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2020 Shale & Public Health Conference
The eighth annual Shale & Public Health Conference was held as an online conference over two days
Tuesday, November 17 & Wednesday, November 18
Featuring new research presented by national experts on shale and public health impacts, and practical applications.
The video recordings of the 8th Annual Shale & Public Health Conference are now available on YouTube. Select individual videos below or see the entire Playlist on YouTube.
The IPCC Is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Since 1988 they’ve been producing reports that are the consensus of the world’s scientists & experts and the consensus of the world’s governments too. But almost nobody knows that the reason we know what we know about climate change is because of the IPCC.
Below2C is pleased to feature Because IPCC and highly recommends it as a tool to educate learners of all ages about the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The material in this post is sourced from the website.
The IPCC Is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Since 1988 they’ve been producing reports that are the consensus of the world’s scientists & experts and the consensus of the world’s governments too. But almost nobody knows that the reason we know what we know about climate change is because of the IPCC.
Why did we make Because IPCC
Published Oct 4, 2020
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Who is Because IPCC For?
People often tell us the book Because IPCC will be great for students in schools. I guess that’s because the story is told using a classroom as the stage. But really we made the book for anyone who believes climate change could be a problem, but needs a little more confidence that the experts really know what they are talking about.
Who did we make Because IPCC for
Published Oct 4, 2020
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When you know that there is a real, even an official consensus not only among scientists but also agreed to by virtually every government on earth – including your own – it’s true – check if your government is a member of the IPCC – they are. When you know that, you read the news differently, you hear what your friends say differently, you shop differently, you vote differently. If someone learns even one new fact from Because IPCC – we made it for them.
Because IPCC was conceived and produced by volunteers who paid its initial expenses out of their own pockets. The maintenance of Because IPCC and the management of it as a project continues to be an entirely volunteer effort. Any donations you make go entirely to reaching more readers.
The UN report’s first recommendation is to recognize the right to a healthy environment. This was recommended by the House of Commons environment committee in 2017 as part of a suite of measures to strengthen the outdated Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This right is recognized in more than 150 countries and has proven to produce better environmental outcomes.
So far, the Trudeau government has declined to recognize this right, despite more than 100 MPs from all parties pledging their support and Liberal Party of Canada members voting for it to be a policy priority. While the federal government has committed to “modernizing” CEPA, there is no guarantee that this right will be recognized.
The report also recommends implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which includes the recognition of Indigenous legal systems and free, prior and informed consent for resource projects on Indigenous land. We call on Trudeau to act swiftly to introduce UNDRIP legislation, as committed to in the recent speech from the throne and during the 2015 election.
Finally, Liberal MP Lenore Zann has put forward Bill C-230, which calls for the development of a strategy to redress environmental racism. It is expected to proceed to second reading in early December. This bill could serve to establish an environmental justice framework, as recommended in the UN report, and stimulate solutions to environmental racism across Canada. However, as a private member’s bill, it faces an uphill battle and needs support.
More than half the bacteria in the human gut microbiome are sensitive to glyphosate, the mostly commonly used herbicide in the world, reported scientists this month in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland recently developed a novel bioinformatics tool to predict if beneficial bacteria in the human gut are affected by exposure to glyphosate.
They found that the herbicide could disturb the natural cycles of microbiome life, and potentially harm human health, through weakening the system and causing greater susceptibility to diseases.
The herbicide is currently banned from many countries including Germany, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, and is heavily restricted in others. Cities and states across the U.S. are starting to reduce use or pushing for a ban, due to mounting health concerns. Other cities, such as Los Angeles and Miami, have already banned use.
Documents also reveal communications between Monsanto and a Canadian firm hired to recruit scientists to publish studies that ultimately defended glyphosate [Read more]
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