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Ring of Fire Access Road Crosses Ontario’s ‘Thin Green Line’, Sierra Club Warns
The proposed “Ring of Fire” mineral development in northern Ontario is equivalent in destructive capacity to Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands, say two researchers from ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsElectricity GridHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
U.S. Cities at Risk for ‘Deadliest’ Heat Wave-Power Failure Combo
Millions of urban Americans will be put at serious risk of heat exhaustion this summer if any heat waves coincide with power failures—a deadly ... -
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Leadership Failures from COVID-19 Hold Lessons for Climate
With COVID-19 devastating the Indian state of Maharashtra, where he grew up, Bloomberg Green columnist Akshat Rathi is pointing to good governance as a ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Law Profs See Environmental Racism Bill as ‘Catalyst for Transformative Change’
This past winter, COVID-19 outbreaks at two Coastal GasLink work camps in northern British Columbia spilled over into neighbouring Wet’suwet’en communities, according to media ... -
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Victoria LNG Project Gets Swept Away in Australian Renewable Energy Surge
As Australian energy provider AGL officially pulls the plug on its proposed Victoria coast LNG import terminal, a new report predicts a surge in ... -
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Dakota Access Pipeline Won’t Shut Down During Environmental Review
The Dakota Access Pipeline will be allowed to operate without a key federal permit while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a new ... -
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10 Years After Fukushima, Japan Finally Begins Push for Renewables
A decade after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, an entrenched reluctance to embrace renewable energy—fostered in part by utilities anxious to maintain their dominance—may ... -
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Line 5 Pipeline Battle Intensifies as May 12 Closure Date Looms
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is less than 10 days away from implementing a momentous decision to shut down a 68-year-old, underwater pipeline that her ... -
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Biden’s 2022 Budget Earmarks $220 Million for Climate Health Preparedness
President Biden’s budget blueprint for 2022 is looking to prepare the U.S. for future climate impacts by earmarking at least US$220 million for federal ... -
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B.C. First Nation Calls for Federal Environmental Review of Alberta Coal Mine Plan
A British Columbia First Nation has joined calls for the federal government to step in on the environmental review of a proposed open-pit coal ... -
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Cuts to UK Global Resilience Funding Undermine Cities’ Response to Fire, Floods
The UK’s decision to gut the budget for a key global disaster resilience research hub is putting millions of poor and vulnerable city-dwellers in ... -
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Greening Arctic Brings Added Danger, Uncertainty to Labrador Communities
Residents of northern Labrador are having to tackle a new set of miseries as climate change delivers fog, gale-force winds, exploding black fly and ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fort McMurray Reels Under 1.5% Infection Rate as Third Wave of COVID-19 Hits Alberta Oilpatch
The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the Alberta tar sands/oil sands hard, with 12 active outbreaks at man camps and mining ... -
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UN Declares ‘Make or Break Moment’ on Forest Protection
Humanity is at a “make-or-break moment” to protect the forests we all depend on, United Nations leaders are warning. -
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North America Hit Hardest as Glacier Melt Doubles over 20 Years
A new study has used millions of satellite images to generate the clearest picture yet of the world’s glaciers and concludes they’re getting smaller, ...
