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Alberta could spend billions on public gas pipelines to fuel data centre boom, leaked document suggests

The document was presented at a Sept. 10 cabinet meeting by Energy Minister Brian Jean. It lays out an expansive plan to expand the province's natural gas network by bringing it under public ownership...

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What do you do when the world is burning?

In our strange modern cyborg lives, even the most extreme events quickly disappear over the horizon of the infinite scroll. While ordinary people are struggling to understand how to behave in an unfol...

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David Eby’s pipeline reversal comes at a political price

British Columbians who remember why the tanker ban and the court challenge mattered deserve to hear why Premier David Eby has given up opposing another pipeline from Alberta.

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Fibre optic cables reveal ‘icequakes’ in endangered glaciers

The technology could help create an early-warning system for changes in ice stability.

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Viral mayoral campaign ad about disabled sex exposes AI's hazards for politics

A Winnipeg mayoral candidate's ad about disabled sex, and far-right's virulent online response to it, is an extreme example that highlights the growing challenges that AI poses to municipal elections ...

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Why conservationists are thinking and acting like beavers

As Canada faces worsening drought, wildfire and water insecurity, governments and conservation groups are using beaver technology to fortify landscapes.

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A rave for plants: Calgary company tests pulsed lighting to cut indoor-farm energy use

A pulsed-LED system that flashes too quickly for the human eye to detect is moving into commercial trials at four farms in Alberta and Ontario. In controlled tests, it produced the same harvest as reg...

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Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests

The reason? A shift in the fish’s diet, with significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate.

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Carney's government has mastered the political art of taking out the trash

It says a lot about the politics and priorities of the feds that they chose to release a damning report on the future of Canada's climate at the most politically expedient time.

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A county caught between oil debts and Alberta's war on renewables

Jason Schneider watched his county's tax base flip from oil and gas to wind and solar in a decade. Now Alberta is reining in renewables, just as unpaid oil and gas taxes leave many counties with a bud...

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Danielle Smith still doesn't get it

Alberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far bigger threat to her province's oil and gas industry t...

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New tariffs hitting Canadian cleantech 'quickly – and in very different ways': poll

Nearly three-quarters of clean economy firms say they’ve already felt the sting of US tariffs, a new survey finds. Sector leaders in the survey are calling for Ottawa’s fall budget to focus more on co...

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Environment minister defends low-profile release of ‘really important’ climate report

Federal environment minister Julie Dabrusin says the report, warning of disaster if the current climate direction holds, "was not a political exercise."

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EU envoy says a 'unique' new partnership with Canada forming ahead of Carney's speech

The bloc's ambassador to Canada says that while the finer details are still being worked out, the partnership won't resemble existing arrangements the EU has with neighbours such as Switzerland, Norwa...

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The gas tax holiday can’t outpace global oil greed

Ironically, gasoline and diesel prices in Canada today are higher, even with the tax break, than on April 19, before it came into effect. It seems that the government can’t outrun the petroleum market...

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Quebecers want major polluters to pay for climate damages

As climate change is increasingly having serious repercussions in the province, a new survey finds the majority of Quebecers across the political spectrum support a polluter-pays policy.

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Megaprojects could be boost in trade war but hinge on regulation and workforce shakeup: think tanks

As federal ministers gather for their fall planning forum, industry experts and economists are warning Canada’s energy transition needs a rapid overhaul of major project legislation and massive mobili...

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This convoy has no trucks and a vastly different message

Instead of middle-aged white folks piloting diesel trucks, this convoy — or caravan, as they call it — is composed of seniors in electric vehicles driving to Ottawa to fight for a clean economy.

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Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments

The change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning.

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The Associated Press says it will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America

The AP said as a global news agency it must ensure place names are easily recognizable to broad audiences, noting Canada has said it will not be following the name change decreed by US President Donal...

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Trump ramps up trade dispute against Canada, banning imports of booze, other products

The five orders, which will take effect later this month, will completely bar the import of certain Canadian goods, also including motorcycles and some dairy products.

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The trade war could sideline climate or become an opportunity

The economic shock of the trade war between Canada and the United States could offer Canadian governments the chance to rethink our energy future. This tension was at the centre of Canada’s National O...

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The Conservative civil war has only just begun

Pierre Poilievre practises a form of digital-first, anger-driven politics that nearly took him to the pinnacle of Canadian politics. Now it might be about to drag his entire political movement down.

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When ocean temperatures rise, so does child malnutrition on land

Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.

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Mark Carney’s climate rollbacks are an attack on parents and children

We urge the Prime Minister to listen to the parents, grandparents and caregivers leading the fight for a prosperous future for our children and grandchildren while respecting Indigenous rights and sov...

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In some cities, trees are contributing to ozone pollution, study finds

New research has found that urban vegetation — trees lining streets, as well as those in parks, urban forests and other green infrastructure — generated more than 50 per cent of the chemical compounds...

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Rejected Grassy Mountain coal mine is back with a scaled-down proposal

Northback Holdings, the Canadian mining company owned by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, is readying an application for approval again after environmental concerns sank their last coal mine on t...

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After warnings, Canada kept importing Russian oil into 2026

A $36.1 million cargo from India’s Jamnagar refinery arrived in Nova Scotia in April. Researchers estimate more than $3 million of that could have been derived from Russian crude.

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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts

The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.

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New 'stable, serious' party will include five former BC Conservative legislators

Five legislators who quit the BC Conservatives will be part of a new party that aims to offer a "stable, serious alternative" to the governing NDP, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition. ...

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New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem

Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.

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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots

The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.

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