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The indigenous land defenders from the Wet'suwet'en people who protest against a fracking gas pipeline have strong support across Canada. 57 people were arrested at the Port Vancouver shutdown. Protesters blocked the entrance to the legislature of British Columbia. Railroads have been blocked. The Wet'suwet'en were granted sovereignty on their land and they would have had the right for free, prior, and informed consent under Canadian law before the pipeline could be built. However an interim injunction made permanent allows Coastal GasLink to operate on their territory. Royal Canadian Mounted Police is terrorizing the indigenous land defenders by a heavily armed invasion, by pointing with guns at unarmed people and by arbitrary arrests. Justin Trudeau and Horgan are constantly harping about their determination to address the climate crises but yet in deed they do the very opposite: read more in the Guardian

Blackrock has announced and divested from all companies that make more than 25% of their business volume with mining coal. However there is no divestment margin for burning coal as used for producing electricity. Nonetheless it marks a milestone that the world´s biggest investment fund does care about climate change in deed. Up to now it has only issued hollow statements of intent which it then did not follow - up to now. We would not have expected Blackrock to sell its shares of the German electricity companies RWE and Eon because of this. Now that is telling us that the persistent protests against the climate wracking investment policy of the fund did in deed already carry fruits!

bugfix(1): confinedrv did blend in the original disk instead of the specified partition image if access rights for the image were lower than for the subsequent partition.
bugfix(2): correct enforcement of access rights for blended in MBR image

Russia has forbidden the cultivation of genetically modified crops in 2016. The import of GMO products can also be forbidden basing on their effects on human health and the environment. We had already reported about a total GMO-ban in Peru and its background. The following website can give a broad overview of the admission of GMO products in different countries though the accompanying map does not fully match the description.

Meanwhile Australia´s prime minister has conceded that climate change is aggravating the fires. However he still does not take any consequences out of it. Tell him to act. In the north-east of Australia in Queensland a huge new coal mine is planned: the Carmichael mine of the Indian Adani company. The coal shall be shipped the long way to India to produce electricity which would then be sold to Bangladesh. It is a cockamamie and cynical project. Major parts of Bangladesh could be flooded by climate change in the future. Indigenous people from the Wangan and Jagalingou communities are mobilizing against the mine that would cause environmental destruction and use up a lot of water in an arid region. Tell Liberty Mutual not to insure the project and Siemens not to supply the signal system for the mine. Read more on the GfbV blog.