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Bitumen BubbleCanadaFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Supreme Court Dismisses Indigenous Appeal of Trans Mountain Re-Approval
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid by three British Columbia First Nations to appeal the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Judge Reopens Line 5, Gives Enbridge a Week to Report Safety Test Results
A county judge ruled Wednesday that Enbridge Inc. can reopen its troubled Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, despite technical concerns about possible structural problems ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
U.S. Dominican Nuns Raise $130 Million for ‘Holistic’ Climate Solutions Fund
Five years after Pope Francis delivered his acclaimed encyclical calling for environmental and climate justice, 16 congregations of Dominican nuns in the United States ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Line 5 Pipeline Faces Tuesday Court Date After Judge Orders Temporary Closure
A county judge in Michigan has ordered Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. to shut down its troubled Line 5 pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac between ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
Heat, Pollution Put Black Mothers at Greater Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
A sweeping review of birth outcomes in the U.S. since the early 2000s has found that exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Indigenous Leaders Warn They May Be Left Out of Abandoned Well Cleanup Fund
Indigenous leaders are concerned their communities may be left out as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia begin spending C$1.5 billion in federal funds to ... -
Ontario Cancels Nuclear Waste Storage Plan Near Lake Huron Shoreline
Ontario Power Generation has pulled the plug on a multi-billion-dollar effort to store hazardous nuclear waste in underground vaults at the Bruce Nuclear Generating ... -
Chevron Anti-Racism Tweet Sparks Accusations of Hypocrisy
Colossal fossil Chevron’s recent “Black Lives Matter” tweet has sparked a fierce debate among Black Americans about what it means to have Big Oil ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMethaneOil & Gas
38°C Heat in Siberian Town Sets New Record Above Arctic Circle
The northeastern Siberian town of Verkhoyansk is believed to have set an all-time high temperature record above the Arctic Circle Saturday when thermometers soared ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
U.S. Survey Shows Rising Concern Over Climate Health Risks
The past six years have left many more Americans believing the climate crisis brings increasing risk of physical harm from severe storms, flooding, heat ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Michigan Goes to Court, Calls for Independent Review After Enbridge Partly Reopens Line 5 Pipeline
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a judge to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, less than a week after a company repair ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail Transport
$20-Billion East African Pipeline to Displace Thousands of Farmers, Risk Massive Oil Spill
A US$20-billion pipeline project in East Africa is set to displace thousands of small farmers and endanger key wildlife habitat and coastal waters—in spite ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
B.C. Dramatically Overestimates Old Growth Forest, Faces Climate Impacts Without Better Protection
British Columbia is dramatically overestimating the size of productive old growth forests that have all but vanished across the province, according to an independent ... -
U.S. Academics #ShutDownSTEM to Fight Ivory Tower Racism
It took George Floyd eight minutes and 46 seconds to asphyxiate at the hands of a violent police officer. Now Black environmental justice groups, ...
