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Alberta Pauses Rocky Mountain Coal Exploration as Public Pressure Mounts
The Alberta government bowed to public pressure late last week and paused coal exploration in the most sensitive areas of the Rocky Mountains while ... -
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U.S. Army Corps Declines to Close Dakota Access Pipeline Despite Missing Permit
Indigenous leaders and progressive Democrats are urging the Biden administration to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ... -
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Devastating Australian Floods Show ‘Tricky’ Connections to Climate Change
Pounding rain arriving on the heels of an unseasonably wet summer has displaced thousands of people and inundated hundreds of kilometres of Australia’s southeast ... -
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Canadian Environmental Racism Bill Addresses ‘Toxic Divide’
Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario, is ringed by some 60 toxin-spewing petrochemical plants, more than any other community in Canada. That kind of ... -
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U.S. Fracking Counties Face Economic Crunch as Coal Country Looks to Diversify
As the energy transition picks up across the United States, fossil-dependent states like Pennsylvania are struggling with the devastating financial and environmental price of ... -
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Canada’s Opposition to Line 5 Closure Flies in the Face of Science, Courts Disaster, Ex-IJC Chair Warns
In announcing its “non-negotiable” opposition to the closure of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, the Canadian government has seemingly kicked to the curb a ... -
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U.S. Lawmakers to Vote on Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Bill
A landmark bill currently in front of the U.S. Congress could change the game for environmental justice in the country. Two key provisions: an ... -
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Tsleil-Waututh Study Proves Damage from Marine Traffic in B.C.’s Burrard Inlet
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation on Canada’s southern west coast has been warning for years that heavy marine traffic in the Burrard Inlet is producing too ... -
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Climate Hawks in Dismay as Australian Climate Denier Named OECD Secretary General
Leading climate analysts say the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is on track to lose credibility with developing countries with the appointment ... -
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Climate Change May Not Drive Dryland Expansion, New Research Reveals
Plants respond to high levels of atmospheric CO2 by retaining water, a process that in turn dries out the surrounding air. And new research ... -
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Relying on BECCS Could Leave 4.5 Billion at Risk of Water Shortages
Banking heavily on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to keep average global warming under 1.5°C could put more than 50% of the ... -
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David Schindler, Alberta Scientist Who ‘Talked Truth to Power’, Dies at Age 80
His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the world’s top journals, but that was never enough for David ... -
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‘Milestone’ 4-0 Vote Permanently Halts Fracking in Delaware River Basin
In the face of vociferous opposition from natural gas interests, an interstate commission has voted to put a permanent stop to fracking in the ... -
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Alberta’s Reinstated Coal Policy Leaves Gaping Opportunities for Mining
Its recent mea culpa notwithstanding, the Jason Kenney government in Alberta has by no means closed the barn door on the idea of metallurgical ... -
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From Aquifers to Tree Canopies, New Research Flags Shrinking Fresh Water Supplies
Courtesy of climate change, the many and diverse parts of the Earth that hold fresh water are drying up, putting 66% of the land ...
