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May 12, 2022 - Richmond Hill All-Candidates Debate on Environment and Climate Change
Participating Candidates: Roozbeh Farhadi (Liberal) Raymond Bhushan (NDP) Rizwan Khan (sitting in for Richmond Hill Green Party...
May 19, 20222 min read
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Coronavirus and climate change are two crises that need humanity to unite
"Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. It will have a huge global impact in 2020, not only on health and...
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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A Group of Big Businesses Is Backing a Carbon Tax. Could It Be a Solution to Climate Change?
The long list of big companies backing a carbon tax as a solution to climate change grew this week with financial giant J.P. Morgan Chase...
Feb 17, 20201 min read
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Fires, storms and floods cost $150 billion in 2019. More disasters are on the way
"London (CNN Business)Hurricanes, wildfires and floods cost the world $150 billion in 2019 and losses for business and the economy are...
Jan 8, 20201 min read
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Five things to know about Australia's devastating wildfires
"Australian officials have declared a new state of emergency as wildfires ravage the southeastern part of the country, tearing through...
Jan 8, 20201 min read
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Energy Storage 2020: It’s Not Just About Lithium-Ion Batteries Any More
"Many of us have tunnel vision on the subject of energy storage. We think lithium-ion batteries are the beginning, middle, and end of the...
Jan 8, 20201 min read
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What you can do in 2020 to keep the world from burning up: Don Pittis
"Just before Christmas, two Australian firefighters died battling a blaze spurred by record high temperatures that have swept the country...
Jan 8, 20201 min read
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Nuclear powered tar sands?
"The premiers of three Canadian provinces propose to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change by supporting the development of...
Dec 14, 20191 min read
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12-POINT AGENDA LAYS OUT POSSIBILITIES FOR GLOBAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY GAINS
"A 12-point agenda released by three of the world’s leading energy efficiency councils is setting out the steps countries can take to...
Dec 11, 20191 min read
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Newmarket receives a grant for over $500,000 from Environment Canada through the Low Carbon Economy
"NEWMARKET, Ontario, December 5, 2019 – The Town of Newmarket is proud to be a recipient of a grant from the Low Carbon Economy Fund...
Dec 5, 20191 min read
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Montreal to ban stores from dumping unsold clothes, food as part of waste plan
"Montreal is hoping to stop perfectly good food and unsold clothing from ending up in landfills as part of a plan to significantly cut...
Nov 29, 20191 min read
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Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100 unless efforts to cut emissions are tripled, new UN report finds
"Without drastic action, our planet is headed toward warming of 3.2 C in less than 100 years, according to a new report. The United...
Nov 26, 20191 min read
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Merkel: 1 million car charging points in Germany by 2030
"BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she wants to drastically increase the number of charging stations for electric...
Nov 3, 20191 min read
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Trees and the TMEX
Written by Martin Bush, the author of a new book: Climate change and renewable energy--How to end the climate crisis. Published by...
Nov 1, 20191 min read
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Opinion: Refunded carbon tax will grow the economy and create jobs
"Approach has already proven successful in British Columbia, writes Glenn Marshall How does one create jobs, preserve the climate and not...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
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'Is it really the best that Canada has to offer?': Richmond Hill voters react to federal debates
"After a two-hour intense leaders debate on Oct. 7 on the national stage, we reached out to the voters in the Richmond Hill riding to...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
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Raise a glass to Gilbert Plass
"Yes, it’s true. It was a Canadian who figured it out first. In 1953, Time magazine wrote a story about a Canadian scientist named...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
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Court rules Ford government broke the law by not consulting public on ending cap-and-trade
"An Ontario court has found Premier Doug Ford‘s government broke the law by deciding to cut the cap-and-trade program without public...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
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Current climate change was predicted 40 years ago
"The fact that Earth's climate is changing is something we’ve known for thousands of years. In fact, the Earth's climate has always been...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
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Mandatory residential EV chargers a potential game changer
"The United Kingdom’s Department of Transport is proposing to make EV chargers in new residential buildings mandatory. In Canada, so far...
Oct 9, 20191 min read
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'Incrementalism is the new denialism': The climate politics of Canadian youth
"Millions of young people around the world have been marching for climate action over the past two weeks, in what has become the largest...
Oct 9, 20191 min read
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How China is driving the future of electric cars
"In China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, putting more electric vehicles on the road is critical. Determined to become...
Oct 2, 20191 min read
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The US has its first gas station that is fully electric
"The first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling station for electric vehicles opened today at 7224 Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park,...
Sep 30, 20191 min read
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Canadians rally across country to call for bolder action on climate change
"Hundreds of thousands of Canadians attended marches across the country to urge government and corporate leaders to address climate...
