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Stephen Bocking

@BockingStephen

Professor of environmental history & policy, Trent School of the Environment, Trent University. #envhist, #histsci.

 Peterborough, Canada
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Joined October 2011
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‘Fortress conservation’ violently displaces Indigenous people grist.org/article/fortress-c…
‘Fortress conservation’ violently displaces Indigenous people

‘Fortress conservation’ violently displaces Indigenous people

In Tanzania, attacks on the Maasai are the latest in a global pattern of violence highlighted by a new report.

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And that's why we need action so urgently, at every level. nitter.gq/KHayhoe/status/1537429…
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) profile pictureProf. Katharine Hayhoe
@KHayhoe16 Jun 2022
Climate action in 3 steps: 1. Reduce everything we can, as much as we can, first. 2. Offset the rest (which is impossible to do if we don't reduce everything we can first). 3. Build resilience to the impacts we can no longer avoid. Why? Because the only other choice is suffering.
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Really interesting oral history about early days of Canada's environmental movement: Environmental Historians Talk About Ontario’s Environmental History shar.es/afXyXF
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NiCHE@NiCHE_Canada23 May 2022
Your #VictoriaDay Read: @BockingStephen reviews 'The Government of Natural Resources: Science, Territory, and State Power in Quebec, 1867-1939' by Stéphane Castonguay (@UBCPress 2021) niche-canada.org/2022/05/23/… #envhist #histsci #cdnhist #polihist #quebec #book #bookreview
Review of Castonguay, The Government of Natural Resources

Review of Castonguay, The Government of Natural Resources

The book could be read as a counterpoint to H.V. Nelles' classic study, The Politics of Development: Forests, Mines, and Hydro-Electric Power in Ontario, 1849-1941 (1974) – in fact, someone should do...

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Just received in time for weekend reading! Congrats to @Laura_J_Martin
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As always, Vaclav Smil provides some realism: Beyond Magical Thinking: Time to Get Real on Climate Change e360.yale.edu/features/beyon… via @YaleE360
Beyond Magical Thinking: Time to Get Real on Climate Change

Beyond Magical Thinking: Time to Get Real on Climate Change

Despite decades of studies and climate summits, greenhouse gas emissions continue to soar. Energy scientist Vaclav Smil says it’s time to stop ricocheting between apocalyptic forecasts and rosy...

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I guess this makes it official
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Recovering Indigenous fire knowledge: Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2022/05/16/A…
Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited | The Tyee

Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited | The Tyee

First Nations want authority to manage wildfire risks, including the right to carry out controlled burns.

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Useful update on the politics of salmon farming science: DFO Suppresses Science and Pushes Salmon Farms, Critics Tell MPs via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2022/05/13/D…
DFO Suppresses Science and Pushes Salmon Farms, Critics Tell MPs | The Tyee

DFO Suppresses Science and Pushes Salmon Farms, Critics Tell MPs | The Tyee

The federal fisheries department should be stripped of its role in promoting aquaculture, urges MP Elizabeth May.

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How Russia’s war on Ukraine is impacting Arctic science: return to Cold War as Arctic temperatures soar - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thebulletin.org/2022/03/russ… via @BulletinAtomic
Russia’s war has chilling effect on climate science as Arctic temperatures soar

Russia’s war has chilling effect on climate science as Arctic temperatures soar

Russia's war on Ukraine has forced scientists to cancel fieldwork and suspend research projects, imperiling our understanding of climate crisis in the Arctic.

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Despite Warnings, a Destructive African Dam Project Moves Ahead e360.yale.edu/features/despi… via @YaleE360
Despite Warnings, a Destructive African Dam Project Moves Ahead

Despite Warnings, a Destructive African Dam Project Moves Ahead

A massive hydroelectric dam under construction in Tanzania threatens to flood part of a famed game reserve and deprive villages and mangrove forests of the water they depend on, experts warn. But...

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Katie Surma@Katie_Surma4 Mar 2022
In Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, attacks on and near industrial, military and civilian infrastructure has released dangerous toxic materials, impacting civilians for years to decades. insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of...

Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of...

Fears over environmental catastrophes are growing among humanitarian experts and environmental organizations as the Russian invasion of Ukraine moves into its second week.   On Friday, over 1,000...

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Julia Levin@lev_jf9 Feb 2022
Last month +400 academics asked @cafreeland to scrap the carbon capture tax credit In response #CCUS cheerleaders put out misleading arguments This new oped clears the air about the reality — and the risks — of carbon capture as a means of #climate policy #cdnpoli
The Conversation Canada (@ConversationCA) profile pictureThe Conversation Canada@ConversationCA9 Feb 2022
Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it theconversation.com/canada-n…
Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

A tax credit for companies that invest in carbon capture technology would divert financing away from cheaper and safer climate solutions.

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Throughout the 20th century, public health played an active role in its own marginalization, by moving away from its old focus on social reforms, and willingly surrendering its political voice, @edyong209 reports. theatlantic.com/health/archi…
Astonishing this has taken so long (I remember writing an UG paper in 1980 (!) about the long delays in taking action on mercury here ...), Grassy Narrows First Nation hails $90M for care home as a step toward ‘full mercury justice’ thestar.com/news/canada/2021… via @torontostar
Grassy Narrows First Nation hails $90M for care home as a step toward ‘full mercury justice’

Grassy Narrows First Nation hails $90M for care home as a step toward ‘full mercury justice’

Ottawa and Grassy Narrows First Nation have signed a long awaited deal that ensures $90 million is provided for a care home designed to treat survivors who have been poisoned by mercury.

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Just got my AstraZeneca jab. Feels just fine!
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Lubicon Cree in Alberta leading the way with renewable energy: Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Catalyzing an Indigenous-led just energy transition news.mongabay.com/2021/03/ca… via @Mongabay
Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Catalyzing an Indigenous-led just energy transition

Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Catalyzing an Indigenous-led just energy transition

In the past decade, the term “Just Transition” has gained more widespread understanding among climate campaigners and environmental advocates. A Just Transition is the idea that the shift toward...

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The best appreciation/biography of Schindler that I've seen: David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/09/D…
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Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams e360.yale.edu/features/water… via @YaleE360
Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

Tens of thousands of large dams across the globe are reaching the end of their expected lifespans, leading to a dramatic rise in failures and collapses, a new UN study finds. These deteriorating...

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Fascinating discussion of the meanings and places of science from @MaxLiboiron Orion Magazine | Plastics in the Gut orionmagazine.org/article/pl…
Plastics in the Gut - Orion Magazine

Plastics in the Gut - Orion Magazine

A search for sand on a rocky shoreline upends colonial science

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