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Linda Solomon Wood
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Opinion
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September 15th 2020
As of Sunday, around 4 million acres have been scorched by wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon. These fires are a reminder that for all our struggles with COVID-19, climate change remains the number one threat against human civilization.
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More in today's news
Premier Scott Moe has sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlining Saskatchewan’s priorities ahead of the federal throne speech on Sept. 23. In it, he is asking Trudeau to support nuclear development in the province.
Michael Bramadat-Willcock
News, La Ronge, Saskatchewan
| September 16th 2020
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The charity announced last week that it will shut down its Canadian operations. Many questions remain about what the charity’s finances were like in the months leading up to the controversy and what winding down entails, charity experts say.
E. McIntosh
News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| September 16th 2020
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Vancouver City Manager Sadhu Johnston was a powerful influence in implementing Vancouver’s global climate action leadership, and made a mark nationally in Canada’s urban climate action awakening.
David McKie
Analysis
| September 15th 2020
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In Edmonton, the city’s proposed carbon budget of 135 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent sets a cap on how many emissions Edmonton can emit — ever. It’s not a budget for a year or a decade, but for the city’s entire future.
Yuill Herbert
Opinion, Energy, Politics
| September 16th 2020
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The House of Commons "has developed an application that you just have to test for a short period, and during that time, we can do like British Columbia and vote by Zoom,” Pablo Rodríguez told media at a cabinet retreat Tuesday.
Carl Meyer
News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| September 16th 2020
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“Farmers are the ultimate stakeholders when it comes to food systems,” Aabir Dey said. “They assume virtually all the risk when it comes to putting food on our table. They do the majority of the work. They’re the most impacted by all kinds of decisions related to agriculture. To exclude them from all of the essential production processes of agriculture just doesn’t make sense.”
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| September 16th 2020
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How overlapping false claims about the wildfires ricocheted around conservative social media thanks to a bogus story from Russia.
Ali Breland
News, US News, Politics
| September 16th 2020
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Trump’s claims about climate science were false.
Abigail Weinberg
News, US News, Politics
| September 16th 2020
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Climate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in latest campaign by shareholders
Adam Morton
News, Business, US News, Politics
| September 16th 2020
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From the archives
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David P. Ball
News
| June 12th 2020
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