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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 ... -
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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 ... -
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Peaceful Pipeline Protesters Arrested Along Line 3, Just Days After Capitol Hill Violence
Just days after white supremacist terrorists converged on Washington, DC and sacked the U.S. Capitol, 300 water protectors and Anishinaabe jingle dress dancers gathered ... -
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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 ... -
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Coastal Communities Face Drought as Global Warming Shrinks Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea—the world’s largest lake—is about to go down in the world. And with it could go the fortunes of some of the ... -
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Contaminants Hit North Saskatchewan River After Pipeline Spills 400,000 Litres of ‘Salty Produced Water’
CALGARY — Contaminated water that leaked from an oilfield pipeline on Christmas Day has entered the North Saskatchewan River but has had no detectable ... -
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As Canada Spends Billions on Pipelines, First Nations Communities Still Wait for Water
Despite being one of the wealthiest nations on Earth and having an abundance of fresh water, Canada can’t seem to find a way to ... -
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Prairies Face ‘Consecutive Years of Severe Drought’ from Drier, Warmer Climate
Federal scientists are predicting a hot, dry, and fiery future for the Prairies. “In a warming climate, you can expect extreme weather events to ... -
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Diesel Ship Sulphur ‘Scrubbers’ Create Marine Waste Without Tackling Particulates, Black Carbon
While scrubbers on ocean-going ships do help reduce sulphur emissions, they also place marine waters at extreme risk from acidic sulphur waste and other ... -
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Cape Town Approaches ‘Day Zero’ as World’s Dry Regions Face 100-Fold Increase in Drought Risk
If greenhouse gas emissions keep rising at their current pace, Cape Town faces the very real risk of seeing another “Day Zero”—a drought so ... -
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Army Corps Halts Permit for Multi-Billion-Dollar Petrochemical Complex in Louisiana
Public and climate health received a two-handed boost in Louisiana last week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pressing pause on a proposed ... -
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Lawsuit Calls for Duke Energy, Not North Carolina Ratepayers, to Fund Coal Ash Cleanup
North Carolina-based Duke Energy is pushing for permission from the state’s utility commission to impose rate increases to cover the US$9 billion it will ... -
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U.S.–Mexico Water Rights Standoff Kills Protester, Points to Risk of Future Climate Conflict
The climate crisis is exacerbating long-standing tensions over water rights between Mexico and the United States—tensions that exploded last month to lethal effect when ... -
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Alberta Government Lays Out Welcome Mat for Australian Coal Mining Interests
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta has laid down the red carpet for heavyweight Australian mining interests that want to bring mountaintop removal coal ...
