Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Tag: Canada

Report: As climate crisis expands, Canada still hands billions to fossil...

The government of Justin Trudeau continues to spend massive quantities of public money supporting the primary cause of climate change.

Big Pharma’s battle against FDA-approved medicine imports from Canada

Florida's groundbreaking move: importing affordable medication from Canada. Big Pharma's pushback and the FDA's historic approval — a turning point in U.S. healthcare?

A secretive network is fighting Indigenous rights in Australia and Canada,...

“The effort to deny Aboriginal Australians a voice is part of a global playbook from Atlas and its allies.”

The United States and Canada are among the world’s top 5...

The U.S. is both the largest historical carbon emitter and the world’s top oil and gas producer.

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires prompts US air quality alerts for 70...

Cities affected included New York, Cleveland and Chicago.

To protect its oceans, Canada bans waste water dumping from cruise...

The new rules are in keeping with Canada’s continued efforts to preserve 30 percent of its oceans by 2030.

Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada

Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901.

Canada steps up surveillance of Indigenous peoples to push fossil fuel...

An international human rights body condemned Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities opposing two major oil and gas pipelines.

Canada’s big banks are secretly supporting Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion

"Once again, we see that Canadian banks are leading the world in financing climate-destructive, Indigenous rights-violating projects," said one campaigner.

Conservative party-linked Facebook page, Canada Proud, a major source of climate...

Leading the charge is Canada Proud, a right-wing Facebook page with close ties to the Conservative Party, which made post after post in the early days of the invasion urging the country to export more hydrocarbons to Europe.

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Democrats divided: Historic opposition to $26 billion military aid package for Israel amid Gaza...

A record 40 House Democrats have voted against a controversial bill, citing concerns over the impact of military operations on children in Gaza.

Doesn’t the forever Scoundrel-in-chief expose Trumpism as rank, deviant criminality?

The main “freedom” sought by this scam freedom fighter (and lackeys) is to commit more crimes.

Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at kids amid rising...

Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.

New bill expands warrantless spying amid widespread criticism

The U.S. Senate has approved a significant expansion of government surveillance powers, raising alarms over potential violations of civil liberties.

The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act and the battle against government spying

The FANFSA, passed with a 219-199 vote, garnered support from both sides of the aisle, with 96 Democrats and 123 Republicans backing the bill.