Friday, January 10, 2025

Meta’s vision: more free speech — except for news

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

I had to marvel earlier this week at the way Meta CEO Mark 

Zuckerberg trotted out the supposed founding vision of social media 

as a way to give people a voice as he announced changes to content 

moderation on Facebook. Details here.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

PLANS FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL LIKELY BRING DISASTROUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES TO MANITOBA, SLITHERS ITS WAY BACK ONTO THE PUBLIC AGENDA. (LETTER)

LETER BY JOHN FEFCHAK

 "In the months since Sio Silica was denied an environmental license to mine silica sand from southeastern Manitoba, the company has quietly regrouped, rebranded and begun laying the groundwork to reapply for provincial approval — starting with a push to win the support of Broken head Ojibway Nation."


The hanging sword of Damocles is upon us.
If a serious situation hangs by a thread, it means that even a change can decide what will happen and that a bad result such as death, failure, etc. is likely:

The phrase is now commonly used to describe a looming danger or precarious situation.

Has the stench of political scandal surrounding Sio Silica’s controversial quartz silica mine and processing plant doomed the project?

Remarkably, it still remains a live issue; even though it was rejected by the Kinew government in Feb. of 2024.

Even at the risk of contaminating the water aquifers for hundreds of thousand of people/ and creating massive sink holes, it is apparent that some officials are more interested and motivated in the 8000 ghost jobs that may be created in this catastrophic undertaking.

When will clearer minds prevail, to prevent this Armageddon from taking place? This is not an act of preserving and sustaining our water for the people of Manitoba.

Preserving our water sources is one of the most significant challenges facing the people of Manitoba, Canada and the world.
 
John Fefchak.
Virden, MB.

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Beavers are the unsung heroes of wildfire prevention

Canada's National Observer

A PinP photo.












Beavers are the engineers of the forest. Best known for chewing down trees to build up dams, the animals change their surroundings in obvious ways: pointy stumps lie in their wake; piles of branches and mud peak over riverbeds. However, scientists are increasingly noticing another, less evident way they shift their environment: wildfire prevention.

Details here.

Saturday, December 28, 2024

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.

Friday, December 27, 2024

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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Monday, December 23, 2024

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."




Monday, December 16, 2024

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.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C2u85TJjaY&t=8s