Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups Police in Canada have released footage of axe wielding attackers as they investigate a “calculated and organised” night-time raid on a remote work camp. Up to 20 people are believed to have attacked Coastal
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24 February 2022
Night-time attack on controversial Canadian gas pipeline site
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23 February 2022
Caring for The Old
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Due to demographic pressures of growing elderly populations and the relative decline of workers paying taxes, governments are increasingly facing the need to adjust budgetary expenditures. Credit: K. S. Harikrishnan/IPS By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Feb 23 2022 (IPS) With the unprecedented ageing of populations worldwide, countries are struggling with the critical questions of who should
22 February 2022
Antarctic sea ice falls to lowest level since measurements began in 1979
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Scientists say record drop can’t yet be linked to global heating but urgent research needed to work out cause Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Sea ice around Antarctica has dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, according to preliminary data from satellites. Climate scientists say the record
22 February 2022
Mexico Needs a Mining Industry Model for the Energy Transition
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The Peñasquito mine, owned by U.S. company Newmont Goldcorp and located in the state of Zacatecas in northern Mexico, produces gold, silver, lead and zinc, the latter two of which are essential for the energy transition. CREDIT: Courtesy of Lucía Vergara By Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Feb 22 2022 (IPS) The debate in Mexico and at
22 February 2022
Assessing the institutional foundations of adaptive water governance in South India
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Institutional structures can fundamentally shape opportunities for adaptive governance of water resources at multiple ecological and societal scales. The properties of adaptive governance have been widely examined in the literature. However, there has been limited focus on how institutions can promote or hinder the emergence of adaptive governance. Elinor Ostrom’s institutional theory stresses the importance
22 February 2022
War Clouds in Europe: Alert and Alarm in Asia
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By Iftekhar Ahmed ChowdhurySINGAPORE, Feb 21 2022 (IPS-Partners) What happens in Europe cannot be expected to remain in Europe, particularly in this interconnected world. As war clouds gather in that continent with Russo-Western relations deteriorating by the day over Ukraine, ripples, indeed waves, are expected in consequence on the waters of faraway Asia. There, despite
21 February 2022
Oxford University took at least £1.6m last year from fossil fuel firms
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Donations include £1.3m from Italian oil group Eni and appear to run contrary to aim of being net zero by 2035 The University of Oxford accepted at least £1.6m from oil, gas and petrochemical companies in 2020-21 despite its 2035 net zero commitment, according to a report by students. The funding was in addition to
20 February 2022
London flooding poses ‘significant risk’ unless immediate action taken
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Expert report warns of dangers of relying on Victorian drainage system, lack of funding and awareness of risks There is now a significant risk of people drowning in London as the threat of major flash floods increases in the city because of climate change. According to a report by a London Councils taskforce published this
20 February 2022
Homeowners, businesses and insurers count the cost of Storm Eunice’s ferocity
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After Friday’s record-breaking winds, rail chaos and power cuts, weather warnings remain amid fears of more storms to come Patrick Langmaid was among the first to feel the full ferocity of Storm Eunice. Perched above the sea near Cornwall’s Trevose Head, his campsite was battered by the record-breaking storm as it barrelled in from the
19 February 2022
Perception matters: an Indigenous perspective on climate change and its effects on forest-based livelihoods in the Amazon
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Indigenous and subsistence-oriented people are particularly sensitive to the impacts of climate change. Strategies to cope and adapt to those changes may rely on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), which can play an important role for understanding global environmental change at the local level. We aim to provide insights regarding perceptions of climate change, traditional ecological