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‘Think of climate policy as economic policy,’ says Pembina Institute scorecard on Canada’s climate progress

Pembina Institute: "One thing is clear: a lack of planning, or a lack of action, will not stop the effects of climate change...

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How to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition

The Conversation: Done well, the renewable energy transition should improve the lives of First Nations Australians.

The Haisla First Nation's Kitimaat Village is seen in an aerial view along the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, B.C., on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project

The project will involve the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Kitimat, B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre receives a gift from Chief Marilyn Slett, left, as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier, second from left, and B.C. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, second from right watch at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast

Ottawa is committing $200 million to the initiative, while the B.C. government is contributing $60 million and $75 million is coming from philanthropic...

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Enbridge, First Nations and Métis partners to advance 200-megawatt wind energy project in Saskatchewan

REGINA, SK, June 24, 2024 /CNW/ - Today, Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) and Six Nations Energy Development LP (Six Nations)...

FILE PHOTO: A pipeline that moves methane gas from the Frank R. Bowerman landfill to an onsite power plant is shown in Irvine, California, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021.     REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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US offers $850 million in grants to clean up oil sector methane emissions

The US government opened up on Friday competitive bidding for $850m in grants to help small oil and gas producers monitor and reduce...

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4 First Nations in Canada sign deal with Ontario to build roads near Ring of Fire

Canada's largest province is trying to create an end-to-end manufacturing chain for electric vehicle batteries and it sees northern Ontario's Ring of Fire...

This historical photo provided by the Library of Congress shows Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon, on September 1941. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (Russell Lee/Library of Congress via AP)
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US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Indigenous tribes

The U.S. government acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of hydropower dams on the Columbia and Snake...

A wind turbine is shown at Dalhousie Mountain, N.S. on Friday, April 23, 2010. The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee that they would like to see quick passage of federal legislation that would help establish an offshore wind industry on Canada’s East Coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaugh
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Atlantic Canadian provinces push for quick passage of federal offshore accord changes

The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee they would like to see quick passage of federal...

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over benzene emissions says it is permanently shutting down. A petrochemical plant is seen in Sarnia, Ont., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario chemical plant, subject to government orders over benzene emissions, permanently closing

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over...

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