Quebec politicians pat themselves on the back for maintaining their carbon pricing whilst other Canadian provinces buckle under conservative pressure. But this supposed climate leadership masks a deeper deception. Marc Bonhomme exposes how Quebec's SPEDE carbon market—hailed as environmental progress—actually serves as corporate welfare disguised as climate action.
Through accounting tricks involving California's carbon credits, Quebec inflates its emissions reductions from a meager 7.1% (…)

Two PSM members will give their statements to the police in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon on plans of the party's youth wing to hold a closed doors lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender programme. The investigation is based on the alleged impact of the secular event on 'religious harmony'. Almost 200 complaints were recieved by police after the event was pubkicused on social media. [AN]
The LGBT community in Malaysia face arrests, canings and violent harassment. Photograph: Mooreyameen (…)