Current Problems: Environment

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April 18, 2024


Carbon price grievances end in doubled returns to Indigenous governments — not exemptions

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault in Canada’s delegation office at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal during COP15. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada’s National Observer Listen to article Canada’s National Observer – After facing severe political blowback for its carbon tax exemption on oil last fall, Ottawa is caving to complaints for a second time...

April 16, 2024


Delegates at UN take aim at Canadian government and mining companies

APTN News: Concerns over how Canadian mining companies are conducting themselves in foreign lands landed squarely on the floor of the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. “We would like the Canadian government to listen to us and stop destroying our Indigenous territories,” said Zenaida Yasacama from Peru through an interpreter. “Our territories, our...

March 5, 2024


Indigenous organization levels complaint against Canadian mining company

Shuar Arutam People come together to discuss and deliberate strategies against extractive megaprojects at an assembly last year in Macuma, province Morona Santiago. Photo by LluviaComunicación Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: As the world’s largest mining conference unfolds in Toronto, a Canadian company is facing a complaint about a proposed copper mine in Ecuador.  The...

March 4, 2024


Trade deal could put corporate profits over people, say groups

Canada’s National Observer: Amazonian women at an International Women’s Day march in Quito, Ecuador in 2020. Sovereignty of their ancestral lands in the face of mining and oil extraction is a key demand for Amazonian women. Photo by Karen Toro / Climate Visuals Countdown Listen to article A proposed Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement could put corporate...