The Cost of Fossil Fuel Reliance: Governments provided $1.5 trillion US from public coffers in 2023

International Institute for Sustainable Development

The science is clear: there is no room for new fossil fuel projects under a 1.5°C global warming limit. Existing oil and gas fields, if fully exploited, would burn through the entire carbon budget for a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C.

No government can claim to be a climate leader while backing fossil fuel expansion through public subsidies and investments. Instead, they should make the industry pay its fair share of taxes and channel investment into accelerating the rollout of clean energy. Story here.

Canadian banks’ and investors’ unrestricted support for LNG is fuelling a future climate bomb

GREENPEACE CANADA

TORONTO – Canadian banks are pouring billions of dollars into the global expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals that could potentially unleash more than 10 gigatonnes of climate-wrecking greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research (1). The expansion of LNG depends on the support of banks and investors, with nine Canadian banks responsible for US$16.7 billion in support for expansion between 2021 and 2023 (2). Reclaim Finance and Greenpeace Canada warn that the emissions from these projects, which can be more damaging than coal, will breach net zero goals. They are urging banks to stop providing financial support to the developers of all new LNG projects, and to primarily stop financing export terminals. Story here.

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RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

YAHOO NEWS

Article chronicles startling revelations in                                    

 Denn Gruending'book, "A Communist for the RCMP."

16 oilsands companies allegedly broke environmental rules. Alberta kept it a secret for 3 years

The Narwhal

At least 16 companies missed deadlines or failed to pay fees for independent environmental monitoring. Critics say the province isn’t doing enough to hold the industry to account. Story here.

Canadian forestation policies add fuel to the fires

Canadian Dimension

Modern forestry techniques are destroying biodiversity, poisoning communities and compounding the climate crisis. 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.

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?"

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.

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.

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.