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Earthgauge News – Feb. 19, 2020
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Climate Justice, Indigenous Rights Advocates Rally for Wet’suwet’en People as Canadian Police Continue Raids
- TRANS MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION COST RISES 133% TO $12.6 BILLION
- OTTAWA MULLS ALBERTA ‘AID PACKAGE’ AS PROVINCE ANGLES FOR TECK MINE APPROVAL
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro Unveils Bill to Open Indigenous Lands to Mining, Oil and Gas Exploration
- Botswana Auctions Off First Licenses to Kill Elephants Since Ending Five-Year Ban
- This Solar Device Converts Seawater to Drinking Water
- Hundreds of Thousands of Mussels Found Baked to Death on New Zealand Beach
- Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion to Fight the Climate Crisis
Earthgauge News – Feb. 5, 2020
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Record Warm Water Measured Beneath Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
- Three-Year Federal EV Incentive Burns Through Half Its Budget in Eight Months
- Researchers Predict Near-Record Annual Increase in Atmospheric CO2
- 41,500 Petition Signatures Urge Wilkinson, Federal Cabinet to Reject Teck Frontier Mine
- 357 Amazon Employees Break Company Policy, Speak Out Online for Faster Climate Action
- Fossil Industry Sees Financial Value Collapse as Prices Stay Low, Renewables Surge
Earthgauge News – January 22, 2020
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Giant Chinese Fish Is Now Extinct After Surviving Millions of Years
- FOSSILS BRACE FOR SCRUTINY AS CARNEY WARNS HALF OF WORLD OIL RESERVES COULD BECOME WORTHLESS
- Death of 1 Million Seabirds Tied to Massive ‘Blob’ of Hot Water in the Pacific
- Ocean Cleaning Device Succeeds in Removing Plastic for the First Time
- Colgate launches vegan-certified toothpaste in recyclable tube
- TECK MEGA-MINE SHOWS ‘MISGUIDED AND RECKLESS’ DISREGARD FOR LOW OIL PRICES
- FOSSIL EMISSIONS KILL ALMOST AS MANY AS TOBACCO
- Inspiring Student in France Creates Environmental App to Motivate Others to Make a Difference Daily
Earthgauge News – January 8, 2020
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Climate Disasters in 2019 Cost Billions, Report Finds
- Wildfires Trap Thousands on Beach in Australia as Death Toll Rises
- Europe Threatens Border Adjustment Tariff for Climate Laggards Like U.S.
- Climate Change Is Ravaging the Arctic, Report Finds
- Indonesia Seeds Clouds After Flooding Kills 43
- Austria’s New Government Sets Goal to Be Carbon Neutral by 2040
Earthgauge News – Dec. 10, 2019
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Greenhouse-gas emissions hit a record high last year, UN warns
- Loudspeakers Can Help Bring Degraded Reefs Back to Life, Study Shows
- A-List Celebs, Politicians Join John Kerry’s World War Zero Campaign to Fight the Climate Crisis
- Climate crisis pushing Earth to a ‘global tipping point,’ researchers say
- The Ocean Is Running Out of Oxygen, Largest Study of Its Kind Finds
- New Zealand Will Consider Climate Crisis in All Major Policy Decisions
Earthgauge News – Nov. 26, 2019
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
- KOALAS MAY BE ‘FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT’ AFTER DEVASTATING AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES
- ‘Climate Emergency’ Named Oxford Word of the Year
- Tesla Launches a Futuristic Electric Truck
- ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES HIT 10% OF NEW CAR SALES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
- FOSSIL PRODUCTION, INEFFICIENT BUILDINGS MAKE CANADA A GLOBAL CLIMATE LAGGARD
- CHEVRON SCRAMBLES TO MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES WITH ‘MORAL CASE’ FOR FOSSIL FUELS
- An incredible new type of “plastic” packaging could be key to feeding fish rather than killing them.
Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2019
Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
- Report on Toronto, Vancouver traffic reveals outsized health risks posed by trucks and SUVs
- Keystone Leaks Crude Oil in North Dakota on Same Day as Trump State Department Pipeline Hearing
- Massive Oil Spill Turns Brazil’s Beaches Black, Kills Marine Life, Threatens Communities
- London Police Ban on Extinction Rebellion Ruled ‘Unlawful’
- Concordia Promises Full Fossil Divestment by 2025
- The UK to end fracking for good following new study
Earthgauge News – Oct. 29, 2019
Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- CLIMATE COMMUNITY DECLARES THE WIN AS POLLING SHOWS CLIMATE CONCERN DRIVING VOTE
- WILDFIRES FORCE 180,000 TO EVACUATE AS CALIFORNIA DECLARES STATE-WIDE EMERGENCY
- RENEWABLES POISED TO OVERTAKE FOSSILS DECADES FASTER THAN FORECAST
- Ocean Cleaning Device Succeeds in Removing Plastic for the First Time
- Wind power could meet entire world’s electricity needs 18 times over, says International Energy Agency
- 15 CANADIAN YOUTH FILE SUIT AGAINST OTTAWA’S SLOW RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CRISIS
- INDIA PLANS 55 GIGAWATTS OF NEW SOLAR, WIND DEVELOPMENT ALONG BORDER WITH PAKISTAN
Earthgauge News – Oct. 15, 2019
Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Anheuser-Busch to Launch Largest Electric Class 8 Truck Fleet in North America
- CLEAN ENERGY TO CREATE 160,000 JOBS BY 2030 WHILE FOSSILS LOSE 50,000
- OIL LOBBY WISH LIST WOULD DRIVE UP CANADA’S FOSSIL EMISSIONS 60% BY 2030, ANALYSIS SHOWS
- NORWAY’S BIGGEST PENSION FUND DUMPS ALL TAR SANDS/OIL SANDS INVESTMENT
- EXTINCTION REBELLION BRIDGE BLOCKADES AND WALL STREET ‘DIE-IN’ DRAW ATTENTION, PRODUCE IRATE DRIVERS
- Denmark calls for phase out of diesel, gasoline cars
- New data show how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Earthgauge Radio – Oct. 1, 2019
Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here.
On the show this week:
- Over 800,000 people attend Canadian climate strikes including more than 500,000 in Montreal, making it largest in Quebec’s history
- IPCC SAYS WARMING WILL PRODUCE RAPID SEA LEVEL RISE, ANNUAL ‘100-YEAR’ STORMS, DECLINING FISH STOCKS, SHRINKING GLACIERS WITHOUT FAST CLIMATE ACTION
- Climate Crisis Is Accelerating. Past 5 Years Will Be Hottest on Record: Report
- Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show
- NORTH AMERICA BIRD POPULATION FALLS BY THREE BILLION IN 50 YEARS
- Air Pollution Particles Showing Up in Human Placentas, Next to the Fetus
- A free reusable café cup system created by two Aussie dads is making it easy for caffeine lovers to ditch disposable cups
