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Oil industry pushes Ottawa to use Alberta's methane math — and hide true emissions

The quiet push by the Canadian industry would see federal policy rely on provincial measurements — self-reported figures that miss millions of megatonnes of the planet-warming gas as it leaks into the ...
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Could the Iran war energy shock accelerate the transition to renewables?

The war on Iran has sent fuel prices soaring, pushing the world into another energy shock. Could a transition to clean energy ...
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Satellites reveal new climate threat to emperor penguins

The United States listed emperor penguins as an endangered species in 2022 because multiple studies project large population losses — to near-extinction — this century under continued warming. About a ...
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Michael Schneider

Standing alongside his son’s Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. Canada's National Observer is reader-funded—no billionaire owners, no ...
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Civic Searchlight is now free to use

You can sign up right now to access our ever-growing database covering hundreds of Canadian municipalities, no subscription required. Search 59,000 hours and counting of transcribed public meetings, ...
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Will the Canada-India agreement and the war in Iran benefit the Marinvest Energy LNG project?

For comparison, the promoters of the now-defunct GNL Québec project — which was very similar to Marinvest Energy's — had expressed their intention to export LNG to India and other Asian countries.
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Mother of critically wounded Maya Gebala sues OpenAI over mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC

OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot acted as the "collaborator, trusted confidant, friend and ally" of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, BC, mass killings, according to a lawsuit by the mother of ...
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TikTok continues operating in Canada, subject to safety conditions

TikTok is being allowed to continue its operations in Canada after the government wrapped up a national security review.
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Toronto residents, doctors oppose 20-year extension for city's largest gas plant and emissions source

The Portlands Gas Plant, which opened in 2009, will be allowed to continue operating until 2046 — but concerned residents say there should have been a public consultation before the licence was ...
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Michael Catalini

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Ken Cripps

Ken Cripps is technical staff for the Kitasoo Xai'xais First Nations. He has been working directly with coastal First Nations on fisheries and marine conservation for over 30 years.
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In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in anger over sticker shock at the gas pump

Standing alongside his son’s Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy.