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Environment Canada can spot and issue warnings about severe weather faster and with more precision with 32 newly upgraded weather radar stations across the country. Storm clouds move across the sky as Environment Canada issued tornado warnings Thursday, July 13, 2023 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Musch
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Canada’s radar station upgrades could hasten severe weather warnings

Environment Canada can now spot and issue warnings about severe weather faster and more precisely with 32 newly upgraded weather radar stations across...

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Wilkinson says carbon capture technology is not too expensive or ineffective. Wilkinson is defending carbon sequestration systems after a high profile project in Alberta was abandoned over its price tag. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s energy minister defends carbon capture technology

Canada's Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is defending carbon sequestration systems after a high-profile project in Alberta was abandoned over its price tag.

da's latest greenhouse gas emissions report shows progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 but there is still a very long way to go. A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday, April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada’s 2030 goal

Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very...

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Cap on production may be too complicated for global plastic treaty: Canada’s environment minister

Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production.

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An ‘ambitious’ global plastic treaty demands limits on production: Canada’s environment minister

A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production: Canada's...

Paper straws are seen at a market in Montreal on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Cap on production still contentious as Ottawa set to host plastic treaty talks

'Ambitious treaty' will be discussed in Ottawa as 176 countries gather to discuss eliminating plastic waste.

da's banks left the federal government no choice but to use legislation to force them to label federal deposits the way the government wants, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said. Guilbeault leaves caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa to force Canadian banks to call carbon rebate by name in direct deposits

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law...

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Sustainable jobs bill: Canada’s House of Commons holds marathon voting session

MPs are staring down another voting marathon as the Conservatives push forward with dozens of proposed amendments to the government's sustainable jobs bill.

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Carbon pricing 101: What the new increase could mean for Canadian consumers

Canada's national price on carbon rose by $15 per tonne on April 1. Here are some questions answered about what this could mean...

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Canada’s coal exports up again, as government’s promised ban elusive

OTTAWA — Canadian exports of thermal coal increased another seven per cent in 2023, reaching the highest level in almost a decade. The...

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