Inside Ukraine’s drive to build an army of citizen soldiers and how they are ready for guerrilla warfare. #cdnpoli #ukraine https://cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-kyiv-putin-donbas-crimea-1.6345753
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America is not unique in the asymmetry it applies to right wing white people protesting versus everyone else.
https://twitter.com/WaytowichNeil/status/1487410843516129282
‘Fossil Fuelled 5’ Put 1.5° in Jeopardy, Report Finds
Canada, the U.K., the United States, Norway, and Australia —planning to approve (and subsidize) new fossil fuel projects, a contradiction which it says undermines their recent claims of leadership in tackling the climate crisis.
#environment #cdnpoli #climate_retards #climate_crisis
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/11/14/fossil-fuelled-5-put-1-5-in-jeopardy-report-finds/
Life at 50C: Lytton - the town that burned down in a day - BBC News
Canada fell from 58th to 61st spot in the latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), released this week during the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow, with its current climate performance and 2030 targets well below what would be consistent with a 2.0°C limit on average global warming.
#lip_service #climate_crisis #environment #cdnpoli #GHG increases #polluters_win
Coronavirus: Seniors cut off from income supplement after receiving emergency benefits
In a letter sent to three Liberal cabinet ministers, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie said many seniors who received the CERB and Canada Recovery Benefit either do not qualify for the guaranteed income supplement or face drastic deductions to it.
#CERB #seniors #GIS #politics #cdnpoli
'Nothing to See Here, Folks', as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN
“Nothing to see here, folks!” wrote Karri Munn-Venn, senior policy analyst at Citizens for Public Justice. “In a highly anticipated announcement about Canada’s new emissions reduction target, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said, well, nothing.”
#climate_crisis #canada #cdnpoli #environment #carbon_target
Poison with your cereal, anyone? | rabble.ca
To be clear, in 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) identified glyphosate, the world's most commonly used herbicide, as a probable human carcinogen.
#gmo #glyphosate #cancer #environment #cdnpoli
https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/poison-your-cereal-anyone
'Nothing to See Here, Folks', as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN
“The Canadian government has decided to not do its fair share of the action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change,” added Dale Marshall, national climate program manager at Environmental Defence Canada, in a release.
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Oilsands carbon cuts come with $60 billion bill, loose ends
The initiative follows mounting pressure from large, climate-minded investors, many of which have ditched their oilsands holdings.
#oilsands #net-zero #greenhouse_gases #environment #cdnpoli
https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2021/7/8/oilsands-carbon-cuts-come-with-60-billion-bill-loo/
