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Natasha Bulowski
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News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
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August 19th 2024
The Alberta government hired a career oil and gas insider to help shape climate policy in its department of Environment and Protected Areas.
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| August 19th 2024
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A year ago yesterday, a wildfire tore through a First Nation in the interior of British Columbia, destroying 32 structures. And yet, Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw is celebrating.
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News, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
| August 19th 2024
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Adrienne Tanner
Opinion
| August 19th 2024
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Alberta and Saskatchewan's funding of small nuclear reactors is an obstructionist tactic to slow down the transition away from fossil fuels.
M. V. Ramana, Quinn Goranson
Opinion
| August 19th 2024
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In recent years, the U.K. and U.S. governments and private sector have offered incentives and funds to help ramp up SAF production. But skeptics say the alternative fuels will hardly make a dent in the airline industry’s large carbon footprint.
Kiley Price
News
| August 19th 2024
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The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a "harbinger" of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist and epidemiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
Nicole Ireland
News
| August 16th 2024
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