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Satellite Flags Big Methane Release Over Alberta Fracking Field
A fracking field in Alberta has produced Canada’s biggest methane cloud since satellite tracking began, with the third-highest rate of emissions in North America ... -
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Opinion: ‘Climate Ambition Poker’ Masks Canada’s Fossil-First Energy Plan
In the space of a few days in April, Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement jumped from 30% to 36% to ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Landowners, Taxpayers ‘Left Behind’ by Cost of Abandoned Wells
The costs of Alberta’s growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers, says a report ... -
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Canadian Plastics Manufacturers Take Ottawa to Court over ‘Toxic’ Designation
Mere days after Ottawa designated their product as a toxic substance, plastics manufacturers are taking the Canadian government to court—but experts say they are ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Grants Fourth Extension to Foreign Influence Inquiry, Blames Ecojustice Lawsuit for Delay
Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics is getting its fourth deadline extension. -
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Half of Carbon Offset Projects Don’t Deliver on Promises, New Analysis Finds
A UK start-up that rates the carbon offset efforts of private companies has found that nearly half of them fall short of their claims. -
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Don’t Look to CCS, Hydrogen for Quick Carbon Cuts, Le Quéré Warns Canada
It would be a big mistake for Canada to count on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) or hydrogen to meet its 2030 climate ... -
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Louisiana Forms Climate Task Force as Fossils Dig In
Louisiana is sending mixed signals on climate action, with Governor John Bel Edwards (D) setting up a task force in support of his pledge ... -
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‘Lower Carbon’ Plastic Bag Raises Big Questions, Could Undercut Fossil Demand
Efforts by the world’s largest producer of plastic trash bags to create a lower-carbon product have analysts asking questions about the roles government, consumers, ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Survey Results Show Climate Knowledge Gap, Give Ottawa Poor Marks for Net-Zero Action
Canadians are only minimally familiar with climate issues, but give the federal government low marks for its plans to reach net-zero emissions and balance ... -
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Restaurants Gain from Pedestrian-Only Streets, Study Finds
As America’s cities begin to reopen, a new Yelp analysis is putting economic weight behind calls to make the temporary “slow streets” that many ... -
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B.C. Water Watcher Raises Alarm after Oil Tanker Crosses Risky Gulf Islands Pass
A shipping pilot’s recent decision to guide an oil tanker through British Columbia’s navigationally tricky Active Pass has highlighted a legal gap that may ... -
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Global Petition Presses Ireland to Introduce Fracking Ban at UN General Assembly [Sign-On]
A grassroot group from Ireland is looking for international support to persuade the Irish government to call for a global ban on oil and ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Judge Dismisses Ecojustice Bid to Halt Alberta’s Foreign Influence Inquiry
A judge has dismissed an attempt to quash the United Conservative government's inquiry into whether foreign groups have conspired against Alberta's oil industry. -
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NWT Communities Evacuate in Face of ‘Scary’ Mackenzie River Flooding
As extreme seasonal flooding hits riverside communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the region’s small towns are stepping up to help each other.
