Climate Roundup: No Room For LNG Export If We Want To Hit Climate Goals:

As the federal government asks Canadians
whether oil refineries and pipelines should be included in programmes
to cap carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector (our answer: yes, of
course they should be included), Dr. Louise Comeau tells the New
Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that the bigger question for our province is
whether the prospective LNG export plant in Saint John—requested by the
German government and supported by Premier Higgs—makes sense as the
feds look to slash emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels over
the next eight years.

Climate Roundup: No Room For LNG Export If We Want To Hit Climate Goals: As the federal government asks Canadians
whether oil refineries and pipelines should be included in programmes
to cap carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector (our answer: yes, of
course they should be included), Dr. Louise Comeau tells the New
Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that the bigger question for our province is
whether the prospective LNG export plant in Saint John—requested by the
German government and supported by Premier Higgs—makes sense as the
feds look to slash emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels over
the next eight years.Read More

Global Heating. Do We Finally Get It Now?:

Global Heating – faster than expected

“[Thousands] are dead from heat-related causes, tens of thousands are
displaced by raging wildfires, and global food security is yet further
threatened as vast swathes of western Europe, North Africa, and China
continue to suffer in the grip of lethal heat,” writes
Gaye Taylor in The Energy Mix. “Vast expanses of southern Europe and
North Africa are likewise being seared by off-the-charts temperatures,
with Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Morocco, and Algeria particularly
hard-hit.”

Scientists are shocked
as extreme heat driven by climate change—unfolding much faster than
previously expected—consumes the world . As Europe burns, over 100
million Americans are under heat warnings, a heatwave is building up in
central Asia and another heat dome is heading for British Columbia.

Heatwaves are happening faster than models had predicted suggesting that the climate crisis is even worse than feared. If this is not a climate emergency, than what is?

Global Heating. Do We Finally Get It Now?: Global Heating – faster than expected“[Thousands] are dead from heat-related causes, tens of thousands are
displaced by raging wildfires, and global food security is yet further
threatened as vast swathes of western Europe, North Africa, and China
continue to suffer in the grip of lethal heat,” writes
Gaye Taylor in The Energy Mix. “Vast expanses of southern Europe and
North Africa are likewise being seared by off-the-charts temperatures,
with Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Morocco, and Algeria particularly
hard-hit.”Scientists are shocked
as extreme heat driven by climate change—unfolding much faster than
previously expected—consumes the world . As Europe burns, over 100
million Americans are under heat warnings, a heatwave is building up in
central Asia and another heat dome is heading for British Columbia.Heatwaves are happening faster than models had predicted suggesting that the climate crisis is even worse than feared. If this is not a climate emergency, than what is?Read More

FIRST PERSON | I spent 10 years in residential schools. This is what I want my grandchildren to know | CBC News:

From 1963 to 1973, Paul Dixon was forcibly sent to residential schools. Even after the last residential schools closed, he writes Cree families are still shy to hug each other. He wonders if intergenerational trauma is a lasting curse.

Every fall, children were abducted from small, scattered hunting
villages or reserves. The mob — an Indian agent, RCMP, priest and a nun —
arrived, picking up Cree kids. After some shoving, shouting, dogs
barking and crying parents holding on to their children, police pulled
out their guns. They threatened our parents and grandparents with jail
time if they didn’t let us go. Some went to jail.

Parents could
only watch as kids were wrestled onto buses, trains or planes. Family
visits ceased. Couples hid from each other to cry.

I was six when I
was sent to the Mohawk Institute Residential School run by Anglican
priests in Brantford, Ont. Later I would move to the La Tuque
Residential School in Quebec.

FIRST PERSON | I spent 10 years in residential schools. This is what I want my grandchildren to know | CBC News: From 1963 to 1973, Paul Dixon was forcibly sent to residential schools. Even after the last residential schools closed, he writes Cree families are still shy to hug each other. He wonders if intergenerational trauma is a lasting curse. Every fall, children were abducted from small, scattered hunting
villages or reserves. The mob — an Indian agent, RCMP, priest and a nun —
arrived, picking up Cree kids. After some shoving, shouting, dogs
barking and crying parents holding on to their children, police pulled
out their guns. They threatened our parents and grandparents with jail
time if they didn’t let us go. Some went to jail.Parents could
only watch as kids were wrestled onto buses, trains or planes. Family
visits ceased. Couples hid from each other to cry.I was six when I
was sent to the Mohawk Institute Residential School run by Anglican
priests in Brantford, Ont. Later I would move to the La Tuque
Residential School in Quebec.Read More

More than 250 N.B. public housing units sit empty on average each month, despite wait list | CBC News:

When Wright heard that number, she said she felt she’d “been punched in the gut.”

“I’m not living in safe conditions for my situation, and I’m living out of my means,” she said.

“I could be in that situation [in a subsidized apartment]. But because the government’s failing, I’m not.”

More than 250 N.B. public housing units sit empty on average each month, despite wait list | CBC News: When Wright heard that number, she said she felt she’d “been punched in the gut.”“I’m not living in safe conditions for my situation, and I’m living out of my means,” she said.“I could be in that situation [in a subsidized apartment]. But because the government’s failing, I’m not.”Read More