# environmental racism (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover environmental racism. Page: Feed: --- ## [Alumnus Jon Ossoff (SFS’09) Wins Historic Georgia Senate Race, Says SFS Training Has Been “Indispensable” (Valeria De La Vega, Georgetown School of Foreign Service Alumni Assn, January 8, 2021)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/alumnus-jon-ossoff-sfs09-wins-historic.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ My undergraduate alma mater, GU SFS, graduated both Jon Ossoff and Bill Clinton. From GU SFS Alumni: Alumni News Alumnus Jon Ossoff (SFS’09) Wins Historic Georgia Senate Race, Says SFS Training Has Been “Indispensable” Valeria De La Vega January 8, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share on Bluesky Share via e-mail On the morning of January 6, the eyes of the country were on SFS… ## [Feast of Saint Augustine, August 28, 1974:"Fast Eddie" Recalls His First Days in Senator Kennedy's Office and Georgetown University](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2025/08/feast-of-saint-augustine-august-28-1974.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ It was August 28, 1974, the Feast of Saint Augustine) that I heard Ralph Nader speak at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University: On August 29, 1974) that I went to work for the office of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, on the morning before my first class at Georgetown University. Thanks to the Navy SEAL Terrence McShane, Georgetown University Resident Assistant, Vietnam, veteran, son of a Philadelphia… ## [Support St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore. (2025 blog post)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2023/10/support-st-augustine-national.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ Let's work together to help preserve and to protect our precious environmental and cultural heritage here in St. Johns County. Preparing for 2025 meeting of the newly elected members of our St. Johns County Legislative Delegation. I've testified before our SJC Legislative Delegation every year since 2006. I support preservation of our state parks. I support creation of a St. Augustine National… ## [ED SLAVIN RESPONSE TO WASHINGTON POST May 12, 2025 article re: Mosquito Museum](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2025/05/ed-slavin-response-to-washington-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ Saw an odd article in WaPo May 12, 2025, and responded: 1. There were some 41% cost overruns on the $4.5 million Mosquito Museum. Why? Lax management. Anastasia Mosquito Control District Commission (AMCD) of St. Johns Commissioner Martha Gleason recently resigned in protest over financial mismanagement (41% cost overruns), but there was no mention in this article. AMCD has had the same auditor for… ## [SAVIN' WITH SLAVIN. MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD, SEAT 2. CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE.](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/savin-with-slavin-mosquito-control.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ SAVIN' WITH SLAVIN. My late mentor, Chief Judge Nahum Litt, taught me that any government budget can be cut by 10%. Our Florida governments need to work harder. Smarter. Ethically. I am running for independent Mosquito Control Board to help save your tax dollars. I am for wise spending. I am against wasteful spending. Against what Abraham Lincoln would call "flubdubs." ED SLAVIN FOR ANASTASIA… ## [Florida law prompts St. Johns commissioners to question lobbyist's loyalty. (Jessica Clark, First Coast News, August 5, 2026)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/editorial-contempt-vote-against-fauci.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ From First Coast News: Florida law prompts St. Johns commissioners to question lobbyist's loyalty Three commissioners say hired lobbyist did not inform them about a bill that limits home rule regarding development. Lobbyist's other clients include developers. Author: Jessica Clark Published: 7:24 PM EDT August 5, 2026 Updated: 7:27 PM EDT August 5, 2026 ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida bill that… ## [No Class! FIVE (5) Losing SJC Commission candidates NEVER congratulated either Krista or Martin. Wonder why?](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-class-five-5-losing-sjc-commission.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ In 1960, U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President of the United States. Close race. Vice President RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON's supporters waited all night long for him to speak to them in Los Angeles, California, at the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom. NIXON never took the elevator down to the Ballroom. NIXON never spoke to his supporters by phone. NIXON sent his aide, Herb Klein, to read… ## [SNIDE SARAH SALLEY ARNOLD, facing criminal charges, avoids questions, ducks meetings, smirks at citizens calling for her to resign](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2025/04/snide-sarah-arnold-in-words-of-william.html) _2026-08-21 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ SNIDE SARAH SALLEY ARNOLD refuses to answer my questions and refuses to meet with retaliation victim Trey Alexander Asner. SNIDE SARAH SALLEY ARNOLD smirked at being questioned by SJC citizens calling for her resignation over her participation in an alleged vote fraud scheme, in a criminal voter fraud case pending before Circuit Court, with a prosecutor and judge from Alachua County appointed to… ## [Ed Slavin response to Sierra Club on Anastasia Mosquito Control of St. Johns County Commission (2024)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2024/04/ed-slavin-response-to-sierra-club-on-st.