Tuesday, 29 April 2025

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to members of the media at Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Thursday December 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario mulls U.S. booze ban as Trump brushes off Ford’s threat to cut electricity

Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to restrict electricity exports and bar American-made alcohol if Trump imposes tariffs, which he dismisses as "fine."

da is aiming to cut its emissions in half by 2035 compared to 2005 levels, a newly released benchmark lower than its advisory body recommended.Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Canada says it wants to slash its emissions in half by 2035. Will that be enough?

Canada aims to cut emissions by 45-50 per cent by 2035, lower than the 50-55 per cent recommended, amid concerns over U.S. policy...

Suncor Energy Inc. says it will increase oil output next year by up to five per cent and lower costs from its oilsands assets.Pipes lead to a processing unit at Suncor Fort Hills facility in Fort McMurray Alta., on September 10, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Suncor to increase oil and gas output by up to five per cent in 2025

Suncor Energy plans to boost oil output by up to five per cent in 2025, targeting production of 810,000 to 840,000 barrels per...

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Financial incentives alone are not enough to get more heat pumps in Canadian homes

Heat pumps: Skepticism and a lack of awareness keep people from using the incentives. Targeted campaigns are needed along with training for HVAC...

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How to successfully integrate solar and wind into electricity grids — anywhere

What Alberta and the world can learn from six global leaders in renewable energy integration on how to fit wind and solar power...

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Parkland produces first batch of low carbon jet fuel made in Canada

Canada's first low-carbon aviation fuel batch is made, sold to Air Canada, but needs gov't support to scale sustainably.

ents from a tailings pond is pictured going down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely, B.C. on August, 5, 2014. Charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than 10 years after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.

Imperial Metals faces 15 federal Fisheries Act charges over Mount Polley mine disaster, a decade after the dam collapse.

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How to cut through the divisions hampering climate action in Canada

Opinion: There are ways to build consensus in Canada for stable national policies on climate change.

A news helicopter flies by as a 130-ton all-terrain crane prepares to place the giant blades onto a massive wind turbine on the top of Grouse Mountain ski resort in North Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. selects nine wind power projects to boost energy supply by eight per cent a year

B.C. has okayed nine wind energy projects that will boost its hydro-electric grid by eight per cent a year, enough to power 500,000...

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Climate change is making Canada’s ice roads hard to navigate

The ongoing changes in climate and transportation infrastructure underline the importance of developing sustainable, adaptable solutions.

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