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Opinion: Saskatchewan’s new oil and gas high school courses are out of step with global climate action

Opinion: Instead of training high school students for an industry that the world is transitioning away from, we need education on energy alternatives...

Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto on August 31, 2023. Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says he wants the province's electricity system to not just be able to meet an expected 75-per-cent increase in demand, but to exceed it and be able to sell excess power to other jurisdictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario aiming to become energy superpower, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says

Ontario's energy minister aims for the province's electricity system to exceed a projected 75% demand increase and sell excess power.

Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada's energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project's massive cost overruns. In this photograph taken with a drone, the Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal tank farm is seen in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Six months on, what has the Trans Mountain pipeline project achieved and what’s next?

The Trans Mountain pipeline carries Alberta's crude oil to the B.C. coast — but questions remain about who will cover its cost overruns.

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Siloed Canadian climate data needs to be opened up and shared

Using the cloud to practice open science would go a long way to leveraging the findings of Canadian climate researchers.

FILE PHOTO: Alex Neufeldt, 28, one of seven young people taking the Ontario government to court over its greenhouse gas emission reduction target, poses by Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 27, 2024.  REUTERS/Anna Mehler Paperny/File Photo
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Canada court orders new hearing in youth-led climate suit

The lawsuit is the first Canadian human rights-based climate lawsuit to be heard on its merits.

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How offshore wind would slash emissions and boost health in US and Canada

Resources for the Future: Offshore wind farms along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts provide a high benefit-to-cost ratio.

Alex Neufeldt, 28, one of seven young people taking the Ontario government to court over its greenhouse gas emission reduction target, poses by Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 27, 2024.  REUTERS/Anna Mehler Paperny
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Analysis: Canadian climate lawsuit by young people could sway global cases

Ontario appeals court to decide if climate target violates youth rights; ruling could influence climate lawsuits globally.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to reporters on the sidelines of the Canada Strong and Free Network event in Ottawa, on Friday, April 12, 2024. Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Alberta govt launches $7M ad campaign against incoming federal emissions cap

The province's $7-million campaign claims federal regulations would make "groceries, gas and all of life’s necessities even more expensive."

An orca whale breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. July 31, 2015. A key assumption for the dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales has always been a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have twice the number of chinook available during the summer as their much healthier cousins, the northern residents. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Lack of salmon may not be the problem for endangered killer whales, says study

A new study challenges the assumption that dwindling killer whales numbers are due to a lack of salmon.

TransAlta wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016. The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy

Alberta government plans new wind and solar farm restrictions, raising concerns they prioritize renewables over environmental protection.

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