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Discouraging EV Battery Recycling Could Lead to Environmental Disaster
In September, Tesla announced that it would be phasing out the use of cobalt in its batteries, in an effort to produce a US$25,000 ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Biden to Pause Oil and Gas Leasing, Emphasize Environmental Justice in ‘Climate Day’ Executive Orders Expected Today
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters and unveil an ambitious plan to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsWater
Alberta Coal Expansion Plan Raises Flags Over Past Toxic Contamination, Missed Monitoring
EDMONTON — Critics are asking why Alberta Environment has been sitting on years’ worth of data about pollution from coal mines while the government ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
White House Says More Climate Action Coming in ‘Omnibus’ Order Next Week
U.S. President Joe Biden is planning another week of rapid action on the climate emergency, Reuters reports, citing a White House memo that promises ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Slovenia’s Bee Conservation Success Has Lessons for North America
Thanks to the efforts of Slovenian beekeepers, May 20 has officially become World Bee Day. Now, it’s up to everyone else to advocate for ... -
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Flurry of Biden Executive Orders Returns U.S. to Paris Agreement, Begins Reversing Trump Deregulatory Agenda
News reports Wednesday heralded the dawn of a new era in U.S. climate, energy, and environmental justice policy, as President Joe Biden marked his ... -
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B.C. Regulator Imposes Independent Auditor After Coastal GasLink Imperils Prime Fish Habitats
Northeastern British Columbia pipeliner Coastal GasLink has been ordered to abide by provincial laws and start preventing polluted sediments from flowing from its work ... -
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‘Essential’ Insect Populations Declining by 1-2% Per Year
Too often denigrated as “creepy crawlies,” insects are essential to life on Earth, supporting everything from pollination to the carbon cycle. Poisoned, starved, robbed ... -
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Alberta Cancels 11 Coal Leases, Allows Development on 420,000 Hectares after Petitions Gather 100,000 Signatures [Sign-Ons]
EDMONTON — Alberta has decided to cancel recently issued coal leases in the Rocky Mountains, as public opposition grows to the United Conservative government’s ... -
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75 Indigenous Women Leaders Urge Biden to Halt Major Pipelines
Indigenous women leaders across the United States have called upon President-elect Joe Biden to put an immediate and permanent halt to three of the ... -
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New Offshore Drilling Permits Could Put Canada’s Climate Targets Out of Reach, Endangered Right Whales at Risk
The federal government is putting its own climate targets out of reach, triggering higher carbon dioxide and methane emissions, putting endangered North Atlantic right ... -
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Canada’s Net-Zero Framework May Be Too Little, Too Late for the North
Empty rhetoric, ignorance, vested interests, and systemic racism—all persisting even as the climate crisis melts away the life-sustaining Arctic ice—may well mean that any ... -
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Food Industry Drives Habitat Loss as Consumers Shift Eating Habits
New research is shining a light on the role the global food industry could play in driving habitat and species loss over the next ... -
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Surge of New Oil Drilling Permits Could Help U.S. Fossils Withstand Biden Climate Plan
In the closing months of the Trump administration, fossil companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years ... -
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Parade of Alberta Coal Developments Threatens Recreation Areas, Biodiversity
EDMONTON — At least five popular recreation areas in southern Alberta are surrounded by coal exploration plans and one of them has been partly ...
