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The Climate Emergency Unit is releasing one of our final resources: a podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, hosted by Erin Blondeau with Seth Klein & leading thinkers and organizers from across the country.

🎧 Listen to the full series: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing.
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The U.S. and Canada have failed in their bid to loosen restrictions on the international trade in peregrine falcons, with delegates to CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, voting against it at an summit underway in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Peregrine falcons retain trade protections, despite downlisting bid by Canada and US
The U.S. and Canada have failed in their bid to loosen restrictions on the international trade in peregrine falcons, with delegates to CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, voting against it…
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December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.

They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
An international team of scientists has issued a stark warning that current toxicology and chemical regulatory regimes are failing to protect public health and the environment from a host of toxins…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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At #CITESCoP20, in a secret ballot vote with 61 in favor, 74 against, and 7 abstaining, Committee I rejected the proposal to downlist the peregrine falcon from Appendix I to Appendix II.

@trafficintl.bsky.social #peregrinefalcon #raptors

Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Ksi Lisims #LNG has passed all the hurdles but one — a final investment decision expected next year. #Gitanyow sent a letter to 40 banks & pension funds to respect Gitanyow rights + urge them not to provide financing for the proposed project.

Full letter 👇
Letter to Banks and Pension Funds: Don't Provide Funding to Ksi Lisims LNG | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
Gitanyow letter to banks and pension funds urging them not to fund Ksi Lisims LNG
www.gitanyowchiefs.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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HAPPENING NOW AT UNEP HEADQUARTERS IN NAIROBI: The opening of the seventh meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-7).
Delegates will address resolutions on #climate #biodiversity and #pollution

Please follow us for more details: enb.iisd.org/unea7-oecpr7

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OECPR-7 and UNEA-7
The highest decision-making body on environment in the world will bring negotiators and ministers to Nairobi to review progress on resolutions on circularity of a low-carbon sugarcane agro-industry, e...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.

Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.

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#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Article featuring Brian Thom's work regarding Cowichan Title and Ye'yumnuts, centered on an interview with Thom and Elder Luchsiim. The article connects to an ongoing, and unprecedented court case
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What the Quw'utsun Nation court case reveals about private land ownership and Indigenous title in B.C. – The Discourse.
After an unprecedented 513-day trial, Quw'utsun Nation court case ruling sets high burden of proof First Nations need to be declared title-holders
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October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.

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#Teachers #Teacher #Professor #Fiction #Librarian #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism
From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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At #SB8j_1, Juan Carlos Navarro, Minister of Environment, Panama, stressed the success of SB8j will be measured by its ability to translate its commitments to real policies, accessible funding, and practical results to conserve biodiversity and protect ancestral lands. @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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New report reveals the truth behind LNG’s hype. The real winners are foreign multinationals, not British Columbians. Offshored profits, few jobs, higher energy costs and ignored environmental damages — that’s what doubling down on fossil gas exports promises. Read here: dsfdn.org/RunningOnFum...
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering  ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
The Tree of Life’ gathering
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering
ecojustice.ca
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill | The Tyee
Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?
thetyee.ca
July 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
g̱ag̱it̕sa̱'wa #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay considering offering funds to the #Maamtagila community who are in a cultural renaissance and a nation-building journey 2 regain recognition from the crown/colonial governments and heal their lands! #Cdnpoli
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Ma'amtagila Nation Building & Land Reconnection Fund
We are proud members of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. Our territory lies between Vancouver Island & the BC Mainland, in what is called the Johnstone Strait. We know who we are, but the Government of Cana...
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June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America
Friends,
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June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them | grist.org/internationa...
How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Nearly 5 million acres have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and explosive devices.
grist.org
June 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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This morning, we joined UBCIC, First Nations Summit, Ecojustice, Stand.earth + others to demand the BC NDP kill #Bill15 — a dangerous bill that threatens ecosystems, Indigenous Rights and democracy. #bcpoli

Stop Bill 15. Take action ➡️ www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/...
May 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we expl...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM