Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study: The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined if planet-heating emissions are not constrained, a major new study has found.

Rising temperatures are set to cause particular devastation in poorer, hotter parts of the world that will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions that will kill increasing numbers of people, the research has found.

The economic loss from the climate crisis, as well as the cost of adaptation, will be felt around the world, including in wealthy countries.

Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study: The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined if planet-heating emissions are not constrained, a major new study has found.Rising temperatures are set to cause particular devastation in poorer, hotter parts of the world that will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions that will kill increasing numbers of people, the research has found.The economic loss from the climate crisis, as well as the cost of adaptation, will be felt around the world, including in wealthy countries.Read More

Pandemic and climate crises unmask inequalities – The Energy Mix: Data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
how nearly one-third of COVID-19 patients are black, even though
they’re only 13% of the U.S. population. Numbers are similar for
COVID-19 death rates. This pattern of disproportionate impacts is true
across nearly all jurisdictions that collect data.

We often assume this type of inequality doesn’t exist in Canada.
While a few jurisdictions here are beginning to think about collecting
race-based data, most don’t.

Pandemic and climate crises unmask inequalities – The Energy Mix: Data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
how nearly one-third of COVID-19 patients are black, even though
they’re only 13% of the U.S. population. Numbers are similar for
COVID-19 death rates. This pattern of disproportionate impacts is true
across nearly all jurisdictions that collect data.We often assume this type of inequality doesn’t exist in Canada.
While a few jurisdictions here are beginning to think about collecting
race-based data, most don’t.Read More

Ontario and N.B. teachers’ pension plans hold $4 million in shares in world’s largest weapons manufacturer: As of May 21, 2020, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan owned 6,283 shares in Lockheed Martin valued at US$2.13 million.

This is not new.

According to Security and Exchange Commission information, the OTPP has owned shares in Lockheed Martin dating back to at least 2011.

Lockheed Martin is the world’s biggest arms manufacturer. In 2017, the company’s arms sales totalled US44.9 billion and it recorded a profit of US$2 billion.

Its operations are not without controversy.

Ontario and N.B. teachers’ pension plans hold $4 million in shares in world’s largest weapons manufacturer: As of May 21, 2020, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan owned 6,283 shares in Lockheed Martin valued at US$2.13 million.This is not new.According to Security and Exchange Commission information, the OTPP has owned shares in Lockheed Martin dating back to at least 2011.Lockheed Martin is the world’s biggest arms manufacturer. In 2017, the company’s arms sales totalled US44.9 billion and it recorded a profit of US$2 billion.Its operations are not without controversy.Read More

New study detects thousands of earthquakes in B.C. Peace region, most linked to fracking | CBC News: B.C.’s Peace region is experiencing roughly 1,500 small
earthquakes a year and most of them are connected to fracking
operations, according to a new study.

Researchers set up 15
earthquake detectors around the region and recorded 5,757 tiny
earthquakes that were otherwise undetected between 2017 and 2019.

“The
vast majority of them seem to be connected with hydraulic fracking
operations,” said Alessandro Verdecchia, one of the study’s lead
researchers, during an interview on CBC’s Daybreak North. The research
was published in the Seismological Research Letters journal in July.

New study detects thousands of earthquakes in B.C. Peace region, most linked to fracking | CBC News: B.C.’s Peace region is experiencing roughly 1,500 small
earthquakes a year and most of them are connected to fracking
operations, according to a new study.Researchers set up 15
earthquake detectors around the region and recorded 5,757 tiny
earthquakes that were otherwise undetected between 2017 and 2019.“The
vast majority of them seem to be connected with hydraulic fracking
operations,” said Alessandro Verdecchia, one of the study’s lead
researchers, during an interview on CBC’s Daybreak North. The research
was published in the Seismological Research Letters journal in July.Read More

Alberta, Ottawa sign deal that reduces oilsands environmental monitoring | CBC News: Bill Donahue, a former senior civil servant with Alberta’s science and monitoring programs, said leaving the Athabasca River unmonitored is “crazy.”

“We’ve got one of the biggest industrial developments — the primary problems of which are contamination of the environment and consumption of water — and there’s no downstream monitoring.”

Alberta, Ottawa sign deal that reduces oilsands environmental monitoring | CBC News: Bill Donahue, a former senior civil servant with Alberta’s science and monitoring programs, said leaving the Athabasca River unmonitored is “crazy.”“We’ve got one of the biggest industrial developments — the primary problems of which are contamination of the environment and consumption of water — and there’s no downstream monitoring.”Read More