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Canadian Coastal Cities Brace for Rapidly Rising Seas

18/05/24

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Primary Author: Compiled by Gaye Taylor

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May 16, 2024

As scientists track a “very abnormal and unprecedented” rate of sea level rise around the Gulf of Mexico, coastal communities in Canada are reacting to the threat of their own rising tides.

Experts warn that by 2030, 295,000 Canadians will face annual flood risks, with homes and neighbourhoods in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia at highest risk.

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Hot air and hyperbole? New player joins B.C.’s gas wars

06/05/24

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Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Bill Tieleman is the director of the BC Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy, a new lobby group fighting against municipal rules phasing out natural gas in new buildings. Photo provided by Bill Tieleman

May 6, 2024

For months, Canada's natural gas utilities have mustered lobbying efforts and funded online misinformation campaigns to fight efforts by municipalities to phase out the climate-warming fuel. And now they have a new ally with deep ties to the province's NDP to push the pro-gas message in the province's lefty media.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Cities, Roads, & the Sixth Extinction Event

17/04/24

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Nick King, Resilience

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Popular Resistance

The Third Ring Road in the area of the Moscow International Business Center. stroi.mos.ru.

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Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments

01/04/24

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Todd Feathers

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The Guardian

San Jose’s foray into automated surveillance of homelessness is the first of its kind in the country, experts say. Illustration: Guardian Design

Mar. 25, 2024

San Jose invited tech companies to mount cameras on a vehicle in what appears to be first-of-its-kind experiment

For the last several months, a city at the heart of Silicon Valley has been training artificial intelligence to recognize tents and cars with people living inside in what experts believe is the first experiment of its kind in the United States.

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Bridge safety in Metro Vancouver questioned after Baltimore ship strike, collapse

28/03/24

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Simon Little & John Hua

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Global News

Mar. 26, 2024

The ship strike and tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning has put a spotlight on the potential risks faced by two of Metro Vancouver’s key spans.

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Houston's "Housing-First" Success in Reducing Homelessness

08/03/24

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Winnipeg Free Press

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National Observer

Slim hugs Jessalyn Dimanno, the manager of outreach for the Coalition for the Homeless. CALLAGHAN O’HARE / FREE PRESS

Mar. 8, 2024

HOUSTON — The bright Texas sun bears down on the cracked cement landscape behind a gas station on the city’s outskirts. Here, an elaborate makeshift structure shields its resident, a lanky man called Slim, from the elements — it can get cold at night, he says.

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Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections

06/03/24

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Alex Hemingway

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CCPA - Policy Note

Feb. 21, 2024

The long reign of exclusionary single-family zoning is being challenged in British Columbia—and none too soon amid a severe housing shortage.

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British Columbia

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Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

25/02/24

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Matt Simmon

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Wired

Feb. 19, 2024

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24

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Bob Weber

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National Observer

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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