You'd think one $36 billion pipeline boondoggle would be more than enough, but Canada is going to make that a double


“Despite press releases and multiple empty promises from federal Liberals, there is no private sector proponent for Alberta’s new proposed pipeline,” added May. “The federal Crown corporation TMX, already a major waste of public funds after spending $36 billion to build the Trans Mountain expansion, is now a 50 per cent owner of any new pipeline. The Alberta government holds the other 50 per cent, with private sector pipeline company Pembina’s minor involvement used as a fig leaf.
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The Canada-B.C. MOU attempts to mislead the public and media into thinking B.C.’s interests were meaningfully considered. Central to that appearance is public funding for an ecological disaster known as the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion. The expansion has been opposed by leading scientists, the Longshoremen’s Union, many First Nations, and the expert review conducted by the federal government itself.

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Late June Birding Update - Nature Canada Birdathon


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Petition to sign - share please.
Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice - Ecojustice | Ecojustice ecojustice.ca/news/ottawa-is-g… #pesticides #canada

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Tree planting in Portugal


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Give themselves raises and cost of living increases....


..raise rents and reduce incomes for the disabled, while implying they are bums who should just get a job despite their disabilities. The MLAs' rent allowance is greater than the entire income of a disabled person, which is now it is to be reduced further. I would like to spit on every single Alberta UCP MLA. Shame shame shame you poor excuses for human beings.
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Kharkiv, Ukraine
A woman hugs her cat after it was found during search and rescue works in the damaged residential building after a Russian missile attack.

Photograph: Andrii Marienko/AP

#photography
#Ukraine
#pets
#cats

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Outrage: FIFA awarded exclusive World Cup Burmese rights to Mytel, owned by junta


Please share this email campaign.
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Mytel profits help fund the Burmese military and senior members of the Burmese military. Burma Campaign UK has also received reports from local communities that Mytel also plays a role in facilitating internet connections for scam centres in Burma, which not only steal money from people all over the world, but are also linked to human trafficking, forced labour, organ harvesting and funding the Burmese military and armed groups associated with the Burmese military. 

From HELP to "compassionate intervention"


When the changes officially take effect on July 1, police will have expanded authority to detain people who have not been accused or convicted of a crime.


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#alberta #homelessness #police

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Blood river
The vivid red colour of the Betsiboka River Estuary in Madagascar comes from iron-rich silt in the river water. After heavy rains, red soil bleeds into the river from neighbouring lands. Upstream, the river is surrounded by mangroves, but nearly a century of logging in Madagascar’s rainforests and coastal mangroves has caused erosion of the riverbanks and clogging of coastal waterways with sediment.

Kai Yokoyama

#photography
#rivers
#Madagascar
#AltText

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Irreplacable rainforest and culture being destroyed for copper


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#Ecuador #indigenous #mining

A story all too familiar to a Canadian indigenous journalist

But this is our history happening now in Ecuador. The first road into this place was only built 10 years ago.

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Had to update slides for a presentation tonight, so I'm sharing the latest numbers showing how bad the situation in orbit is getting. There are now 10,413 Starlink satellites, more than about 2/3 of ALL satellites (15,623 total, numbers from planet4589.org/space/stats/act…).

The CRASH Clock outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashcl… is down to 2.5 days.

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living in hiding in the Dominican Republic


"From 2021 onwards, Evens lived in hiding in the Dominican Republic. He relied on support from his family in the United States, who sent him money to survive. He only ventured into the streets on rare occasions..."

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#Haiti #DomincanRepublic #refugee #migrant

Trailer for Canada Inc


70% of the world's mining companies have their headquarters in Canada. They operate with impunity in other countries brutally forcing indigenous people off their land #mining

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The invisible migration: How urban refugees are powering Uganda’s economy
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Still Standing


As you read this, Oglala Lakota youth have locked their bodies to drilling equipment at Pe’ Sla.


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#landback