Climate Change

Ontario Greens unveil climate-infused housing plan

26/06/21
Author: 
Emma McIntosh
Link: 
National Observer
The depth of the housing crisis means governments must take aggressive steps to fix it, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said. Photo supplied by GPO

June 23rd 2021

The Ontario Green Party is pitching a $23.5-billion plan to transform the province’s approach to housing, aiming to crack down on urban sprawl and infuse the system with environmental initiatives.

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Social
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UK’s ‘Obscene’ Offshore Oil Plans Put COP 26 Credibility at Risk

26/06/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Offshore Oil Rig - Swinsto101/Wikimedia Commons

June 25, 2021

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Category: 
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Global LNG Industry Reeling as its Image as a Climate Solution Shifts to ‘Climate Problem’

26/06/21
Author: 
Nick Cunningham
Link: 
DeSmog
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Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
LNG - Fracking
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‘Massive’ Methane Leaks Found Coming From Oil and Gas Sites in Europe

26/06/21
Author: 
Nick Cunningham
Link: 
DeSmog

An oil and gas processing site in Hungary.

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Category: 
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Dire Climate Thresholds ‘Closer Than Once Thought’, Leaked IPCC Report Warns

26/06/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
New Orleans flood - Hunter King/Twitter

June 25, 2021

Dangerous climate thresholds that will fundamentally reshape life on Earth “are closer than once thought” and will create unavoidable, dire consequences in the short term, even if humanity gets greenhouse gases under control, according to a leaked draft of an upcoming United Nations science report obtained earlier this week by Agence France-Presse.

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Climate Change
Climate Science
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Frame Climate Issues in Republican Values to Win Over Republican Minds, U.S. Study Urges

26/06/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix

June 25, 2021

Microtargeting moderate Republicans with climate action messages tweaked to appeal to conservative values could be effective at winning support for a fossil-free world, according to a study just published in the journal Nature.

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Climate Change
Social
USA
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'We Are in a Climate Emergency': As Temps Soar, Over 90% of Western US and Canada Gripped by Drought

26/06/21
Author: 
Andrea Germanos
Link: 
Common Dreams
person in water mister
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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Social
USA
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When it comes to climate action and fossil fuels, Newfoundland and Labrador is torn

25/06/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Last week, the Terra Nova FPSO had new life breathed into it, raising questions about a just transition for oil workers. Photo from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador / Facebook

June 25th 2021

An overwhelming majority of residents in Newfoundland and Labrador want to see a transition away from fossil fuels, yet the province is handing over hundreds of millions of dollars to the struggling industry. That contradiction has national implications, raising questions among experts and politicians about what a just transition might look like.

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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BC Spends More Subsidizing Fossil Fuels than on Fighting Climate Change: Report

25/06/21
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
Link: 
The Tyee
Environmental organization DogwoodBC put up a billboard at the Vancouver intersection of Main Street and Second Avenue to raise awareness about BC’s fossil fuel subsidies and the upcoming provincial review of its royalties. Photo by Michelle Gamage.

June 25, 2021

Government says its upcoming royalty review will ensure ‘a fair return on our resources.’

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Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Environmental Groups
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Parliamentary Budget Office warns Paris targets are out of reach without major change

25/06/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Canada will not meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets without major changes, warns the Parliamentary Budget Office. Photo by Bigstock

June 24th 2021

Canada will not meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets without dramatically scaling up new technologies that the Parliamentary Budget Office warns could be “prohibitively expensive” in a sobering new report.

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
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