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Oil Train Derails, Leaks Crude in Northwestern Ontario
Yet another oil train has derailed along the CN Rail line, with 30 cars off the tracks and five of them leaking crude oil ... -
Week 6, February 10: Prairie Solutions
To the frontline workers in the coal, oil, and gas industries: we understand your concerns. We need to bring the age of fossil fuels ... -
Rail Lines Shut Down, RCMP Still on Gidimt’en Land as Miller Meets Tyendinaga Blockaders
Rail lines across most of Canada remained shut down this week, RCMP were still a threatening presence on Gidimt'en land in British Columbia, Indigenous ... -
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Canada On Track to Hit Carbon Reduction Target for Grid Electricity
Be sure to sit down before you read this: Canada is in good shape to meet one of its national greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction ... -
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Blowing Smoke: Ad Ban for High-Emitting Products Should Be Modelled on Tobacco Regulation
A government that took the climate crisis seriously would impose the same kind of restrictions on advertising high-carbon goods that it sets for tobacco ... -
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Delayed Coal Closures Harm Minority Communities’ Health, Indiana NAACP Warns
The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is urging Indiana legislators to defeat a bill that would ... -
GM Announces New Electric, Autonomous Vehicle Plant in Detroit
General Motors has announced plans to invest US$2.2 billion in its Detroit-Hamtramck plant to produce all-electric trucks and sport utility vehicles, as well as ... -
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BREAKING: Cancelled Project Means the ‘End of New Coal’ in Europe
Lawyers at ClientEarth are heralding “the end for new coal” in Europe, after Polish utilities Enea and Energa announced last night that they would ... -
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Air Pollution Impacts Cost $8 Billion Per Day, Greenpeace Study Shows
The health impacts of air pollution cost countries US$8 billion per day, according to a study released this week by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and ... -
Hold the Line on Urban Sprawl, Local Campaigners Urge Ottawa City Council
Holding the line on the City of Ottawa’s urban boundary is an essential first step if the community hopes to do its part to ... -
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City Data Show Young Talent Leaving Town as Calgary Stagnates
Young people in Calgary are moving on, with census data picking up a demographic shift driven in part by the decline of the city’s ... -
‘Rip-Roaring’ Bomb Cyclone Pushes Flight from New York to London Two Hours Early
A record-fast flight that travelled from New York to London in just four hours and 56 minutes, arriving nearly two hours ahead of schedule, ... -
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CCS, Hydrogen Won’t Be Ready by 2050, UK Academics Warn
Neither carbon capture and storage (CCS) nor the hydrogen economy can scale up fast enough to play a significant part in decarbonizing the UK ... -
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IEA: Electricity Emissions Hold Steady in 2019 as Developed Countries Dump Coal
Global carbon dioxide emissions from electricity unexpectedly held steady in 2019, at 33 billion tonnes, after increasing over the two previous years, even though ... -
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Halifax Takes Top Honours in National Climate League 2019 Standings
Halifax took top honours in four categories and eight Canadian municipalities were singled out for recognition last week as the National Climate League released ...
