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Ontario Introduces Carbon Tax After Railing Against Carbon Taxes
The Doug Ford government in Ontario is introducing a carbon tax on large emitters that exceed a yet-to-be-established provincial standard, after launching a lawsuit ... -
Alberta Oil Curtailment Drives Down Crude By Rail
Alberta’s plan to boost the price Canadian heavy crude by eliminating a glut via mandatory production curtailments has created an unintended consequence that has ... -
Harrison Ford Scorches Trump Climate Denial, World Leaders’ Inaction
If you’re trying to get ahead in the fantasy world inhabited by climate deniers, you probably don’t want to get on the wrong side ... -
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Stewart: CAPP is Asking Albertans to ‘Vote for Climate Destruction’
Albertans this spring and Canadians this fall should not be fooled into voting for climate destruction just because Big Oil wants them to, Greenpeace ... -
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Green New Deal Brings Climate Transition to the Mainstream, Omits Key Issue of Urban Sprawl
With supporters hailing U.S. Democrats’ Green New Deal resolution as a breakthrough and some of its predictable opponents declaring it wildly unrealistic, a handful ... -
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Moving Energy Efficiency to the Tax Base Would Raise Ontario Power Costs, Increase Emissions, Efficiency Canada Warns
The Doug Ford government in Ontario is at risk of driving up electricity costs, stifling energy innovation, and driving up the need for peak ... -
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Green New Deal Envisions Net-Zero Emissions in 10 Years Through WWII-Scale Effort
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) released an outline of the Democrats’ Green New Deal yesterday, in the form of a ... -
Trump Light Bulb Efficiency Rollback to Cost Consumers $12 Billion, Boost Emissions by 34 Megatonnes Per Year
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind new energy efficiency standards for light bulbs will cost consumers at least US$12 billion per year by 2025, ... -
Flemish Environment Minister Resigns After Falsely Alleging Outside Influence Behind School Strikes
The environment minister in Flanders was forced to resign this week after she falsely claimed that unnamed outside influences were directing the tens of ...