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ Here's my response to the March 2024 Sierra Club questionnaire re: Mosquito Control Commission; Good evening: Thank you for your patience! Excellent questions. Questionnaire to Candidates for St. Johns County County Commission 2024 Please provide answers to the following questions below, or on a separate sheet: 1. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being the least important and 10 being the most… ## [Pope Leo XIV on what he loves about America (Gerard O'Connell, America, the Jesuit magazine, July 30, 2026)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/07/pope-leo-xiv-on-what-he-loves-about.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ From America , the Jesuit Magazine: VATICAN DISPATCH Pope Leo XIV on what he loves about America by Gerard O’Connell July 30, 2026 Pope Leo XIV speaks at the "Canticle of Peace" event in the Vatican Gardens in Castel Gandolfo on the evening of July 29, 2026, featuring a performance by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and a 164-member children's choir. Credit: OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican… ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uq3jvFdNyVA8) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Politicians say this Florida news site lets them buy coverage. Is your state next? ( Miranda Green & David Folkenflik, NPR, October 6, 2023)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2023/10/politicians-say-this-florida-news-site.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ August 13, 2026 FLORIDA POLITICS carries an attempted cheap shot attack on our beloved St. Johns County Commissioner Krista Joseph. FLORIDA POLITICS is allegedly a pay-to-pay publication operated by criminaloid PETER SCHORSCH. Pay-to-play propaganda corporation propaganda on Florida Politics includes truly creepy lyrical celebration of lobbyists at holiday times. Pray for them. From NPR:… ## [ANNALS OF DeSANTISTAN: Incitatus and incredible shrinking lame duck's dupey St. Johns County Commission endorsements](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/annals-of-desantistan-incitatus-and.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ In 2023 DeSANTI$ appointed SARAH SALLEY ARNOLD to St. Johns County Commission to replace beloved Commissioner Jeb Smith. A modest, self-described "farmer from Hastings," Mr. Smith resigned to run the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Smith was often a voice of reason and a fierce opponent of wasteful government spending. Honorable man. Good person. We miss him. DeSANTI$ replaced honorable Jeb… ## [The Mosquito Battle (Edith Pritchett cartoon, WaPo, August 15, 2026)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/xxxxxxx-make-us-preferred-on-google.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ From The Washington Post: (Edith Pritchett/The Washington Post) 1 Comments By Edith Pritchett Edith Pritchett attended the University of Edinburgh and graduated with a degree in Fine Art. From 2018 to 2021 she was the in-house cartoonist for Tortoise Media. Since 2021, she has been contributing a weekly comic strip, ‘Millennial Life,’ and a weekly series of Venn diagrams to the Guardian. ## [ANNALS OF TRUMPI$TAN: Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic (Raymond Zhong, NY Times, August 11, 2026)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/annals-of-trumpitan-trump_0595686774.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ From The New York Times: Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation. Listen · 4:21 min Share full article The Arctic Report Card drew on the expertise of hundreds of scientists and other specialists around the world. Credit... Emilio… ## [City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes (Apoorva Mandavilli & Alessandro Falco, NY Times, August 13, 2026)](https://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2026/08/city-mobilizes-against-stubborn-health.html) _2026-08-20 · Ed Slavin · Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida_ From The New York Times: City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities. Apoorva Mandavilli & Alessandro Falco, NY Times, August 13, 2026 It’s been 10 years, but Paulo Gomes still vividly remembers the… ## [How Much Dark Money Is in Professional Philosophy?](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/20/how-much-dark-money-is-in-professional-philosophy/) _2026-08-20 · Mich Ciurria · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ One of the purposes of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is to expose eugenic principles and practices within professional philosophy. As Shelley Tremain has argued persistently since founding this blog, the profession is largely animated by the spirit of “neoliberal eugenics,” such that “few philosophy departments (in the Global North at least) remain untouched by the eugenic vision \[…\] ## [An Elder’s fight to protect Goldstream Park in B.C.](https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-goldstream-park-malahat-highway-olsen/?utm_source=rss) _2026-08-19 · Julie Chadwick · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Once arrested