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Electrifying GTHA Cars, Trucks, and Buses Would Prevent 731 Premature Deaths, Cut 8 Mt of Emissions Per Year
A shift to electric cars, SUVs, trucks, and buses would prevent 731 premature deaths per year in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) ... -
2.0°C Would Shift Once-in-a-Century Storms to Once in Five Years, Canadian Study Concludes
Researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada have established an unequivocal correlation between climate change and the increasing number of extreme rainfall events in ... -
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Minnesota Regulator Delays Line 3 Construction to 2021
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. will have to postpone a large chunk of the work on its controversial Line 3 pipeline to 2021, after a Minnesota ... -
Weaver Wins ‘Ultimate Vindication’ in Appeal Court Ruling Against Climate Denier Tim Ball
UNFCCC climate scientist and departing British Columbia Green Party leader Andrew Weaver scored a long-awaited legal victory last week against climate denier Tim Ball, ... -
Climate Community Steps Up as Anti-Racism Protests Sweep U.S. Cities
With protests escalating in dozens of cities across the United States following the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, by a Minneapolis ... -
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Suncor CEO’s ‘Stark Prediction’ Has Off-Carbon Transition Driving Down Oil Demand
The CEO of Suncor Energy is admitting that the transition off carbon could hit crude oil demand as hard as the pandemic did, in ... -
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Federal Officials Express Doubts on Post-COVID Recovery Package as Cabinet Seeks Free Consulting Advice
Federal government department officials may be throwing cold water on the idea of a green recovery package—or any economic recovery package at all—the Globe ... -
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Here’s What Canada’s Climate Strategy Would Look Like if it were Modelled on the COVID-19 Response
Canada’s approach to climate change would look a lot different if it were modelled on the all-in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, five of ... -
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Keystone Faces Delays After Appeal Court Upholds Withdrawal of Environmental Permit
The Keystone XL pipeline and other U.S. pipeline projects are facing further delays, after a federal appeal court in California declined last week to ... -
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Fossils Complain About Tough Terms Attached to Canadian Pandemic Relief
Fossil companies are complaining bitterly about the conditions the federal government has placed on the pandemic relief loans it’s making available to them, claiming ... -
Montreal’s High Temperature in May was the ‘Definition of Extreme’
Montreal earned coverage in the Washington Post last week after experiencing its second-hottest day on record, with the mercury soaring to 36.6°C—far above normal ... -
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Energy Efficiency, Trades Training Could Combat Women’s Job Loss in COVID-19 ‘She-Cession’
With job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic affecting women more seriously than men, it’s time to increase women’s participation in energy efficiency jobs, writes ... -
Four-Day Work Week Could Boost Post-Pandemic Economy
Canadian workplace health experts are urging policy-makers to consider a condensed work week to reduce stress, increase productivity, and boost a post-coronavirus economy. A ... -
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Week 22, June 1: Regenerative Forestry
It is not our emissions as such that are causing the climate emergency: it is our accumulated emissions. Our world therefore faces not one ... -
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Toronto Transit Faces 50% Service Cut Without Federal, Provincial Funding [Urgent Sign-On]
Public transit advocates have launched an emergency appeal for federal funding for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), after Mayor John Tory announced the system ...
