Environment
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Alberta inquiry into oil and gas foes could face legal challenge from Ecojustice
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has said deep-pocketed American charities have bankrolled efforts to block Canadian energy development for years
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Ford acknowledges problems with anti-carbon tax stickers, vows to get it fixed
The stickers are part of an aggressive campaign to critique the federal carbon tax, which Ottawa imposed on Ontario earlier this year
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Carbon Engineering expanding capacity of its commercial Direct Air Capture plan
The expansion enables corporate customers to permanently remove carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere
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Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform roll out
The Green platform, in addition to aggressive targets for emissions reductions, also pledges universal pharmacare and the elimination of tuition fees for post-secondary education
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Pipeline leaks 500,000 litres of produced salt water in northwestern Alberta
The Alberta Energy Regulator website says the leak is due to a pipeline failure 70 kilometres south of Grande Prairie
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AP NORC poll: Trump gets some of his worst grades on climate
Climate change is becoming more of a national priority among Democrats but not Republicans, says analyst
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B.C. greenhouse gas emissions near 2007 levels despite carbon tax
The data measured 64.46 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2017 compared to 64.76 million tonnes in 2007
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Suncor to spend $1.4B to replace coke fired boilers with cogeneration units
Replacing the coke-fired boilers with cogeneration will reduce GHG emissions associated with steam production at the base plant by about 25%
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Advocates sound alarm on unfolding disaster in salmon fishing industry
The lack in salmon has also put pressure on other species of fish and there’s been a decline in their numbers
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Experts say adapting to climate change can pay off manifold
Experts propose investing US$1.8 trillion in adapting to climate change, arguing it would reap significant returns as countries avoid catastrophic losses and boost their economies
