‘Uncounted’ emissions from wildfires vastly exceed industry emissions. Yet policy climate unduly emphasizes mitigation over climate adaptation
Category: Energy & Environment
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Canada readies for another ‘explosive’ wildfire season
Eight firefighters were killed, 230,000 people were displaced and more than 15 million hectares of forest went up in smoke in 2023
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Top Europe court chides Switzerland in landmark climate ruling
Top Europe court ruled in favour of a Swiss Elders group that complained Switzerland’s climate protection strategy was insufficient
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Study lists world’s ‘forever chemical’ hotspots
Study found 69 per cent of groundwater samples from around the world surpassed Canada’s minimum standard concentrations of “forever chemicals”
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Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts
Top Europe rights court will rule on whether governments’ climate change policies are violating the European Convention on Human Rights
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Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in US neighbourhoods
California, which has the fifth-largest economy in the world, has some of the strictest environmental standards in the US
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US Fed should avoid climate change ‘mission creep’: Powell
Fed policymakers are often pressed to take a position on issues relevant to the economy but not within its mandate: Fed chair
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Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax
Seven provinces have asked Trudeau to pause or cancel the carbon tax increase, which will add about three cents per litre to the price of gas
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In Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
Quebec is rich with minerals needed for everything from EVs to phones, but residents are worried they won’t benefit from a mining boom
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‘Just staggering’: UN says households waste 1 bn meals a day
‘If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet behind the US and China’