The Galapagos (nicknamed the “enchanted isles”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for their unusually high levels of biodiversity—and for inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection in the 19th century. The archipelago sits in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,000 kilometers from the Ecuador coast.
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Chinese oil company gets go-ahead for exploration drilling in Flemish Pass Basin | CBC News
“The
decision was made following a thorough and science-based environmental
assessment process concluding that the project is not likely to cause
significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are
taken into account,” the federal government said in a news release.
decision was made following a thorough and science-based environmental
assessment process concluding that the project is not likely to cause
significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are
taken into account,” the federal government said in a news release.
Coady said through seismic review and independent verification there are an estimated 650 leads and prospects for offshore oil.
Climate of chaos: the suffocating firestorm engulfing Australia
The US, Japan, and Australia let the whole world down at the UN climate talks
The Climate Council’s Will Steffen, a climate scientist, labelled Australia’s performance at COP 25 “disgusting”.
“Our government is failing in terms of a lack of leadership, a lack of plans and resolve,” he told SBS News.
On Friday, firefighters were battling more than 200 fires across five states as a heatwave engulfing the country pushed temperatures in the south into the mid-40s, and Sydney and other centres were enveloped in a smoke that health professionals warned had been at hazardous levels for nearly a month. Strong winds pushed the smoke 900km south, where it also blanketed Melbourne.
The Canadian province of British
Columbia (BC) is shaping up to be one of the worst actors in the global
dash for gas, facilitating Indigenous rights violations and climate
chaos while they try to stake out a reputation as progressive leaders on
both.
Columbia (BC) is shaping up to be one of the worst actors in the global
dash for gas, facilitating Indigenous rights violations and climate
chaos while they try to stake out a reputation as progressive leaders on
both.
A study
released last month from the International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD) and Environmental Defence Canada found BC gave out at
least CAD 830 million in fossil fuel subsidies in the 2017-2018 fiscal
year, and has amassed at least $3.1 billion in outstanding royalty
credits (these are foregone royalties that are to be paid back to
industry instead of going to fund public services). The bulk of these
supports have been designed specifically to boost the province’s liquid
natural gas (LNG) sector, the vast majority of which is fracked gas. The
provincial government introduced many of them this April, and they are
handily the most generous among Canadian provinces.
U.S. judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss lawsuit over Keystone XL pipeline approval | CBC News
On
Friday, Montana Federal District Judge Brian Morris rejected the
motion, stating that Indigenous and environmental groups against the $8
billion US project have made credible claims that should proceed to a
merit hearing.
Friday, Montana Federal District Judge Brian Morris rejected the
motion, stating that Indigenous and environmental groups against the $8
billion US project have made credible claims that should proceed to a
merit hearing.
The
Indigenous groups claim Trump violated the law when he approved the
pipeline, and that the pipeline would have negative impacts on the
environment and traditional, cultural sites.
Former U.S
President Barack Obama’s administration rejected the project in 2015
because of concerns about carbon pollution, but Trump reversed that
decision in March 2017.