Sep 27, 20191 min read
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Indigenous knowledge systems can help solve the problems of climate change
"All over the planet, we are are facing the most urgent time in human history, the most dire situation of all: the effects of the...
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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Sep 23, 20191 min read
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The Problem With Switching to Electric Cars
"Earlier this month, in their seven-hour climate town hall, CNN had its anchors put the same incredulous question to the 2020 Democratic...
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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India is putting Canada’s climate change plan to shame
"India is likely to be feted as the global leader on climate change at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday....
Sep 20, 20191 min read
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Sept 20, 2019 - Largest Climate strike in history with over 4 million people protesting world-wide
Rather than have a post for every update on the #ClimateStrikes world-wide, following are links to some of the great news stories. Read...
Sep 20, 20191 min read
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Our Kids Are Right About Climate Change
"As delegates for the UN's Climate Action Summit convene in New York, the real leaders are the young people pushing for climate justice...
Sep 18, 20191 min read
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Shift to electric vehicles in Alberta is 'inevitable,' conference-goers told
"Alberta’s oil-based economy needs to prepare itself for a looming consumer shift to electric vehicles, a Calgary crowd heard Tuesday....
Sep 18, 20191 min read
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Back to School: Teachable Climate Moments
"September is back to school for students. But this year, it’s also back to #climatestrikes for many students who have taken a break from...
Sep 11, 20191 min read
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BMO is winding down reinsurance business as climate change risks rise
" The Bank of Montreal has decided to exit the majority of its business that provides insurance to insurers, saying climate change is at...
Sep 11, 20191 min read
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Reducing your own carbon footprint is great, but we need governments and corporations to step up
"What are the most personal causes that stir the hearts of our nation’s political leaders? The Star asked the leaders of Canada’s major...
Sep 4, 20191 min read
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Economics of Electric Vehicles Mean Oil's Days As A Transport Fuel Are Numbered
"The future is not looking bright for oil, according to a new report that claims the commodity would have to be priced at $10-$20 a...
Sep 4, 20191 min read
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With $32 Trillion In Assets, Investors Demand Immediate Action On Climate Change
"A global group of 415 investors managing $32 trillion in assets just released a combined statement urging governments to accelerate...
Sep 3, 20191 min read
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Mosquitoes are on the move due to climate change, and they could bring diseases
"Sharks have nothing on mosquitoes, the most dangerous predator humanity has ever known. That’s the central message of historian Timothy...
Sep 3, 20191 min read
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Can We Reach 100% Renewable Energy in Time to Avoid Climate Catastrophe?
"Ten years ago, two climate scientists, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, published a groundbreaking article in Scientific American...
Sep 1, 20191 min read
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FOSSIL MAGNATE AND CLIMATE DENIAL FUNDER DAVID KOCH DIES AT AGE 79
"David Koch, the billionaire fossil magnate and activist libertarian who helped bankroll one of the world’s most potent climate change...
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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Amazon fires: what is happening and is there anything we can do?
"Why people should be worried about the blazes and increased deforestation in Brazil"
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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As forest fires rage, experts worry about the future of the Amazon
"More than 165,000 fires are raging in the rainforest, with over 75,000 in Brazil"
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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Children Change Their Parents’ Minds about Climate Change
"Study of students schooled on the issue showed them going on to shift their elders’"
Aug 14, 20191 min read
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A healthy economy depends on a stable climate
"We can boost the economy, save the climate and avoid hurting taxpayers, writes Glenn Marshall"
Aug 14, 20191 min read
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We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report
"Cutting carbon from transport and energy ‘not enough’ IPCC finds"
Aug 11, 20191 min read
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'Our relationship with food needs to change'
"Agriculture has been the bedrock of human civilisation since 7000BC. There’s not a society on the planet that hasn’t been built around it."
Aug 11, 20191 min read
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Can converting methane into CO2 help reduce climate change?
"Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane, contribute to global warming by slowing the rate at which heat energy...
Jul 31, 20191 min read
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How the New Democrats could create 300,000 new green jobs
"As part of our federal election coverage, CBC News is assessing the truthfulness and accuracy of statements made by politicians and...
Jul 30, 20191 min read
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Global inequalities in COâ‚‚ emissions
"There are two parameters that determine our collective carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: the number of people, and quantity emitted per...
Jul 27, 20191 min read
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Jane Goodall on climate change: 'Something's got to give'
"At the age of 26, Dr Jane Goodall pioneered new ways of researching animals including by living with them. Now, aged 85 and a UN...
Jul 25, 20191 min read
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This Tiny Town In Ontario May Soon Be Canada's First Carbon-Neutral Village
"Since Canada has declared climate change as a national emergency, it seems as if the entire nation is more aware of how they are...
Jul 25, 20191 min read
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