Canada
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U.S., Canadian Fossils to Lead $1.4 Trillion in New Oil and Gas Development Through 2024
Fossils in the United States and Canada are leading plans to invest another US$1.4 trillion in new oil and gas extraction projects over the ... -
Businesses See Climate Action Emerging as Job Creator, Economic Driver: Pittis
Overheated claims that climate action will cost millions of jobs are quickly giving way to the realization that the transition off carbon will produce ... -
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Ottawa Approves Alberta Tax on Industrial Carbon Emitters
The federal government has approved Alberta’s new C$30 per tonne tax on industrial carbon emitters, a move that “avoids escalating a fight between Ottawa ... -
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Carbon Pricing ‘Isn’t the Only Tool in the Toolbox’: Wilkinson
Carbon pricing is just one part of a complete climate plan, and it will be at least two years before the Canadian government decides ... -
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Former Oilpatch Roughneck Traces Hardships of Fossil Employment, Urges Better Deal in Carbon-Free Transition
The boom and bust nature of a fossil-fuel based economy, together with the callous greed of those at the top, means a “pretty brutal, ... -
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Did Kenney Just Link the Moody’s Ratings Agency to His Anti-Alberta Conspiracy Theory?
So, look, just because a major credit rating agency reviewed Alberta’s fossil-dependent economy and issued a downgrade, there’s nothing wrong with the province’s economic ... -
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Washington State Shifts Ferry Fleet from Diesel to Batteries
The west coast of North America is making initial moves toward decarbonizing marine shipping and aviation, with Washington State Ferries switching its vessels from ... -
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Wilkinson Vows Tougher 2030 Emissions Target as Throne Speech Promises Net-Zero by 2050
A 2050 deadline to achieve net-zero emissions, a price on carbon in every part of the country, and new initiatives on energy-efficient buildings, zero-emission ... -
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Canadian Food Prices Set to Rise $487 Per Family, with Climate a Major Cause
The average Canadian family will pay $487 more for food next year, and the authors of the country’s annual food price report are pointing ... -
Ontario Climate Plan Won’t Hit 2030 Target, Isn’t Based on ‘Sound Science’: Auditor General
The climate plan introduced last year by the Doug Ford government in Ontario is not based on “sound evidence”, and the province is warming ... -
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Hamilton Granddad Sees Hope for Alberta Transition in Ontario’s Past Economic Pain
In a heartfelt letter to westerners going through the economic pain he endured in the 1990s, when free trade agreements shut down 200,000 manufacturing ... -
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Alberta Fossils Aim to Push More Oil Through the Same Pipes
With the three new pipelines they’ve been counting on all delayed, Alberta fossils are looking to at least two new strategies to push more ... -
Ontario Town Counts on Transit, Urban Design to Protect Rural Flavour, Prevent Sprawl
Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as the garden city movement of the early 20th century, Israel’s cooperative moshavs, and the annual Burning Man ...
