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The consensus-based process means hundreds of people involved in developing new building codes must come to an agreement in order to move forward.

The Sipekne’katik First Nation was exercising its constitutionally protected rights when it opened a self-regulated lobster fishery in September. Despite this, Mi'kmaq fishers have faced violence and intimidation.

According to the report from Efficiency Canada, the energy components of the new codes are now "largely finalized" and expected to be published in December 2021, yet they are so far missing some significant requirements like mandatory air leak tests.

The British Columbia Institute of Technology has launched its own EV maintenance training program. This week, a coalition of environmental and conservation groups recommended that the federal government provide funding for a national version.

An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor in line with Canada’s safety regulations.

The Green Budget Coalition published a roadmap Wednesday for a federal green recovery that it says can capitalize on this “defining moment in history.”

The BC NDP has offered qualified support for LNG development, saying that any such effort must fit into the provincial climate plan, while BC Greens say the province must stop building fossil fuel infrastructure.

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“We sometimes get obsessed with the absolute number. We should be thinking about the quality and types of jobs that end up coming into a Canadian environment," says Stewart Beck, head of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s comments come as the Parliamentary Budget Office releases its latest estimates on the federal carbon tax.

“If Trump wins ... I think it would be disastrous for the planet, for people’s health,” said Kathryn Harrison, a University of British Columbia political scientist who specializes in climate policy. “That would be a very distressing outcome.”

Donald Trump approved Keystone XL, but Joe Biden says he’d cancel it. Meanwhile, Alberta has invested $1.5 billion that it likely won’t get back if the pipeline fails. Experts say it's a high-risk gamble.

Industry leaders also said the Canadian playing field has become more level after Alberta and Ontario ended government rebates on solar energy upgrades.

Clean tech advocates say there’s more to the story, in particular when it comes to the potential for manufacturing, like a recent deal to produce electric vehicles in Ontario.

Lawyers for 15 young Canadians suing the federal government over its role in exacerbating the harms of climate change will this week fight Ottawa’s effort to have the case thrown out.