Daimen Hardie
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@CanadaTrees, the forest can save us | Admiring @UlnoowegEd and @WolastoqeyNNB right now.
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http://www.forestsinternational.org 04-06-2014 22:06:20
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This is huge. Canada is home to most of the world's mining companies. Today, a group of Tanzanians has filed in Canadian court against Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold for grave human rights violations at the company’s North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. raid-uk.org/blog/tanzanian…
No other publication reports on these issues like The Narwhal. The growing climate risks on the east coast are made worse by industrial forestry and we can change that.
From head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol : "To say that 1.5C is dead and that we will never reach a peak [in emissions] before 2030 is dogmatic and in my view not a data-driven conclusion.” “The fact is that the chances of 1.5C are narrowing, but it is still achievable.”
Such an accomplished organization, Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick is constantly inspiring me with these wins.
Today we joined 80+ US & Canadian groups in urging President Donald J. Trump & Justin Trudeau to transparently report #GHG emissions from logging - a critical step towards effective climate action, forest protection & climate-safe forestry. #cdnpoli Steven Guilbeault Jonathan Wilkinson 🇨🇦