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Ottawa Overhauls ‘Poorly-Designed’ Program to Cut Fossils’ Methane Emissions
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly...
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Explainer: Canada Wrestles with Carbon Border Adjustments
Countries like Canada with self-declared climate ambitions face a serious challenge: how to ensure their emission reduction plans don’t drive...
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Air Sampling Technique for Animal DNA Could Be Boon for Biodiversity
Two separate teams of scientists have tested a potential new way to identify the invisible, the secretive and the hard-to-track...
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Military, Security Agencies Must Step Up on ‘Disruptive Impact’ of Climate Change, Ex-Advisor Warns
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service needs to “step up” its efforts to prepare for the disruptive impact of climate change...
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‘Everything Living is Dying’ After Decades of War, Fossil Extraction, Poverty in Iraq
This story is republished from Undark. The original includes stunning images by photojournalist Lynzy Billing. It’s 6:00 PM and the...
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Community Forces Shell to Halt Oil Exploration Off South Africa Coast
Community campaigners have forced oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to stop its hunt for oil along South Africa’s still relatively...
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Super King Tide: Water Levels Approach or Achieve Record Levels in the Northwest
King Tides represent unusually high water levels, which occur when the geometry of the sun and moon are just right.But...
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NOAA, NASA to announce 2021 global temperature, climate conditions
NOAA, NASA to announce 2021 global temperature, climate conditions January 11, 2022 A collage of typical climate and weather-related events:...
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Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change
Although African nations contribute the least to climate change, many are bearing its worst burdens. Omoeko Media/WikimediaThe UN climate summit...
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Technology has made buildings less climate-friendly: but we can look back in time for solutions
Technological advances have made many buildings less environmentally friendly. Micuradu/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAIt’s been claimed that technology is the answer to...
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