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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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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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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 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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Ford’s New Appointee Will ‘Actively Wreck Things’ as Greenbelt Council Chair, Critic Warns
The new chair of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council is a former Mike Harris-era cabinet minister who voted against the Greenbelt itself when it was established ... -
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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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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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Canada Must Tie Budget 2021 Spending to Community-Based Action: Op-Ed
While the “serious coin” directed to climate action by Canada’s 2021 budget is most welcome, two experts are urging policy-makers at all levels to ... -
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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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Ontario Creates ‘Innovation Wasteland’ with Latest Renewables Rollback, Critic Warns
The Doug Ford government is turning Ontario into an “innovation wasteland” and setting the province up to increase its dependence on greenhouse gas-intensive natural ... -
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Carpenter, Passive Solar Builder, Systems Change Advocate: Toronto Climate Community Mourns Peter Shepherd
Climate campaigners and green community practitioners in Toronto shared their shock and sadness, and accolades began pouring in, as word spread over the last ... -
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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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‘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 ... -
Drastic Ridership Drop During Pandemic Prompts TTC to Speed Up Subway Maintenance
Toronto transit users can expect to return to a much-improved subway network once the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside, after the Toronto Transit Commission ... -
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New Start-Up Aims to Build U.S. Energy Equity One Neighbourhood at a Time
To be poor and a person of colour in the United States all too often means living with energy poverty and its associated health ...
