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Pre-Budget Talk Centres on National Child Care Plan as Trudeau Mocks Conservatives’ Climate Policy
Fresh from a Liberal Party policy convention over the weekend, the Trudeau government is just days away from an April 19 budget that is ... -
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Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa
Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ... -
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Supreme Court Carbon Ruling Could Trigger ‘Start-Up Explosion’ but Loopholes Undermine Federal Floor Price
A U.S. technology newsletter is touting Canada’s newly-confirmed carbon tax as a likely catalyst for a “start-up explosion” in several branches of cleantech, even ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Canada Set to Lose $11.9 Billion on Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Canada is in line to lose C$11.9 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, as rising project costs collide with falling demand for oil, ... -
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Central Banks See Climate Impacts Driving Permanent Shifts in Monetary Policy
An era of climate-driven extreme weather will force governments to keep interest rates low and usher in a new era of monetary policy, the ... -
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Minnesota Appeals Court Considers Declining Demand for Line 3 Pipeline
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments last week over Enbridge's Line 3 replacement project in northern Minnesota, which opponents are calling unnecessary due ... -
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Kenney Admits He Had No ‘Plan B’ as Provinces, Federal Conservatives Weigh Supreme Court Carbon Tax Ruling
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government didn’t prepare a fallback plan on implementing a consumer carbon tax because they were hoping to win ... -
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U.S. Aims to Cut Solar Costs 60% in a Decade
The United States government is setting out to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 60% over the next decade, five years ahead of ... -
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‘Love Letter to the Planet’: Supreme Court Upholds Federal Carbon Price Regime in 6-3 Decision
The Supreme Court of Canada has brought an end to years of provincial legal challenges to a key cornerstone of federal climate policy, deciding ... -
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GNL Québec Project Risks Far Outweigh Benefits, Government Review Panel Concludes
Quebec’s environmental review board says the risks associated with GNL Québec’s proposed Saguenay gas terminal project far outweigh its benefits. -
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Invest in Bioeconomy to Tap $200-Billion-Per-Year Opportunity, Industry Advocate Urges Ottawa
Canada is missing out on a C$200-billion-per-year opportunity to build an industrial bioeconomy using feedstocks from forestry, agriculture, and municipal solid waste, Passmore Group ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Carbon Capture Tax Credit Would Drive Higher Emissions, Could Mislead Investors
A new federal incentive, modelled on a U.S. tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage, would be tailor-made to drive higher greenhouse gas ... -
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Shiny, New Innovations Won’t Move Fast Enough to Deliver Deep Carbon Reductions
Even the most promising new emissions reduction innovation would only have a limited impact on the climate crisis if it were introduced today, given ... -
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Opinion: Freeland Must Pick a Lane with Next Month’s Federal Budget. And the Right Answer is Obvious.
When she tables a much-anticipated federal budget later this year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland mustn’t pass up the opportunity to revisit and rethink a ...