for hunting on W̱SÁNEĆ territory, Carl Olsen is now holding the B.C. government to its word — as he fights the Malahat highway expansion to ‘be the voice for the salmon’ ## [Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/19/dialogues-on-disability-shelley-tremain-interviews-johnathan-flowers-3/) _2026-08-19 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-sixth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for \[…\] ## [The Foucault Century Symposium, UPenn/Hybrid, Sept. 24-25, 2026](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/18/the-foucault-century-symposium-upenn-hybrid-sept-24-25-2026/) _2026-08-18 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ Description of graphic above: a rectangular image that states The Foucault Century Symposium at top and the dates of the conference and institution below. On the right, there is a drawing of a smiling Foucault holding a book. The Foucault Century 2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History \[…\] ## [CFP: Othering and Otherness in Philosophy (deadline: Sept. 30, 2026)](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/14/cfp-othering-and-otherness-in-philosophy-deadline-sept-30-2026/) _2026-08-14 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ This special issue of SATS Northern European Journal of Philosophy focuses on otherness and othering in philosophy. This issue explores themes around plurality, diversity, inclusion, and exclusion within philosophy. We welcome papers that focus on thematically on otherness and othering in philosophy and welcome papers that mix philosophical analysis with personal experience, and/or address the… ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vIsCK0ZXwDSd) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Dinosaurs Got Cancer and Other Mythical Assumptions of Philosophy Bros and Obnoxious Overlords in Philosophy](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/11/dinosaurs-got-cancer-and-other-mythical-assumptions-of-philosophy-bros-and-obnoxious-overlords-in-philosophy/) _2026-08-11 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ Daniele Lorenzini s landmark collection The Foucauldian Mind was published at the end of July. I m thrilled that my work on disability is included in the collection, not least because the chapters that it comprises, when taken together, comprehensively demonstrate why philosophers should relinquish their appeal to, and dependence on, self-serving claims and outdated assumptions according \[ \] ## [Inside Indigenous culture camps as wildfires rage in B.C.](https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-culture-camps-bc/?utm_source=rss) _2026-08-06 · Santana Dreaver · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ As wildfires and evacuations collide with summer culture camps in B.C., organizers are moving ahead with caution and asserting their right to be on the land ## [Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 8am ET](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/05/dialogues-on-disability-on-wednesday-august-19-2026-at-8am-et/) _2026-08-05 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ “I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy \[ \] ## [Canadian Universities Set Up Secret Network to Crack Down on Student Pro-Palestine Demonstrators](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/02/canadian-universities-set-up-secret-network-to-crack-down-on-student-pro-palestine-demonstrators/) _2026-08-02 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ The Breach has published an illuminating article about the secret network that Canadian universities set up and surveillance in which they engaged to crack down on student pro-Palestine demonstrators. Here is an excerpt from the article at The Breach: To find details about how your university was involved in the Network and its operations, go \[ \] ## [From Bioethics to AI Ethics: A Genealogy of Philosophical Sell-Outs](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/01/from-bioethics-to-ai-ethics-a-genealogy-of-philosophical-sell-outs/) _2026-08-01 · Mich Ciurria · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ The history of professional philosophy is largely a history of, to use a technical term, sell-outs, people who use their mastery of argumentation and rarefied jargon to defend the rich and powerful: colonizers, fascists, and capitalists, amongst other “moral parasites” (as some non-Western philosophers put it). Just as the victors write history, the victors write philosophy \[ \] ## [Liberation at the End of Usefulness: On the Intersections of Disability, Animality, and Earth](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/30/liberation-at-the-end-of-usefulness-on-the-intersections-of-disability-animality-and-earth/) _2026-07-30 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ Our amazing BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY blogger, disabled philosopher Mich Ciurria, has co-edited an inter/transdisciplinary collection entitled Liberation at the End of Usefulness: On the Intersections of Disability, Animality, and Earth with Amanda Williams and Nathan Poirier. The book is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan and is due out at the end of 2026. The book now has \[ \] ## [(Draft) Introduction to Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Foucault and Feminist Philosophy](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/28/draft-introduction-to-special-issue-of-feminist-philosophy-quarterly-on-foucault-and-feminist-philosophy/) _2026-07-28 