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Bees soaked in poison

Details: Published on Sunday, 15 August 2021 04:53; Written by editor

Banned neonics are still being doused all over Europe.

Beekeepers are ready to sue governments who are letting this happen -- but they urgently need to pay the legal fees.

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Bayer is fuming: the EU’s top court has ruled to uphold a ban on bee-killing pesticides.

So Bayer and its pesticide cronies are playing rough -- pressuring national governments to slip toxic neonics through an “emergency” loophole in the law.

Make no mistake -- this is a tactic pesticide companies will repeat over and over until it destroys this bee-saving ban.

That’s why a small group of beekeepers is preparing to sue against these fake “emergencies” -- and force governments to properly enforce the ban. But this won’t be just one lawsuit -- this could take years...

Marineland

Details: Published on Saturday, 14 August 2021 16:01; Written by editor

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PAOV — Canada’s last captive orca, Kiska, has spent 40 years in captivity and the last 10 years living alone at Marineland in Niagara Falls. Over 23,000 supporters are urging Marineland to release Kiska to a whale sanctuary so she does not spend the last years of her life alone. If you think Kiska should be released, sign the petition now.

Free Kiska, the Last Orca Held in Captivity in Canada

38,806 have signed Molly McKinney’s petition. Let’s get to 50,000!

Trudeau's calling an election on Sunday?

Details: Published on Friday, 13 August 2021 10:30; Written by editor

Paov,

Media outlets across the country are reporting that Prime Minister Trudeau will call a snap election this Sunday that could happen as early as September 20th. 1

The next federal election is set to take place as Canada literally burns from an escalating climate emergency with wildfires expected to last "until the snow falls" this year.2 Voters will head to the polls just weeks after the release of the latest IPCC report, a stark warning from climate scientists. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called it “a code red for humanity" that should act as an alarm bell for world leaders and a death knell for fossil fuels.3

That’s why we’ve got a three-part plan to ensure the climate emergency takes centre-stage in the upcoming election and we wanted you to be among the first to hear it. Will you join us this Tuesday to learn more about our plans?

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Theres no going back

Details: Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021 17:00; Written by editor

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Climate change pensions

Details: Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021 13:41; Written by editor

The UN report on climate change is devastating. But it's not too late to take action.

Call on the Canada Pension Plan to divest billions of our retirement dollars from fossil fuels now.

Sign the petition

This week, the UN released a landmark report that warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and the key temperature limit of 1.5 degrees celcius being broken in just over a decade.

Luckily, the scientists also said a catastrophe can be avoided if the world acts fast.

And there is no better way for us to take action on this report than calling on the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to stop investing billions of our retirement savings into this climate-wrecking corporations.

Today, our friends at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives unveiled that CPP has at least $11.6 billion invested in oil, gas and coal combined. Worst yet, it has increased its holdings in publicly traded fossil fuel companies by 7.7% since Canada signed the Paris...

A small group

Details: Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021 13:22; Written by editor

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Hi PAOV,

Out of the 13 million people who use Change.org in Canada, only a small group of people have received this email. You are one of the most active Change.org people who have signed petitions to power social change and hold powerful people to account in these past few months.

I don’t know if I ever told you this, but our team in Canada is just 5 people. And there’s only so much 5 people can do to help petition starters to run impactful campaigns. We could hire many more experts if we, say, ran ads for big companies on our website. Or if we introduced paid functions, which only a few could afford. But this would go against our mission. We strongly believe that Change.org must remain independent, free and open for all. That’s why our sustainability, growth...

Who will drive change this election?

Details: Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021 10:46; Written by editor

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UnitedHealthcare Guided Yales Groundbreaking Surprise Billing Study

Details: Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:20; Written by editor

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Internet Archive

Details: Published on Wednesday, 11 August 2021 13:00; Written by editor

The Internet Archive is best known for the Wayback Machine, our collections of cultural artifacts, and our commitment to building a better web—but there's a lot going on beneath the surface! Here are a few fun facts that you might not have known about our digital library.

1. We digitize every single book by hand.
Machinery that processes books can damage or destroy them—accidentally tearing pages or intentionally removing spines to expedite the process. Because we preserve the physical copies after digitization is complete, we use human scanners instead, who treat each book gently and with care.

