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Should Labour (UK) really value its economic ambitions over its environmental duty?

30/01/25
Author: 
Helena Horton
The number of annual flights could go up to 720,000 with a third runway, according to Heathrow, an average of almost 2,000 flights a day. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Jan. 30, 2025 - The Guardian Newsletter

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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When Fracking and Earthquake Risks Come to Your Doorstep

29/01/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Link: 
The Tyee
Richard Kabzems and Sandra Burton stand outside their home a short distance from a gas well pad where they fear fracking operations could trigger damaging and potentially deadly earthquakes. Photo by The Tyee.

Jan. 28, 2025

Residents of northeastern BC have been left unprotected in the LNG drilling boom.

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British Columbia
LNG - Fracking
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Ken Sim Is Wrong. We Need More Supportive Housing, Not Less

29/01/25
Author: 
Michael Clague, Libby Davies, Terry Hunter, Donald MacPherson, Jean Swanson and Savannah Walling
Link: 
The Tyee
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to halt new social housing will condemn more people to live on the streets. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Jan. 29, 2025

A plan to halt housing solutions will hurt people, businesses and the city.

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British Columbia
Social
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Climate change could cause millions more temperature-related deaths in Europe by 2099, study says

27/01/25
Author: 
Rosie Frost
Link: 
Euro News
Copyright Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP

Jan. 27, 2025

A new study debunked theories climate change could be ‘beneficial’ for temperature-related deaths as Europe warms.

Climate change will likely cause a sharp increase in deaths from extreme heat, substantially outweighing any decrease in cold-related deaths across Europe.

A modelling study was led by researchers from the Environment & Health Modelling (EHM) Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in Nature Medicine. 

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Climate Change
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Uber Drivers Say BC Gig Work Protections Fall Short

27/01/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
Link: 
The Tyee
Sixty per cent of drivers’ time on ride-hailing apps is unpaid, by one estimate. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jan. 27, 2025

Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside is set to review the effectiveness of changes made last fall.

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British Columbia
Labour - Unions
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The Law Isn’t Enough To Bring Amazon To Heel

27/01/25
Author: 
Adam D.K. King
Link: 
The Maple
Photo via Province of British Columbia on Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Jan. 27, 2025

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Canada
Labour - Unions
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals

26/01/25
Author: 
Patrick Greenfield
Link: 
The Guardian
Near Newtok in Alaska, melting permafrost is causing the Ninglick River to widen and erode its banks. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Jan. 21, 2025

Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows

A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of the frozen north.

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Canada
Climate Change
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The AI Craze

26/01/25
Author: 
Marty Hart-Landsberg
Link: 
The Bullet
The AI Craze Continues

Jan. 26. 2025

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Climate Change
Energy
Global
Industry Spin
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I’m One Of The ‘Indigo 11.’ Here’s Why I Did It

24/01/25
Author: 
Nisha Toomey
Link: 
The Maple
Screenshot via CP24 on YouTube.

Jan. 20, 2025

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Canada
Global
Protest - Revolt
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World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles

24/01/25
Author: 
Farooq Tariq
Link: 
The Bullet
IMF out of Pakistan

Jan. 24, 2025

On 11th December 2024, while replying to a question in Pakistan’s National Assembly, the federal finance minister admitted for the first time that since 2019, and while under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, gas prices increased by a record 840% and electricity tariffs rose by over 110%.

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Agriculture
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