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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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Wilkinson Orders Federal Environmental Review for Ontario Highway 413
Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced a federal environmental assessment of the Ford government’s contentious, C$6-billion plan for a new highway through ... -
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Law Profs See Environmental Racism Bill as ‘Catalyst for Transformative Change’
This past winter, COVID-19 outbreaks at two Coastal GasLink work camps in northern British Columbia spilled over into neighbouring Wet’suwet’en communities, according to media ... -
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Historic New York Climate Protection Act Remains Underfunded, Underserved
Two years after New York passed its landmark climate protection act, legislators are still failing to approve any meaningful funding to realize its ambitions. -
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Biden Connects Climate to Jobs as Coal Miners Hold Out for Results
With a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan on offer, and a $1.8-trillion American Families Plan backing it up, U.S. President Joe Biden took advantage of his ... -
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Biden’s 2022 Budget Earmarks $220 Million for Climate Health Preparedness
President Biden’s budget blueprint for 2022 is looking to prepare the U.S. for future climate impacts by earmarking at least US$220 million for federal ... -
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B.C. First Nation Calls for Federal Environmental Review of Alberta Coal Mine Plan
A British Columbia First Nation has joined calls for the federal government to step in on the environmental review of a proposed open-pit coal ... -
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Ford’s New Appointee Will ‘Actively Wreck Things’ as Greenbelt Council Chair, Critic Warns
The new chair of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council is a former Mike Harris-era cabinet minister who voted against the Greenbelt itself when it was established ... -
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Washington State ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Law Aims for Fast Carbon Cuts without Higher Energy Costs
Washington State is adopting a new “cap-and-invest” law aimed at driving rapid decarbonization without increasing energy costs for ratepayers. -
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Fort McMurray Reels Under 1.5% Infection Rate as Third Wave of COVID-19 Hits Alberta Oilpatch
The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the Alberta tar sands/oil sands hard, with 12 active outbreaks at man camps and mining ... -
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Judge Denies Wet’suwet’en Challenge to Coastal GasLink Permit
The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected a bid to quash the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the ... -
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Ontario Creates ‘Innovation Wasteland’ with Latest Renewables Rollback, Critic Warns
The Doug Ford government is turning Ontario into an “innovation wasteland” and setting the province up to increase its dependence on greenhouse gas-intensive natural ... -
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Nesting Hummingbirds Pause Trans Mountain Pipeline Construction through Mid-August
Environment and Climate Change Canada has ordered a halt to construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline through a forest in Burnaby, British Columbia until ... -
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Think Tank Mulls Looser Rules for Transferring Abandoned Wells to New Owners
A western Canada think tank is calling on Alberta to lower regulatory barriers that it says discourage businesses from reusing abandoned and unreclaimed oil ... -
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Alberta Pauses Rocky Mountain Coal Exploration as Public Pressure Mounts
The Alberta government bowed to public pressure late last week and paused coal exploration in the most sensitive areas of the Rocky Mountains while ...
