Canada
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Trudeau Warns of More Climate-Driven Floods, as Researcher Suggests Rethinking Quebec’s Relationship with Water
In the wake of massive spring flooding in Quebec, New Brunswick, and parts of Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning of more of ... -
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Péloffy: ‘Epic Clash of World Views’ Pits Public Mobilization Against Fossil Lobby
Quebec’s “climate spring” is a cascading grassroot trend that the province’s “powers that be” ignore at their peril, argues Karine Péloffy, legal counsel for ... -
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Climate and Environment Emerge as Top Public Concerns Before Canadian, Australian Elections
With federal elections coming up in Canada in October and in Australia in May, opinion polls are identifying climate change—and in Canada, waste reduction, ... -
Ontario Guts Endangered Species Act with ‘Pay-to-Kill’ Revisions
Doug Ford’s Conservative government in Ontario is taking serious criticism for a plan to allow municipalities and developers to pay a fee in lieu ... -
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BREAKING: Emissions at Four Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mines 64% Higher Than Fossils Reported
Carbon pollution from four major tar sands/oil sands mines in northern Alberta is 64% higher than their owners reported using the United Nations' standard ... -
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News Analyst Hopes for ‘Less Bellicose’ Kenney as Climate Groups Prepare for the Worst [GoFundMe Campaign]
News commentary in the wake of the United Conservative Party’s decisive election win in Alberta last week is skewing in two equal and opposite ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Asadollahi: Kenney Won, But Alberta’s Politics Are Forever Changed
The results of last week’s Alberta elections were disappointing -- the incoming government is largely in denial of anthropogenic climate change and has openly ... -
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Kenney Vows to ‘Stand Up’ for Fossil Jobs, ‘Turn Off the Taps’ to B.C.
With about 55% of the popular vote and 63 out of 87 seats in the next Alberta legislature, premier-designate Jason Kenney used his victory ... -
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Canada Reports Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase for 2017
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions increased marginally in 2017, from 708 to 716 million tonnes, driven mostly by increased oil and gas production, according to ... -
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Ontario Plans Gas Pump ‘Propaganda’ Sticker on Carbon Tax, with Fines if Gas Stations Refuse
The Doug Ford government in Ontario is raising eyebrows with a provision buried deep in its recent budget bill that sets fines of up ... -
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Loevinsohn: Climate Resilience Matters, But Resistance Begins in the Courts
I was on Vancouver Island this August. The haze that dimmed noon to dusk and that drove air quality off scale—the worst on the ...
