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November 9th 2023

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We need to flip the script on carbon pricing A political consensus is emerging that climate policy is not compatible with a fair and prosperous economy, which puts Canada’s broader efforts to tackle the climate crisis at grave risk. Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood Opinion \| November 9th 2023

Canada’s proposed new pesticide and GMO law ‘beyond reckless’ Farms and forests across Canada could soon be sprayed with pesticides or planted with seeds from genetically modified organisms that haven't been evaluated for safety by the country's regulatory agencies. Marc Fawcett-Atkinson News \| November 9th 2023

Smoking hot October points to 2023 becoming hottest year on record This October was the hottest on record globally, 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month — and the fifth straight month with such a mark in what will now almost certainly be the warmest year ever recorded. Melina Walling News \| November 8th 2023

BP’s $100-million Tesla deal lets Big Oil park in EV space Gas stations are everywhere. That doesn't mean they'd make good electric vehicle charging stations. Gabriela Aoun Angueira News, US News \| November 9th 2023

Canada's increased oil production plans are failing climate targets, jeopardizing transition: report Of the 20 major fossil-fuel-producing countries profiled in the report, Canada’s planned increase to oil production for 2030, compared to 2021 levels, ranks behind only Brazil, the United States and Saudi Arabia, and just ahead of Russia and Kuwait. Jordan Omstead News \| November 8th 2023

Saskatchewan to promote ‘sustainable’ oil and fertilizer production at Dubai climate conference Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said the province is spending $765,000 on a pavilion to share how it produces food, fertilizer and fuel more sustainably than other countries Jeremy Simes News \| November 8th 2023

Scientists call on Canada to focus on logging for forest protection A letter signed by more than 100 scientists is urging the Canadian government to take action to stop the degradation of its previously undisturbed forests from large-scale industrial logging. Jordan Omstead News \| November 8th 2023

‘Some of our greatest heroes died alone’: Indigenous Veterans Day takes steps towards reconciliation Concerns of an emerging climate enemy coupled with calls for hope at an Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony held in Vancouver. Pippa Norman News, Culture, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa \| November 9th 2023

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