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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1 day ago

"Oklahoma has about 18,000 documented orphan wells and is believed to have more than 300,000 undocumented ones." "They just said wells without a responsible party are not a federal function." "Are all of these orphan wells our responsibility?" #Oklahoma #USA #FossilFuels #Water #Climate

grist.org

Osage Nation speeds up orphan well cleanup as federal oversight recedes

A change in federal policy is allowing the Nation to plug abandoned wells more quickly — and raising questions about who is ultimately responsible for them.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"Kichwa people of Sarayaku had confronted an oil company in the early 2000s—and forced it out." "Brazilian Indigenous leaders had come seeking help." #Brazil #Ecuador #FossilFuels #Climate #Animals #Forests #Courts #SexualViolence

insideclimatenews.org

The Amazonian Community That Beat Big Oil Is Sharing Its Secrets

Indigenous leaders challenging Brazilian oil projects traveled to Ecuador to learn how the Sarayaku people fought back and helped reshape laws around the globe.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"[S]upertankers pose an 'existential threat' to southern resident killer whales, Salish Sea ecosystems and tribal and First Nations communities that depend on marine resources." #BritishColumbia #Canada #Washington #USA #Water #Animals #Climate #FossilFuels #Transportation

thetyee.ca

Oil Supertankers Are Too Risky for the Salish Sea, Experts Say

Washington state's spill prevention program manager says sharp turns and other hazards increase the chance of an accident.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

UK "barred Swedish climate scholar and Palestinian rights advocate Andreas Malm from entering." "[D]ays before he was scheduled to speak at a conference that will also feature a co-founder of Palestine Action." #UK #Sweden #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Climate #Borders #Censorship #Genocide

truthout.org

UK Bars Entry to Swedish Climate Scholar Who Advocates for Palestinian Rights

Andreas Malm was scheduled to speak at a conference that will also feature a co-founder of Palestine Action.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3 days ago

"[F]ollowing the election of the Conservative Party of BC, the future of Fairy Creek — and two million hectares of old-growth forests [...] — is up in the air." "[P]remier-designate Lorne Doerkson promised 'more fibre on trucks.'" #BritishColumbia #Canada #Forests #Protest #Climate

thetyee.ca

What Will Happen to BC's Old Growth Under the Conservatives?

They've pledged to protect the most endangered and rarest ecosystems. But they also promised 'more fibre on trucks.'

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3 days ago

"Newfoundland and Labrador will blow past its 2030 and 2040 climate targets and is at risk of failing to achieve its critical goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050." #NewfoundlandLabrador #Canada #Climate #FossilFuels

ricochet.media

N.L. to blow past climate targets, internal government documents reveal

MHA 'shocked and disgusted' by government's new projections, as PCs announces public and stakeholder engagement for new climate plan.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 4 days ago

"Have we not lost enough?" "Indigenous people in Manitoba are protesting against proposed federal legislation that aims to fast-track resource development — saying it undermines their rights and sovereignty over their lands." #Manitoba #Canada #Protest #FossilFuels #Mining #Climate

indiginews.com

In Manitoba, community protests legislation that would fast-track resource projects: 'Have we not lost enough?'

People are rallying against proposed bills C-39 and C-37, saying 'the conditions that gave rise to Idle No More in 2012 are confronting us again.'

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"[N]o record of ever fining or completing an enforcement case against Citation, the company named more than any other in the agency's database of pollution reports and other rule violations, listed more than 1,000 times over the past decade." #Oklahoma #USA #FossilFuels #Water #Climate

www.propublica.org

This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.

Regulatory agency staff repeatedly recommended the state punish Citation. Instead, agency bosses allowed the company to restart operations without consequence.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"Bill C-39's changes to the labour code will make it easier for the federal government to shut down strikes in sectors including airlines, telecoms, ports, and railways by invoking the 'national interest.'" #Canada #Labour #Transportation #Protest #FossilFuels #Climate #Lobbying #Taxes

canadiandimension.com

Who's on the menu in Carney's omnibus bill?

Bill C-39 is a brazen corporate power grab—brought to you by the Business Council of Canada.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"15 young Canadians whose experiences with heat waves, floods and wildfires form the backbone of a legal case that has wended its way through federal court since 2019." "100 rights-based climate change cases currently being brought worldwide." #Canada #Courts #Climate #FossilFuels

thenarwhal.ca

Canadian youth ask courts to hold governments accountable for meaningful climate action

A landmark trial in Canada is part of a growing global wave of climate litigation testing whether governments can be held legally responsible for failing to protect people from a warming world.

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