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‘There’s a Lot to Rebuild’, Trudeau Tells Biden, as Canada, U.S. Map Climate Partnership
Accelerating climate ambition and building back better are two of the six components of a new U.S.-Canada partnership roadmap that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ... -
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U.S. Wind, Solar Post Record Growth in 2020 Despite Pandemic Restrictions, Job Losses
United States solar and wind developers had a record year in 2020 despite punishing restrictions and job losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, ... -
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Bitcoin Draws as Much Electricity as Argentina as Consumption Quadruples in Four Years
With the computing power that drives the popular cryptocurrency bitcoin now consuming nearly as much energy as Argentina, analysts are warning the renegade technology’s ... -
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Wilkinson, McCarthy Hold First Talks on Cross-Border Climate Action
With a new administration in Washington, DC setting climate action as one of its four defining priorities, Canadian Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ... -
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India Was Forewarned About Himalayan Flood Disaster Risks
Experts and residents in India have long been sending a message to the Modi government in India: Do not build hydroelectric dams in the ... -
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Trudeau Touts Hydropower Exports as U.S. Looks to Canadian Dams for Electricity Storage
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to promote hydropower exports to the United States, as one response to President Joe Biden’s commitment to decarbonize ... -
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Floating Solar Could Boost African Hydropower Output by 50%
Covering just 1% of Africa’s hydroelectric reservoirs with floating solar panels could double the continent’s hydro capacity while increasing dams’ output by 50%, delivering ... -
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Nine Dead, 140 Missing as Fractured Himalayan Glacier Triggers Flash Flood in Northern India
Officials are already pointing to climate change as the cause of a devastating disaster Sunday that killed at least nine people and left 140 ... -
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‘Hydropower Era May Be Over’ as Wind Farms Draw New Investment in Quebec, B.C.
Wind energy investment received twin boosts in Quebec and British Columbia last week, with one of the announcements prompting the Globe and Mail to ... -
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Hydro-Québec Lands 88-MW Green Hydrogen Deal with Thyssenkrupp
Provincial utility Hydro-Québec has signed a deal with a division of Essen, Germany-based industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp to build one of the world’s biggest green ... -
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Alberta, B.C. Polls Show Strong Support for Net-Zero, Low Buy-In for LNG
More than two-thirds of Albertans support a 2050 target for net-zero emissions, and six in 10 British Columbians back clean energy over liquefied natural ... -
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After Early Momentum, Cascadia Region Loses Focus on Climate Action
Political infighting, misinformation campaigns, and serial communication failures have dashed any hopes that the Cascadia region would take the lead in the climate fight ... -
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Residents’ Court Claim Links Landslide to Site C Construction
VANCOUVER — Residents of a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides they claim ... -
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New Exposé Reveals $171 Million in No-Bid Contracts on Site C Hydro Megaproject
Disgraced engineering giant SNC Lavalin and a former BC Hydro chief engineer were among the big winners when the provincial utility awarded C$171 million ... -
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New Ministerial Mandate Letters Lay Out Federal Agenda on Climate, Green Recovery
While the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is still necessarily taking up most of the oxygen on Parliament Hill, climate action and a ...
