Digital illustration of a indigenous woman and her child sitting on the floor. She’s looking back and is wearing a grey bodycon dress with text that reads, ‘clean water is a human right.’ Behind her, a toddler is looking at you and is wearing a green striped shirt and green pants. Between them is a water bottle labeled ‘sink water’ filled with a brown liquid.
It is with great pleasure that SoCalGas announces the SoCalGas Environmental Champions Fund! SoCalGas is looking to fund innovative projects or programs that address clean air, clean energy and/or water conservation with a particular emphasis on supporting underserved communities.
Application Availability: August 31–September 30, 2015. Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2015.
After literally years the Pig Trial will finally be coming to a close this Thursday March 9th 2017. Throughout the trial we have heard that Anita Krajnc, who has been criminally charged for giving water to a pig suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration in the summer of 2015, acted out of concern for the animals, as well as the environment, and the health of her fellow humans. Experts upon experts have testified on topics ranging from the environmental devastation of a non-vegan diet to the incredible emotional and cognitive intelligence of farmed animals such as pigs. This trial, which stemmed from an attempt to silence Toronto Pig Save, has brought international attention to the fight for animal rights, and since the first court date years ago, hundreds of groups have been created in countries all over the world and have joined The Save Movement. It is for these reasons that we can confidently say, though we do not yet know the legal outcomes of this trial, that we have won, for any advancement in the world’s compassion for nonhuman animals is a victory in our eyes.
Please join us outside of the Burlington courthouse one last time to show the world that you know that giving water to a suffering being, to show them compassion, is not a crime!!
Schedule: 8:00 am: Vigil at Fearmans slaughterhouse at the corner of Harvester Road and Appleby Line (821 Appleby Line, Burlington)
9:00-10:00 am: Vigil at the Burlington courthouse at 2051 Plains Rd E, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 5A5
10:00 am: Concluding arguments
A simultaneous slaughterhouse vigil will take place at Fearmans pig slaughterhouse, 10 minute drive from the courthouse.
If you are unable to attend, you can still follow! There will be live feed from both the courthouse and from the vigil on the Toronto Pig Savepage.
What I’ve noticed lately is how the fight for our planet is so unequal. Where my parents live, you can recycle all types of plastic, including food trays and yoghurt pots. Food waste goes to the industrial composting facility. Where I live, the recycling plant ONLY takes plastic bottles and we have no food bin. Of course this means in poorer areas, there’s more pollution and more harm to wildlife. • To really save our planet we need investment. Investment in infrascture, renewable energy and decarbonisation. We need to get rid of the inequality in society, because let’s face it, no one is thinking about their environmental footprint if they can’t put food on the table! Yes it’s going to cost. But the planet is worth it. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwU2jbBHiqX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15wcal13aycsd
Two years ago this month, officials in Flint, Michigan, flipped the switch on the faulty new water system that led to the tragic lead contamination of the city’s drinking water. Yet Congress has failed to provide the city’s low-income families with the clean water they desperately need.
When Flint, Michigan, switched its water supply on April 25, 2014, it sparked an unprecedented public health crisis. Its residents are still in dire need of help.
The water in Flint, Michigan, is still unsafe to drink — two years after the crisis was set in motion. Badly needed federal assistance has been marooned by a handful of congressional Republicans. And the larger national problem of lead in too much of our drinking water is yet to be addressed.
The tragedy in Flint, and the largely feckless response so far, make for a sorry testament to government’s falling short on this issue at every level — state, local, and federal. These failings, though, are not an excuse for government inaction or a reason to hamstring our national response, as the usual critics of commonsense safeguards have claimed. The situation, instead, calls us to do better going forward. We owe that to the people of Flint. We owe it to Americans everywhere.
A. Tackling climate change is tied to tackling major issues that plague our communities. For climate specific issues, our challenge is both in understanding how climate change impacts our lives personally, while also understanding how to transition to a system that values the progression and evolution of environmentally-minded humans as much as the technological advances that can curb climate change. One immediate issue that affects a community in my region is the link between the effects of sea level rise, flooding and displacement, or what some call climate gentrification. In Liberty City and Little Haiti, both Miami neighborhoods less vulnerable to flooding due to its higher elevation than some other areas in Miami-Dade, some investors are beginning to purchase land. Unless specifically developed with current residents in mind, the cost of property in these areas are likely to increase, putting residents who might not be able to afford the higher prices at risk of displacement.The unfortunate reality of displacement of primarily low-income and people of color leaves much in the way of action to prevent residents from losing their community and then going to even more vulnerable areas in Miami. Local groups like The CLEO Institute are dedicated to creating opportunities for underserved residents in vulnerable communities to improve their climate science knowledge and voice their concerns about climate gentrification, emergency preparedness and climate awareness.
—Sasha Forbes, Project Manager at Urban Solutions at NRDC
“… “I’m taking action because I feel desperate,” said U.S. climate scientist Peter Kalmus, who along with several others locked himself to the front door of a JPMorgan Chase building in Los Angeles. A recent report found that the financial giant is the biggest private funder of oil and gas initiatives in the world.
“It’s the 11th hour in terms of Earth breakdown, and I feel terrified for my kids, and terrified for humanity,” Kalmus continued. “World leaders are still expanding the fossil fuel industry as fast as they can, but this is insane. The science clearly indicates that everything we hold dear is at risk, including even civilization itself and the wonderful, beautiful, cosmically precious life on this planet. I actually don’t get how any scientist who understands this could possibly stay on the sidelines at this point.” …”
President Jair Bolsonaro sent his condolences Monday to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in northeastern Brazil, as rescue workers continued a grim search for victims.
