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Deep sea mining: concerns from the Pacific need to be heard
When it comes to the campaign to stop deep sea mining, the stakes may be highest for Pacific communities. One of the biggest deep sea mining target zones is in the Pacific ocean: the Clarion-Clipperton zone. This is where the industry wants to start mining operations.
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Why Canada’s support for a deep sea mining moratorium matters
On July 10th, Federal Minister Joly, Minister Wilkinson and Minister Murray announced Canada's support for a moratorium on deep sea mining in international waters. While the oceans are not safe from deep sea mining just yet, this was a huge step forward.
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Deep sea mining: a concrete threat we need to shut down now
Deep sea mining would endanger fragile marine ecosystems that took millennia to develop, and threaten the livelihoods and traditions of people from the Pacific and their spiritual connection to the ocean.
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Smoke mirror: wildfires and climate (in)action
Looking outside my window over the weekend, I could see that orange light in my backyard — and I perceived a tangible smell. I was reminded of the campfires I have with friends on lovely camping weekends. But now the smell of campfire is creating a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
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What is going on in the boreal forest in Quebec?
It has been more than 20 years since the shocking documentary L’Erreur Boréale was made public, shaking up the Quebec world while stirring up the cages of decision-makers and large…
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Protect the deep sea this World Oceans Day
On this World Oceans Day, help protect the ghost octopus and other marine creatures from the environmental threat of deep sea mining.
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The link between deep sea mining and neocolonialism in the Pacific
Deep-sea mining is an destructive form of mining that would damage the oceans beyond repair, threatening their ability to help fight climate change. Yetnmining companies, including TMC The Metals Company, want to convince governments to let them exploit the seabed. Here’s why we need to stop them.
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Was COP15 a turning point for nature?
This past December, Canada hosted a decade-defining conference on biodiversity — the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Let's see how it went.
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Indigenous land defenders, climate allies bring shareholder showdown to RBC’s AGM
RBC proved it has no interest in reconciliation, furthering corporate colonialism in how the bank treated the Indigenous delegation who arrived at the bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Saskatoon this morning as hundreds of Indigenous water protectors, young people, and allies rallied outside.
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HAPPENING NOW: RBC refuses to let Indigenous delegates, including Wet’suwet’en Hereditary leadership, Gulf South representatives into AGM in Saskatoon
RBC’s attempt to divide and threaten with arrest and physical violence the Indigenous delegation – who all have received necessary proxies – and shut out Wet’suwet’en Hereditary leadership is further confirmation of the bank’s commitment to corporate colonialism. RBC is the primary financier of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which lacks consent from Hereditary Chiefs, the…