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ On September 1 (or thereabouts), “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” the special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly that I have guest-edited to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926, will be published! I’m thrilled with the contents of the issue and eager to share them with you. So, below \[ \] ## [Whither Foucault? Or, Another Lacuna in Canadian Philosophy Departments](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/21/whither-foucault-or-another-lacuna-in-canadian-philosophy-departments/) _2026-07-21 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ In various posts here on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I have pointed out that prospective disabled graduate students who want to study philosophy of disability/critical disability theory should not expect to do so in any informed and comprehensive way in a Canadian philosophy department. Liberal bioethics has occupied the corner of what can be said about disability \[ \] ## [Attawapiskat First Nation sues over diesel contamination](https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-attawapiskat-diesel-contamination/?utm_source=rss) _2026-07-20 · Rajpreet Sahota and Paul Lantz · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ ‘There comes a time when you say enough is enough’: First Nation files lawsuit over contamination at the core of the community ## [Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 #PhiDisSocCh7, Jan. 27-29, 2027, 9:30am-4:00pm ET (Unapologetically and Defiantly Online)](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/18/philosophy-disability-and-social-change-7-phidissocch7-jan-27-29-2027-930am-400pm-et-unapologetically-and-defiantly-online/) _2026-07-18 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ The next edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 will take place January 27-29, 2027. The conference will be supported by and run under the auspices of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and the Center for Ethics at University of Central Florida. The conference will take place entirely online. No \[ \] ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RGhNzCQiqAFx) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [3 Things I Don’t Want to Read Today](https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/16/3-things-i-dont-want-to-read-today/) _2026-07-16 · shelleytremain · BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY_ As of this morning, approximately 860 wildfires were burning/were out of control/had burned across Canada. As of this morning, approximately 160 wildfires were burning/were out of control/had burned across northern Ontario alone. Entire towns have been destroyed. Many Indigenous communities and First Nations have been displaced (again), their members have lost everything. ## [Baffinland expansion in Arctic challenged by Nunavut hunters](https://thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-nunavut-mine-expansion-pushback/?utm_source=rss) _2026-07-14 · Meral Jamal · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Hunters and trappers organizations say the expansion will be detrimental for narwhals in Foxe Basin ## [Ontario Cooper’s hawks on the hunt, in photos](https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-coopers-hawks/?utm_source=rss) _2026-07-10 · Paul Gains · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ A pair of Cooper’s hawks made their home in one photographer’s backyard. Over the last 18 months, he’s watched these wild birds adapt their routines to urban living ## [Secwe̓pemc women are leading deer hide tanning workshops](https://thenarwhal.ca/secwepemc-women-tan-deerhide/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-30 · Santana Dreaver · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Tanning deer hide is a lengthy process, from hunting to completion. Women from Simpcw First Nation are ensuring this tradition continues by hosting community workshops ## [Students fight for recycling in Ontario First Nation](https://thenarwhal.ca/constance-lake-first-nation-recycling/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-29 · Rajpreet Sahota · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ When the Doug Ford government introduced its new Blue Box Program, Constance Lake First Nation lost its recycling service. Two teens are hoping to change that ## [A Pride drag show gives new life to an old B.C. mine](https://thenarwhal.ca/britannia-mine-museum-drag-show-2026/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-25 · Francesca Fionda and Amber Bracken · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Not all old mine sites get to sashay into a new life. Nestled into coastal mountains just north of Vancouver, the former Britannia Mine is now a museum, a clean-up site — and a stage for Pride ## [Gold exploration in a UNESCO biosphere reserve? Near Tofino, it’s moving ahead](https://thenarwhal.ca/tofino-gold-mine-permit-imperial-metals/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-18 · Zoë Yunker and Jillian Wilkes · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Unpublished documents and a helicopter flight into the Tranquil Creek watershed reveal details about renewed exploration at a long-dormant mine, raising concerns about B.C.’s mining laws, water and Indigenous Rights ## [Canada’s First Nations water bill C-37 faces