Environment
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Pollution kills 9 million people a year, according to landmark study
One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 could be attributed to disease from exposure to toxins, making pollution more deadly than war, or AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined
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GM inks US$120M deal with 49 states over faulty ignition switches
The switches played a role in at least 124 deaths and 275 injuries, according to a victims fund set up by GM
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Hostile regulatory environment sending energy investment to the U.S.: report
But a new research report by the Montreal Economic Institute suggests Energy East’s demise indicates a growing and worrisome pattern
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Enbridge opts not to seize environment group’s assets to pay court costs
Enbridge was authorized by the courts to take and sell the assets of environmental group Forest Ethics, which was ordered to pay court fees after it lost a court case against changes to Line 9, an Ontario to Quebec pipeline
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First nation asks Trudeau to help stop U.S. plans to drill in Arctic refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Bruce Charlie called ‘the Serengeti of the Arctic,’ which will likely be devastated by planned U.S. oil exploration and production
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Greenpeace report blasts top tech firms for toxic enviro impact
The report details the hidden climate costs behind consumer products that have defined the 21st century: mobile computing devices like smartphones and tablet computers
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‘If we thought it was bad, it’s worse:’ Alberta methane releases underestimated
A new study, the first to use aerial flyovers to measure fugitive emissions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry, suggests methane levels are up to 3.6 times previously reported figures in one production region
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Canada, U.K. partner to reduce global coal-fired power proliferation
The International Energy Agency says the world’s reliance on coal has to start diminishing by 2020 if there is any hope of meeting the Paris climate change accord goals
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Manitoba appealing U.S. approval of North Dakota water diversion plan
The $244-million water diversion project would transfer water from the Missouri River to northwestern North Dakota, where rivers could carry disease and invasive species into Manitoba
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Manitoba Premier Pallister sees wiggle room in carbon tax fight with feds
Brian Pallister cited a legal opinion suggesting he would likely lose a a direct court challenge against Ottawa’s plan, but there may be a work around