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Max Fawcett
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Opinion, Politics
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April 10th 2024
Two years after they occupied Ottawa and tried to replace the government, the freedom convoy is rallying around opposition to the carbon tax — and still making the same fundamental misunderstandings about how our democracy works.
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For weeks, slick earthy green and pastel orange ads touting the climate benefits of Canada's logging have flooded millions of Facebook and Instagram feeds. The ads are one plank of a campaign by Canada's largest forestry lobby group — the Forest Products Association of Canada — to fight growing concerns about its impact on climate change and wildfires.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News
| April 10th 2024
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Alleged environmental pollution, human rights violations and attempts to silence critics are detailed in a new complaint filed with a federal corporate watchdog against Canadian fossil fuel company ReconAfrica.
John Woodside
News, Business, Politics
| April 10th 2024
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The price of doing nothing to adapt First Nation infrastructure to climate change will result in high costs for recovery, losses and redevelopment, according to an Assembly of First Nations report released Tuesday.
Matteo Cimellaro
News
| April 10th 2024
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The proposed law would prevent businesses from advertising misleading statements about greenhouse gas emissions associated with their practices. It would also target claims about the effectiveness of their climate efforts and require them to back their sustainability claims on a public website.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News
| April 10th 2024
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As we transition to an electricity-based energy system, the demand for batteries will grow exponentially, but we will also reach a point where recycled battery minerals are the preferred choice of battery manufacturers.
Rob Miller
Opinion
| April 10th 2024
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For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.
Suman Naishadham
News
| April 9th 2024
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Europe’s highest human rights court threw out cases on Tuesday brought by six Portuguese youths and a French mayor aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but sided with a group of senior Swiss women who also sought such measures.
Molly Quell
News
| April 9th 2024
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Without reliable information, snowmobilers are riding eastern Idaho’s enticing terrain — and dying.
Rachel Cohen
News
| April 10th 2024
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From the archives
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Damian Carrington
News
| February 8th 2022
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