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Environment This week's top news about the environment, from analysis of the climate crisis to solutions for saving our planet. For more on environmental issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/issues/environment
Activist Toolkit roundup: Inspiration for your activism this spring April 4, 2014 | By Megan Stacey With warmer weather comes an incredible variety of opportunities to take your activist efforts to the next level. Lickspittle Harper government helps Big Oil sabotage climate action April 3, 2014 | By Linda McQuaig Discussing the world's failure to tackle climate change, psychologist and death denial theorist Sheldon Solomon suggested it's because we're in death denial and busy distracting ourselves. Does Earth Hour actually produce environmental change? April 3, 2014 | By Nick Fillmore What are the pros and cons of Earth Hour? Organizers say the event is celebrated by 'millions' of people. Even if this is true, is it actually increasing awareness and 'saving' on electricity? 'I meant to do that': Local community shuts down Goldcorp's Los Filos mine, company claims it was suspended on purpose April 3, 2014 | By Jennifer Moore Goldcorp’s announcement Wednesday that it is suspending operations at its Los Filos mine in Mexico is a belated and misleading admission. IPCC report: Take action on climate change to prevent a grim future April 3, 2014 | By Amy Goodman The world's leading group of climate-change experts, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has issued its latest report, and the prognosis is not good. London, Ont. unleashes a 30-foot black snake at the Forks of the Thames April 3, 2014 | By Michael Butler This week, the London Chapter of the Council of Canadians took matters into their own hands and demanded action on the major threat Line 9 poses to hundreds of communities across Ontario and Quebec. System change not climate change April 2, 2014 | By Redeye Collective Richard Smith argues it's impossible to both maximize profit and save the planet. Smith has written extensively on ecology and capitalism for New Left Review, Monthly Review and other magazines. Toronto350.org calls for end to tar sands pipelines, fossil fuel investments April 2, 2014 | By John Bonnar On Tuesday, Toronto350.org celebrated Fossil Fools Day at Dundas Square with a carbon bubble and distributed information about the threat of climate change. Mi'kmaq women shut down N.S. Energy Minister event March 31, 2014 | By PowerShift Canada Several Mi'kmaq women shut down a Maritimes Energy Association briefing in Nova Scotia to protest the Energy East tar sands pipeline and increased fracking pushes in Atlantic Canada. Rewilding Vancouver March 31, 2014 | By Redeye Collective A new exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver aims to spark a public conversation about what kind of natural world people want to have around them in Vancouver. Maude Barlow on the future of the world's water March 30, 2014 | By Redeye Collective A recent UN report says the energy sector has great political clout but water lacks any influence. It's this lack of influence that Maude Barlow has been fighting to address for more than a decade.

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