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Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

05/02/25

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

An old oil pumpjack in Alberta on Dec. 1, 2023. Photo by flickr/Jason Woodhead

Feb. 3, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Oil - Pipelines

Whiplash: How Big Swings in Wet and Dry Weather Fuel Infernos

03/02/25

Author:

Elizabeth Kolbert

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Fighting the Pacific Palisades blaze: California is ‘a poster child of what we expect to see more of in the future,’ says Swain. Photo by Ethan Swope, the Associated Press.

Feb. 3, 2025

A global climate trend set the stage for LA’s fires, explains scientist Daniel Swain.

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Climate Science

Ecology/Environment

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency On The U.S.

03/02/25

Author:

Adam D.K. King

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Photo via Justin Trudeau on Twitter.

Feb. 3, 2025

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Labour - Unions

Here’s how 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for LNG in B.C.

01/02/25

Author:

Matt Simmons

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More than a decade after the idea was first brought forward, the LNG Canada liquefaction facility will start exporting B.C. LNG this year. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Jan. 27, 2025

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British Columbia

Indigenous Peoples

The 8 talking points fossil fuel companies use to obstruct climate action

30/01/25

Author:

Joseph Winters

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National Observer

Photo by Getty Images/Grist

Jan. 28, 2025

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

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Oil - Pipelines

Should Labour (UK) really value its economic ambitions over its environmental duty?

30/01/25

Author:

Helena Horton

The number of annual flights could go up to 720,000 with a third runway, according to Heathrow, an average of almost 2,000 flights a day. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Jan. 30, 2025 - The Guardian Newsletter

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Ecology/Environment

Climate change could cause millions more temperature-related deaths in Europe by 2099, study says

27/01/25

Author:

Rosie Frost

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Copyright Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP

Jan. 27, 2025

A new study debunked theories climate change could be ‘beneficial’ for temperature-related deaths as Europe warms.

Climate change will likely cause a sharp increase in deaths from extreme heat, substantially outweighing any decrease in cold-related deaths across Europe.

A modelling study was led by researchers from the Environment & Health Modelling (EHM) Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in Nature Medicine.

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Ecology/Environment

A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals

26/01/25

Author:

Patrick Greenfield

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Near Newtok in Alaska, melting permafrost is causing the Ninglick River to widen and erode its banks. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Jan. 21, 2025

Critical CO₂ stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows

A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of the frozen north.

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Climate Science

Ecology/Environment

The AI Craze

26/01/25

Author:

Marty Hart-Landsberg

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The AI Craze Continues

Jan. 26. 2025

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I’m One Of The ‘Indigo 11.’ Here’s Why I Did It

24/01/25

Author:

Nisha Toomey

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Screenshot via CP24 on YouTube.

Jan. 20, 2025

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Protest - Revolt

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