- Hot on the heels of the revelation about the Saudis' efforts to push fossil fuels on the developing world, it has come out that Brazilian and Argentinian lobbyists managed to get references to reducing meat consumption scrubbed from the latest IPCC report, and big food companies plan to continue the pressure at COP28. And Italy has just outlawed cultivated meat products, while Romania is working on similar legislation. All this despite evidence that climate change is already having a negative impact on global GDP. On a more positive note, many US states are working on setting their own targets for emissions reduction, which is a step in the right direction (though how big a step depends a lot on the specifics).
- In South Korea, dog farmers are threatening to release 2 million dogs near landmarks and the homes of parliamentarians in response to a proposed ban on dog meat.
- In Australia, the Maugean Skate, a raylike fish endemic to Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania, is seriously threatened, primarily by salmon farming. The industry is claiming that up to half of all jobs on the west coast of Tasmania are linked to salmon, but others question the accuracy of the claim.
- An Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, has been indicted in the US for plans to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York, believed to be dual US-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Prosecutors allege that this is connected to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey as well as two other planned "jobs" in Canada.
- The Manitoba PCs, not satisfied with the temporary fuel tax relief given by the government, is demanding that it be permanently done away with.
- Louis Riel School Division trustee Francine Champagne has resigned her seat, perhaps seeing the writing on the wall. I wonder if Karl Krebs is going to ask her for his money back?
- An Ontario judge has denied an application by the City of Kingston for an order to clear a homeless encampment, on the grounds that there is nowhere better for the residents to go.
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