Health & Safety
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CanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsWater
Trudeau Warns of More Climate-Driven Floods, as Researcher Suggests Rethinking Quebec’s Relationship with Water
In the wake of massive spring flooding in Quebec, New Brunswick, and parts of Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning of more of ... -
CitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Planners Look for U.S. ‘Climate Havens’ to Receive Millions of Internal Migrants by 2100
Urban planners are looking to cities like Duluth, Minnesota, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Portland, Oregon as future refuges for climate migrants displaced within the United ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Expect ‘Flood of Litigation’ if Bill C-69 is Watered Down, Athabasca First Nations Warn
Canada will face a “flood of litigation” if the Trudeau government’s proposed Impact Assessment Act, Bill C-69, is watered down, four First Nations chiefs ... -
‘Timid’ Transit Operators Have Canada Missing Out on Electric Bus Conversions
With electric buses on track to replace 270,000 barrels per day of diesel fuel this year, Canada is at risk of “missing the bus” ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Oil Well Cleanup Costs Could Hit $70 Billion
The cost of cleaning up Alberta’s old and unproductive oil wells could max out at C$70 billion, according to a new report by a ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Officials Took 12 Hours to Notify First Nation of Potentially Toxic Hydrogen Sulphide Leak
When a cloud of toxic chemicals began wafting toward the First Nations hamlet of Fort McKay from Syncrude Canada’s Mildred Lake tar sands/oil sands ... -
AfricaCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsElectricity GridHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & Studies
Cooling to Avert Heat Stress Could Cost African Regions $487 Billion by 2076
It will cost three key regions of Africa as much as US$487 billion in energy use by 2076 to deal with increased heat stress ...
