Stuff From Other Environmental Groups (May)

National

  1. Fear Fighting and the Future of Green Energy in Rural Manitoba: A Calgary mining company is considering silica sand mining in rural Manitoba. Concerns: water and way of life. https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-silica-sand-mining/

  2. Challenging a Lack of Transparency and Accountability in Chlorpyrifos Phase-out: Canada’s slow reaction to Chlorpyrifos’s known detrimental effects keeps Canadians in harm’s way. https://ecojustice.ca/file/fighting-for-an-immediate-ban-on-chlorpyrifos/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=bn_2023.04.12&utm_content=2023.04.12+Chlorpyrifos+hearing

Global

  1. Not as Close to Zero as You Think: Zero-emission Electric cars are an important step away from the tailpipe emissions of internal combustion engines; However, they produce particulate matter, which also poses environmental effects. EVs seem to have more room for improvement before being hailed as the solution to transportation pollution.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421015910?fbclid=IwAR1AgLnqXylwcLKh6t6cPZKvlVXhfqM6pzW4pdyiuwqb4_DQbZfZCPKYjM0

  2. BP Faces Green Protests Over New Climate Goals: Energy giant scales back promises to lower emissions over the next decade. For the BBC story, go here: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65385834

    3.Deadly African Drought Not Possible Without Climate Change: Climate change is at the root cause of escalating weather patterns all over the world. The cause is no different for a devastating drought in the Horn of Africa. For the CBC story, go here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/horn-of-africa-drought-climate-1.6824091

Good News Stories

  1. A Victory! Sleeper Oil and Gas Permits Relinquished. Thanks to WWF-Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation, sleeper permits for offshore oil and gas were surrendered. This makes strides toward protecting the incredibly biodiverse waters of B.C. https://ecojustice.ca/file/challenging-sleeper-oil-and-gas-permits-off-the-b-c-coast/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=bn.2023.04.27&utm_content=2023.04.24+B.C.+sleeper+permits+victory

  2. The Aunties, the Politicians, and the National Urban Park: The impressive work behind the Ojibway National Urban Park and the difficulties in making it a reality.  https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-ojibway-national-urban-park/

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