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Don’t ram a pipeline through the BC coast - Leadnow

NO pipelines! Protect our oceans, wildlife and forests. Respect Indigenous rights. Tell Carney: Don’t ram a pipeline through the BC coast. Sign now ✏️ leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...

Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear Thirty-six years after the Polytechnique killings, stats show the biggest threats to women are the men closest to them

Intimate Partner Violence is an issues for all of us.
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Get Toronto on the right track

We need action – not more delay – in clearing Toronto's air. These 4 Toronto Councillors let us down – let them know you expect action now. share.nwmd.social/s/MmR8kIkG

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs to Major Banks & Pensions: Investing in Ksi Lisims LNG a Major Risk | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs A letter sent was sent to 43 banks and pension funds by Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and supported by 125 civil society organizations to respect Gitanyow rights, and urge against providing financing or ...

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Who is minding the water data centres will use? Around the world, scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the data centre industry.

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France recalls Canadian lentils as Carney weakens pesticide rules Health risks exposed in a blockbuster French TV investigation about Canadian lentils have introduced new tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a...

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First nations say BC rushing mine expansion without proper review The Upper and Lower Similkameen Bands are questioning the province's accelerated push, arguing that it isn't giving them enough time to assess the risks.

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Ford strips protections from Wasaga Beach to sell for development Under its controversial omnibus Bill 68, more than one per cent of the park — with some estimates suggesting up to 60 per cent — has been removed from protection. Wasaga Beach is the province’s most v...

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Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.

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Toronto’s building emission standards are back on the table On Thursday, the city’s infrastructure and environment committee moved a motion that will bring the standards back before council later this month — potentially giving them a reprieve from the dustbin...

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@cloelogan.bsky.social Thank you for you excellent coverage on the Dec. 4 IEC meeting which addressed building emissions standards in Toronto.

Toronto’s building emission standards are back on the table On Thursday, the city’s infrastructure and environment committee moved a motion that will bring the standards back before council later this month — potentially giving them a reprieve from the dustbin...

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BREAKING: Abreu Departs Net-Zero Advisory Body as Carney Government Hemhorrages Climate Expertise Another member of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) resigned today, bringing to three the number of world-class climate policy advisors the Carney government has lost in the space of a week.

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Meet Teresa from Vermillion, #Alberta.

Teresa’s story is but one of thousands from Alberta landowners living with the fallout of leaking oil and gas wells and a #regulator that won’t protect them.

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How Canadian LNG Impacts the Climate: Carbon emissions, fuel switching, and cleaner alternatives Producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Canada will increase domestic emissions, undermine the global energy transition, and divert resources away from climate solutions. Our expert, Steven Haig, exp...

Producing LNG in Canada will increase domestic emissions, undermine the global energy transition, and divert resources away from climate solutions.
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Ottawa's deal with Alberta on pipeline ignites rising BC backlash The Carney-Smith pipeline pact sidelines BC — spurring alarm over provincial autonomy, Indigenous rights, and political fallout for the Liberals on the West Coast.

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Ontario municipalities gear up for fresh fight with Ford over conservation authorities Fresh from their Bill 5 fight, Ontario municipalities are mounting another battle against the Ford government, this time over its move to dismantle local conservation authorities, seize control and fa...

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Vancouver cuts to housing retrofits will be 'responsible for lost lives' Funding for the city's existing buildings retrofit program was nixed in a last-minute amendment brought forward by ABC Councillor Lenny Zhou to Mayor Ken Sim's controversial 2026 budget.

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Ontario Announces Wave of Conservation, Energy Policy Changes The Doug Ford government has introduced a barrage of changes to Ontario’s conservation, energy, and environmental policies in recent weeks.

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How to Make Data Centers Less Thirsty There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centres: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.

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Toronto Pauses Work on Building Emissions Standards Toronto won’t meet its climate goals without building emissions standards, environmentalists warn, after city staff recommended leaving those rules out of the municipal net-zero strategy.

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EXCLUSIVE: O’Leary’s Gas-Powered Data Centre Emissions Could Wipe Out Alberta’s Coal Phaseout Gains Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s proposed $70-billion data centre, designed to run on 7.5 gigawatts of gas-fired power, could raise Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions to levels not seen since the co...

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Building Canada Act Gives Cabinet ‘Radical’ New Powers, Expert Warns “Cabinet, with cabinet secrecy, can pass a regulation that changes a law duly passed by Parliament,” Martin Olszynski, a University of Calgary resource law professor who testified before a Senate comm...

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Carney 'Will Have To Answer' Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney "will have to answer" questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits for a controversial and self-defeating for...

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BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

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Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs to Major Banks & Pensions: Investing in Ksi Lisims LNG a Major Risk | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs A letter sent was sent to 43 banks and pension funds by Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and supported by 125 civil society organizations to respect Gitanyow rights, and urge against providing financing or ...

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COP30: Canada’s methane chorus is getting stale CAPE released polling a few weeks ago, alongside the federal budget, showing that nearly two-thirds of people in Canada (64.5 per cent) support stronger methane regulations.

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As Ontario axes climate policies, auditor finds province ignored public input rules The Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the Ford government to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impac...

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'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...

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