Environment
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Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
The new review process could see 100 new resource projects worth $500 billion to be proposed over the next decade
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec’s Francois Legault
Both premiers are opposed to the federal government’s carbon tax and Bill C-69
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Canada may need higher carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says
A Parliamentary Budget Office report estimates that extra price on carbon to be $6 a tonne and rising to $52 by 2030
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Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
About 40% of 225,000 litres of diluted heavy oil from Husky’s pipeline near Maidstone in west-central Saskatchewan made it into the river
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First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern B.C.
The area would be larger than Vancouver Island, taking up a massive section of north-central B.C
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‘Pretty consistent:’ Study says animal abundance in seas drops as climate warms
The decline in sea life will be concentrated in larger fish, which tend to be the ones humans rely on for food
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Alberta municipality fined $300,000 for federal environmental breach
Athabasca County pleaded guilty to violating Wildlife Area Regulations of the Canada Wildlife Act
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‘Cautionary tale:’ High DDT levels in New Brunswick lakes decades after ban
New Brunswick, heavily dependent on the forest industry, was one of the heaviest users of DDT in North America
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Ontario wants anti-carbon tax gas pump stickers displayed by Aug. 3
It will cost taxpayers approximately $5,000 to print 25,000 decals, but that does not cover the cost to distribute them to the province’s 3,200 gas stations
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Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
About 90% of the Conservative amendments to Bill C-69 will not be agreed to