Releasing an updated toll, authorities said 26 people remained missing in the region around the city of Recife, where days of downpours triggered flooding and landslides that swept up virtually everything in their path.
Bolsonaro posted a video on Twitter that showed him flying in a helicopter over a disaster zone where brown floodwater still inundated large areas and gashes of mud scarred hillsides where houses once stood.
“I tried to land, but the pilots’ recommendation was that, given the instability of the soil, we could have an accident. So we decided against it,” the far-right president told a news conference.
The government has allocated a total of one billion reais ($210 million) in emergency and reconstruction funds, said Regional Development Minister Daniel Ferreira.
“The forecast is for more rain in the coming days. We urge people to respect the alerts issued by the authorities” and evacuate if necessary, the minister added.
A total of 4.47 million hectares (11.05 million acres) of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest has regenerated naturally since 1985, but nearly a third of this area has been cleared again.
These “ephemeral” forest patches last less than eight years on average, a new study shows, raising concerns about the durability of efforts to recover deforested swaths of the Atlantic Forest.
Most of the regenerated forests that get cleared lie inside private properties, raising questions about how landowners can be persuaded not to cut this vegetation.
Residents in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco were bracing for more days of heavy rain after at least 91 people were killed as downpours triggered floods and landslides, according to the Civil Defense.
A further 26 people are still reported missing, said the Civil Defense on Twitter.
The state governor, Paulo Câmara, said that many more people could be unaccounted for.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke to the press after visiting the area on Monday.
“Unfortunately, these catastrophes happen,” Bolsonaro said during a press conference, saying “similar problems” happened before in other cities affected by heavy floods.
“We flew over the affected area, tried to land but, following recommendation from the pilots, decided not to due to inconsistency of the soil,” Bolsonaro told reporters.
Since heavy rains began on Wednesday, nearly 4,000 have lost their houses, according to CNN Brasil. Fourteen municipalities have declared a state of emergency.
As one of the most powerful commodity traders in Brazil, Cargill Inc. has worked to expand its business while fending off criticism that it’s enabling the destruction of Amazon forests and savanna for soy farms.
The clearing of Brazil’s climate-moderating tropical forests and grasslands has escalated under nationalist President Jair Bolsonaro, and Cargill in 2019 announced it would fail to meet its pledge to halt deforestation in Brazil by the following year.
Now the Minnetonka-based agribusiness giant’s Brazil operations are being challenged again, this time by human rights activists with the backing of environmentalists.
Cargill has plans to build a new $150 million river port in northern Brazil to help handle its soy shipments. The land it acquired, however, sits on an island that’s long been home to a community of fishermen and acai gatherers who are descendants of former African slaves, and who hold special land rights in Brazil.
The residents have sued Cargill in federal court in Brazil, accusing the company of stealing their land, acquiring it through third parties bearing allegedly fake land titles. Others are named in the lawsuit, including public entities and the company that sold the land to Cargill.
The dispute centers on about 1.5 square miles of land in Abaetetuba, a city near the coast in the northern state of Pará.
Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 44 people dead and dozens missing, the government said Sunday, as rescuers capitalised on a lull in downpours to search for survivors.
“We registered 44 dead, 56 missing, 25 injured, 3,957 without shelter and 533 displaced,” Minister of Regional Development Daniel Ferreira told a press conference in Recife, the capital of hard-hit northeastern Pernambuco state.
The disaster is the latest in a recent series of deadly landslides and floods triggered by extreme weather in Brazil.
The number of dead had mounted from 34 since Saturday, with at least 28 killed in landslides, as heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and torrents of mud swept away everything in their path.
Authorities warned that heavy rain was forecast to continue Sunday, but the storm subsided in the morning.
Experts say Brazil’s rainy season downpours are being augmented by La Nina – the cyclical cooling of the Pacific Ocean – and by climate change.
Drone Video Shows Destruction From Heavy Floods in Brazil
Drone footage shows destroyed houses and a mountain hit by a landslide after heavy rainfall caused deadly flooding in northeastern Brazil over the weekend.
At least 56 people have died in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco amid heavy rains over the weekend, according to the state’s civil defense forces.
An additional 56 people are missing and at least 25 are injured, Brazil’s Minister of Regional Development Daniel Ferreira said on Sunday.
More than 3,900 people have also lost their homes due to devastating downpours, Ferreira added.
Some of the deaths were caused by landslides in the greater Recife area, said the Pernambuco civil defense, which has urged residents living in high risk areas to seek shelter elsewhere.
More than 100 people are missing or confirmed dead in Brazil, the government said on Sunday, as mudslides and major floods brought about by heavy rains tore through several urban neighbourhoods in the north-eastern part of the country.
It was the fourth major flooding event in five months, underlining a lack of urban planning in low-income neighbourhoods throughout much of Brazil, where shantytowns are often built on hillsides prone to collapse. The destruction also comes as scientists begin to question whether abnormal rain cycles in Latin America’s largest nation could be a result of climate change.
As of Sunday afternoon, 56 people had died in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco and one died in the neighbouring state of Alagoas, according to a message posted on Twitter by the Federal Civil Defense service, which is in charge of emergency management. Another 56 people in Pernambuco were missing.
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