 

SHOAL LK MB


Meet the groups spending the most on social media ads attacking the carbon tax

The Investigative Journalism Foundation

Despite its claims of being grassroots, Energy United has links to the largest fossil fuel industry advocacy group in the country. It's spending big on social media ads denouncing federal carbon pricing. Story here.

Canadian pipeline giant TC Energy closely connected with incoming Trump administration

Investigative Journalism Foundation Family members, former colleagues among connections unearthed by IJF investigation. Story here.