$100 Million for Feminist Movements

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 21:27; Written by editor

$100 Million for Feminist Political Mobilization and Leadership

Over the next five years, Open Society will invest $100 million in a range of feminist-led movements across a variety of sectors.

Feminist leaders are key to building inclusive and tolerant societies. Gender justice can combat rising authoritarianism, repel attacks on reproductive rights, strengthen workers’ rights, and stop targeted online harassment, among other benefits.

Ten million dollars of this funding will cover international development aid cuts made by the UK government recently, which had broken its commitments to international public health—especially among women and girls.

Urgent Action: Gildan Activewear

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 16:46; Written by editor

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A code red for humanity

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 16:42; Written by editor

Dear Paov,

Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest report on the state of the climate crisis.

The key takeaway was extremely clear. The world’s top climate scientists have confirmed that the Earth is getting hotter more rapidly than predicted. We have the solutions to prevent further harm to people and the planet, but only if we act now. It’s time to put these solutions into action. And we must start by putting an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion.

That means, in Canada, we simply cannot afford another minute of the Trudeau government’s delay tactics when it comes to the climate crisis. Do you agree?

Add your name to the petition to call on Trudeau to act with the urgency the climate emergency demands by stopping fossil fuel expansion and accelerating a Just Transition to 100% renewable energy now.

UN Secretary General António Guterres described today’s IPCC report as a...

Council Catch-Up

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 15:03; Written by editor

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Our newsletter Quaker Concern leads with a tremendous victory

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 13:43; Written by editor

Senator Christmas votes in favour of the UN Declaration Implementation Act, June 16, 2021.

A Milestone for Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation

by Jennifer Preston

For many years CFSC has called on Canada to fully implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We are absolutely thrilled that an important piece of legislation toward this end, Bill C-15, received Royal Assent on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is such a...

Fairy Creek HQ being raided right now

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 13:23; Written by editor

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RBC and wildfires

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 13:00; Written by editor

Why is RBC continuing to fuel climate destruction? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌

By now, you know all about the devastating fires that are spreading across Canada, burning up hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, threatening communities, and forcing evacuations. But, did you know that Canada’s biggest bank RBC is fueling this destruction?

The connection is simple. RBC is the biggest financier of fossil fuel companies in Canada – the very ones that are most responsible for worsening the climate emergency and the extreme weather events we are witnessing.

And yet, RBC is continuing to sink more and more money into dangerous coal, oil and gas companies. It’s as if the unprecedented heat dome and the hundreds of out-of-control wildfires across Canada aren’t a sufficient reminder of the need to act.

July 2021 Update

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 11:43; Written by editor

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“Scientists stunned.” “Words fail.” “No one is safe.” (update)

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 09:34; Written by editor

Freakish heat waves are causing triple-digit temperatures from Canada to Siberia. Flooding and landslides have killed scores in India and Europe. Out-of-control wildfires are wiping entire communities off the map.

Scientists say these disasters are directly linked to climate change — and that unless we transition off of fossil fuels and zero out our carbon emissions by 2050, the catastrophe will become much, much worse.

So why is Joe Biden — who ran on a platform of science-based action to solve climate change — pushing a plan that could hand $25 billion to the fossil fuel industries cooking the planet?

The bipartisan infrastructure bill supported by the Biden administration has been sold as a down payment on addressing the climate crisis. But many of the...

The death of the Amazon

Details: Published on Monday, 09 August 2021 08:32; Written by editor

Brazilian President Bolsonaro calls it his "dream" to crack open the Amazon.

Now he's pushing hard and fast for dangerous legislation that would gut the Amazon, drive indigenous peoples from their lands -- and make his dreams come true. But we can stop it with a campaign that's big and bold enough to take him on. Can you help?

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Far right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says it's his "dream" to crack open the Amazon.

And he's fast-tracking legislation to make his dream come true -- opening the rainforest to out-of-control mining and expelling Indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands to make it happen.

These hideous bills could be voted on any day now -- we need an urgent, all-out push to stop...

August insider news

Details: Published on Sunday, 08 August 2021 15:50; Written by editor

Read our annual report and we are hiring as a fall election looms

In this month's insider newsletter, we look back on the eventful year of 2020 and what we accomplished during an exceptional year of independent journalism in our annual report. We are also looking forward to a possible fall election and staffing up as we seek to be in the best position possible to cover it.