Agriculture

Are Europe's Farmers Protesting Green Reforms? It's Complicated

23/02/24

Author:

Rachel Sherrington, DeSmog.

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Popular Resistance

photo: Burning piles of hay sent up dark plumes of smoke in Brussels on February 1, as farmers protests sweep through Europe. Rachel Sherrington.

Feb. 7, 2024

Big Agriculture And Far-Right Parties Set Farmers Against The Environment.

But producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story.

Across France, Italy and Belgium last week thousands of farmers descended on capital cities to express their deep discontent with the European food system.

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Alberta’s Brutal Water Reckoning

19/02/24

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

St. Mary Reservoir, near Lethbridge, just 11 per cent full. Climate change is only part of the reason Alberta is reeling for lack of water. Photo via Alberta government.

Feb. 19, 2024

Scientists who studied the region’s arid past warned this drought was coming. Thirst for growth won out. A Tyee special report.

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US Factory Farming Displaces Farmers

17/02/24

Author:

Nina Lakhani

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The Guardian

The agriculture census is a mammoth data collection effort involving more than a million farmers tracking various metrics to inform future policy Photograph: Tim Scrivener/Alamy

Feb. 15, 2024

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Is BC ‘Returning All Traditional Lands’ to First Nations?

17/02/24

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

After years of conflict over resource development in an area known as the Sacred Headwaters, the Tahltan Central Government became the first nation to sign Section 7 decision-making agreements with the BC government. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Feb. 14, 2024

Plans to bring the Land Act into line with DRIPA have caused a furor. An explainer.

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Circular Economy Not the Solution to Polycrisis

15/02/24

Author:

Gary Gardner, originally published by Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy

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Resilience

Durable materials and repurposed structures contribute to circularity. (Kevin Martin Jose, Unsplash)

Feb. 15. 2024

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A New Report Maps Canada’s ‘Daunting’ Path to Net-Zero Carbon

11/02/24

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

‘Canada faces daunting challenges in meeting its net-zero commitments,’ writes David Hughes. ‘These are not insurmountable but must be clearly understood and faced head-on.’ Photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 8, 2024

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

Canada’s road to net zero by 2050 will be bumpy, winding and “daunting.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner

11/02/24

Author:

Joe Fassler

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New York Times

Feb. 9, 2024

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24

Author:

Bob Weber

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National Observer

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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