criticism](https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-first-nations-clean-water-bill-criticism/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-16 · Carl Meyer and Fatima Syed · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ ‘I wish one of Canada's major projects were to provide us clean drinking water’: Canada’s much-delayed First Nations water bill faces criticism ## [Mi'kmaq and Canada mark 300 years of treaty relationship](https://thenarwhal.ca/peace-and-friendship-treaty-anniversary/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-12 · Kayla Lambert-MacDonald · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Three centuries after their ancestors signed a treaty with the British Crown, Indigenous people returned to the same grounds, finding joy, grief, pride and an urgent question: when does a promise finally get kept? ## [Gold is booming. So why is Yukon gold still so cheap to mine?](https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-mining-issues-explainer/?utm_source=rss) _2026-06-08 · Trina Moyles · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Amid a critical minerals push, mining laws dating back to the Klondike Gold Rush limit government profits and neglect Indigenous Rights ## [Family photo: parenting in the animal kingdom](https://thenarwhal.ca/wildlife-family-photos-mothers-day/?utm_source=rss) _2026-05-07 · Paul Gains · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ From sandhill cranes and eagles to bears and foxes, a photographer captures a few of the things all parents have in common — and a few they do not ## [Meet the people preserving the practice of bird banding](https://thenarwhal.ca/bird-banding-ontario/?utm_source=rss) _2026-05-06 · Paula Razuri · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Birds migrate across the world; so do the volunteers who come together for annual bird-banding efforts. But the impacts of U.S. funding cuts threaten to spread across the border, imperilling the future of conservation ## [Coyotes are intelligent, resilient and deeply misunderstood](https://thenarwhal.ca/coyote-misunderstood-ontario-photos/?utm_source=rss) _2026-03-23 · Paul Gains · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Hundreds of thousands more people are bitten by dogs than coyotes every year in Canada. A photographer questions why his subject gets such a bad rap ## [A frozen Lake Erie, in photos](https://thenarwhal.ca/frozen-lake-erie-photos/?utm_source=rss) _2026-02-23 · Elaine Anselmi and Carlos Osorio · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ The southernmost Great Lake froze over almost completely this month — bringing people from near and far to have a look ## [A snapshot of life in Alert Bay, B.C.](https://thenarwhal.ca/life-in-alert-bay-bc/?utm_source=rss) _2026-02-10 · Matt Simmons · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ ‘Na̱mg̱is Chief Ho’miskanis, Don Svanvik, is on the phone when I walk off the little ferry in Alert Bay, B.C. “Standing water and wood is never good,” he says to the person on the other end. “I can come by after I drop my truck off, maybe tomorrow.” Svanvik, a hereditary chief and former elected... ## [Walking 1,300 km of Black history in Ontario](https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-northern-underground-railroad-walk/?utm_source=rss) _2026-02-09 · Canice Leung · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ Moved by his ancestors, Ken Johnston retraced 1,300 kilometres of the Underground Railroad to learn about Ontario’s early Black settlers ## [In photos: the melting glaciers of the Canadian Rockies](https://thenarwhal.ca/photos-melting-glaciers-columbia-icefield/?utm_source=rss) _2026-01-12 · Sara King-Abadi and Amber Bracken · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ For the last four years, Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon have ventured into the Columbia Icefield to capture its vanishing beauty and raise awareness about climate change ## [Life with the bees](https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-bees-portraits/?utm_source=rss) _2026-01-09 · Tim Smith · The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada_ A Manitoba photojournalist reflects on an unusual summer spent at an apiary, up close with bees ## [Leaked memo reveals federal policing agencies have been redirected to assist ICE in ongoing mass arrests](https://subversas.com/memorandum-federal-agencies-ice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorandum-federal-agencies-ice) _2025-01-29 · Subversas · Home_ Thousands of undocumented people have been arrested over the last week as part of Trump’s inhumane “mass deportation” plan. As these ICE raids are unfolding, many have been blindsided about the scale of the operation, with over 7,000 people arrested and counting. Today the Trump administration confirmed that all undocumented people are being labelled as… The post Leaked memo reveals federal… ## [Proposed state laws would imprison and enslave undocumented people](https://subversas.com/defend_the_undocumented/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defend_the_undocumented) _2025-01-26 · Subversas · Home_ Mass detentions of undocumented people are set to exploit loopholes in the 13th amendment, enslaving them “for life.” “Beneath the Concertina Wire” art by Karma Bennett by Subversas Editorial Board In Trump’s first week in office, over 7,000 undocumented people were detained, at a rate of 1,000 people being rounded up per day. It is… The post Proposed state laws would imprison and enslave…