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Labour, Housing Bottlenecks Could Threaten Canada’s Promised Green Job Boom
Critical shortages in skilled labour and affordable housing are threatening to derail Canada’s plan to reduce national emissions—and, with it, the promise of sustainable ... -
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Carbon Border Adjustment Gains Ground as Countries Weigh Emission Cuts, Global Trade
The reference to a carbon border adjustment in the latest federal budget was one sign that countries with relatively strong carbon prices are keen ... -
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UK Grocery Chains Prepare Brazil Boycott as Amazon Becomes Net Carbon Emitter
The Jair Bolsonaro government in Brazil is once again risking international boycotts in response to a rainforest-imperilling law, as a new study confirms that ... -
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Ottawa Grapples with Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate as Industry Opponent Digs In
The Trudeau government is still grappling with whether introduce a national mandate requiring the auto industry to make or sell more zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) ... -
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Ring of Fire Access Road Crosses Ontario’s ‘Thin Green Line’, Sierra Club Warns
The proposed “Ring of Fire” mineral development in northern Ontario is equivalent in destructive capacity to Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands, say two researchers from ... -
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UK Must Protect, Rewild Its Oceans to Meet Its Carbon Strategy
A new report is urging the United Kingdom to develop a marine-centred climate mitigation plan to restore and “rewild” degraded marine habitats and develop ... -
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Chinese Banks Rank Second as Financiers for Tropical Deforestation
China now ranks second in the world as a financier of industries linked to tropical deforestation—and a new report shows the country’s banks hold ... -
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Taxes Just One Tool to Cut Carbon, but Won’t Harm the Economy, New Research Shows
After too many esoteric, technical debates over far too many years, Bloomberg Green columnist Gernot Wagner says the evidence is (finally) in on carbon ... -
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U.S. Food Publication Epicurious Takes Beef off the Table
Wondering what makes a steak tartare anything other than raw meat? If you’re looking for the answer in Epicurious, you’ll have to stick to ... -
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Nova Scotia Company Shares XPrize Award for Technology to Capture Carbon in Concrete
Burnside, Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure Technologies is taking home about C$9.4 million as one of two winners of the NRG COSIA XPrize, after developing a ... -
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Feds Promise Consultation as Carbon Capture Tax Credit Draws Fire
Big industrial emitters are emerging as major winners from the climate-related elements of this week’s federal budget, even though the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments ... -
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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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B.C. Wood Pellet Industry Feeds on Whole Trees, Not Waste Wood
Environmentalists and loggers are crying foul after revelations that British Columbia’s thriving wood pellet industry is sourcing its feedstock not from wood waste, but ... -
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Alberta Researchers Land $2.9-Million Federal Grant to Produce Jet Fuel from Ag Waste
A research team at the University of Alberta has received a C$2.89-million grant from Natural Resources Canada to produce jet fuel from waste fats ...
