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Wilkinson Orders Federal Environmental Review for Ontario Highway 413
Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced a federal environmental assessment of the Ford government’s contentious, C$6-billion plan for a new highway through ... -
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New York School E-Bus Fleet Could Help Utility Cut Peak Power Demand
An energy management company in Baltimore and a fleet operations company from California are looking to electric vehicles as “mobile microgrids” to help utilities ... -
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Biden Connects Climate to Jobs as Coal Miners Hold Out for Results
With a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan on offer, and a $1.8-trillion American Families Plan backing it up, U.S. President Joe Biden took advantage of his ... -
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Washington State ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Law Aims for Fast Carbon Cuts without Higher Energy Costs
Washington State is adopting a new “cap-and-invest” law aimed at driving rapid decarbonization without increasing energy costs for ratepayers. -
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Cats Make Guest Appearance in B.C. City’s Climate Solutions Video
The city of Surrey, British Columbia is out with a 90-second, animated YouTube video that connects big-picture climate solutions back to the benefits citizens ... -
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Washington State to Ban New Light-Duty Gas Vehicles by 2030
Washington State legislators have come together across the aisle to pass a bill requiring all new light-duty vehicles bought, sold, or registered in the ... -
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Biden Promises 50-52% Emissions Cut by 2030
President Joe Biden confirmed a much-anticipated 50 to 52% emission reduction target for the United States yesterday morning, kicking off a two-day Leaders’ Summit ... -
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Cities Can Reconfigure and Adapt to Cut Emissions 90%, Prepare for Climate Impacts
Cities are uniquely vulnerable to climate change, but likely will be early adapters against that threat. -
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Federal Budget Puts $17.6 Billion into Green Recovery, Tips 36% Emissions Cut by 2030
The federal government is getting decidedly mixed reviews for a 2021 budget that announces but doesn’t quite spell out C$17.6 billion in green recovery ... -
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Analysts Search for Details as UK Pledges 78% Carbon Cut by 2035
The United Kingdom has announced plan to legislate a 78% greenhouse gas emissions target for 2035, putting the country in what one news report ... -
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‘Checking the Boxes’ in Federal Climate Plan Won’t Deliver on Canada’s Paris Targets, Researchers Warn
Two veteran public interest researchers have come up with a troubling equation they say is at the heart of the federal government’s climate strategy: ... -
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Federal Budget-Watchers Expect ‘Pivotal Moment’ for Canadian Climate Action
From transit to home energy retrofits, from natural climate solutions to green innovation funding, the federal budget tabled today by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland ... -
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Saskatchewan Sends ‘Wrong Signal’ with $150 EV Tax
Two federal ministers have written Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to protest his plan to bring in a tax on electric vehicles. -
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‘No Vaccine for Climate Change’, Departing Toronto Energy Director Warns, in Critique of City’s Climate Performance
Toronto’s retiring director of environment and energy issued a broadside on his way out the door last week, warning councillors that there’s “no vaccine ... -
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Wilkinson Touts ‘Really Good News’ as Canada Reports Higher CO2 Emissions for 2019
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose fractionally in 2019, the first year the country’s national carbon pricing system took effect, but Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ...
