Climate Change

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions need to start falling before 2025, which requires a swift move away from fossil fuels and increased investments in renewables, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.

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Canada

Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

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IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster

05/04/22

Author:

Fiona Harvey

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The Guardian

Flooded streets in New South Wales, Australia, last month. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/AAP

Apr. 4, 2022

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Environment group sues B.C. government alleging its climate plan fails to adequately address emission targets

05/04/22

Author:

Tiffany Crawford

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Vancouver Sun

Mar. 31, 2022

Sierra Club B.C., represented by environmental law charity Ecojustice, alleges the provincial government has not provided plans to achieve emissions targets past 2030.

A B.C. environmental group is suing the B.C. government alleging it has failed to provide a detailed plan to meet its own climate change targets.

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UN Weather Agency Sounds Alarm on Extreme Events in Antarctica

04/04/22

Author:

Andrea Germanos

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Common Dreams

An Adelie penguin is seen on ice floa over Penola Strait as the floes melt due to global climate change in Antarctica on February 7, 2022. (Photo: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Apr. 2, 2022

Among the events sparking concern was "freakish warming at Earth's South Pole" including "a mind-blowing" above-average reading at a research station.

Scientists with the United Nations weather agency on Friday expressed fresh concern over the climate crisis following recent extreme events in Antarctica—an area they say should not be taken "for granted."

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Climate Change

Climate Science

Social

B.C.’s largest fossil fuel subsidy cost the province over $1B last year

02/04/22

Author:

Cloe Logan

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National Observer

British Columbia Premier John Horgan makes his way towards the 2019 Meeting of Canada’s Premiers event in Toronto on Dec. 2, 2019. Photo by Tijana Martin/ National Observer

Mar. 28, 2022

A B.C. program that has been referred to as a “tax loophole for fracking operators” cost the province $1.162 billion in royalty revenues last year.

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US Dollar Hegemony Ended Last Wednesday

01/04/22

Author:

Margaret Flowers

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Popular Resistance

Mar. 28, 2022

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Gas Utilities Are Promoting Hydrogen, But It Could Be A Dead End For Consumers And The Climate

31/03/22

Author:

Daniel Esposito

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Forbes

Mar. 29, 2022

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Climate Change

Energy

LNG - Fracking

Canada's new climate plan’s reliance on carbon capture called ‘not at all realistic’

31/03/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

A new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on carbon capture technology are only reducing 0.05 per cent of Canada's annual emissions. Photo by JuniperPhoton / Unsplash

Mar. 30, 2022

Canada’s new climate plan is banking on carbon capture to cut nearly 13 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. But a new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on the technology aren’t yielding substantial reductions.

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