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Keystone XL to Start Construction with $8 Billion in Financial Aid from Alberta
Calgary-based TC Energy is starting construction on the Keystone XL pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta and Steele City, Nebraska, after the Jason Kenney government announced ... -
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Alberta Suspends All Environmental Reporting, Cuts Back Fossil War Room
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is cutting its pro-fossil war room back to “subsistence operations” over the next three months, after intuiting that ... -
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Trump Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standard Aimed at Cleansing the Air, Cutting Emissions
With his country in the grips of an out-of-control pandemic of respiratory disease, Donald Trump is pressing ahead with his long-standing plan to gut ... -
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The Interview: Pandemic Recovery Can Boost the Economy, Attack Emissions, Increase Climate Resilience, Nagata Says
Kai Nagata is Communications Director at Dogwood in British Columbia. Since the pandemic began, he’s been pointing out that every dollar spent on the ... -
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Pembina Praises Ottawa for ‘Staying the Course’ on Carbon Price Increase
By sticking to its original plan to increase its floor price on carbon from C$20 to $30 per tonne April 1, in spite of ... -
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‘Now Is the Time’ for Food Security Planning, Dauncey Urges
With the pandemic posing an increasing threat to food security, policy-makers need to be thinking hard, and quickly, about how to protect the supply ... -
Community Gardeners Object After Ontario Deems Food Production ‘Recreation’ During Pandemic [Sign-On]
With tens of thousands across the province relying on community gardens for affordable, local food, the Ontario government made a big mistake when it ... -
Canadian Cities Stepping up with Sustainable Land Use
Affordability, equity, quality of life, and climate resilience are emerging as key objectives in sustainable land use practices being developed by municipalities across Canada—and ... -
Cleanse the Air to Help #FlattenTheCurve, Doctors Urge
While physical distancing and handwashing (have you washed your hands recently??) are essential strategies to #FlattenTheCurve on the coronavirus pandemic, governments can also reduce ... -
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Canada-Wide Poll Shows Wide Support for Albertans, ‘Warning Signal’ Against Industry Bailout
Canadians across the country, and of all ages and political stripes, support federal government assistance to an oil and gas sector facing record-low oil ... -
Shell Postpones ‘Crucial Maintenance’ on Alberta Upgrader to Minimize COVID-19 Risk
Shell Canada is postponing what the Calgary Herald describes as “crucial maintenance” on its Scotford tar sands/oil sands upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to ... -
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Kenney Seeks North American Oil Cartel to Counter Saudi Price Cuts
While the collapse of OPEC and the subsequent crash of global oil markets has Alberta Premier Jason Kenney musing about setting up a North ... -
Week 13, March 30: Sustainable Aviation
Domestic and international aviation produced 21 Mt of CO2e in 2017 (14.34 Mt international, 6.67 Mt domestic), representing 3% of Canada’s emissions. Emissions are ... -
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Pandemic Response Should Mobilize Around Low-Carbon Solutions
With the coronavirus pandemic devastating the global economy and pushing world oil prices over a cliff, the federal government has two potential options in ... -
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Fossil Bailout is ‘Hours or Days Away’, Morneau Pledges
A federal aid package for Canadian fossil companies is just hours or days away, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a Senate committee Wednesday, as ...
