Climate & Clean Energy archives
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Government should give Maxim coal plant a permanent time out
August 16, 2011The government's commitment to reducing impacts from coal-fired power is being challenged by a new power plant. How will it respond? More »
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Famine in Africa and Canada's responsibility
August 4, 2011A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Somalia and the Horn of Africa. Ten million people are facing famine. It's the first time the UN has declared a famine since 1984... More »
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Food, energy and the future of biofuels
July 26, 2011Biofuels will play a role in a super-low-carbon energy system, according to many energy studies. For some uses, like freight and aviation, few alternatives exist. These vehicles need energy-dense liquid... More »
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Proposed energy strategy is not cool
July 21, 2011Canada's energy ministers like it hot — at least when it comes to global warming. That's the message in the fine print of the national energy proposal released by federal... More »
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Natural gas is not the low-carbon answer
July 14, 2011What role will natural gas play in moving Canada to a low-carbon economy that keeps our climate from warming more than two degrees? That was the question the David Suzuki... More »
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David Suzuki Foundation reaches out
July 14, 2011Vancouver's summer may have been late in coming this year, but that didn't dampen the Latin community's party mood. Latincouver hosted the annual Carnaval del Sol for the third year... More »
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Energy ministers: Canadians, not dirty energy companies, are your biggest sponsors
July 13, 2011On Saturday, July 16, Canada's energy and mines ministers begin a four-day meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, to start "Framing the future of energy and mines" in Canada. Okay, maybe not... More »
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Quebec takes next step towards a cap-and-trade system
July 7, 2011Today the Quebec government tabled the regulations for its cap-and-trade system, a system developed through the Western Climate Initiative More »
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Show your support for Rumana Monzur
July 5, 2011All she wanted was to learn and to finish writing her master's thesis on the effects of climate change on her native country of Bangladesh. But all that will be put on hold. More »
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Western Climate Initiative still offers hope
June 30, 2011Quebec, B.C., Ontario and Manitoba have an opportunity to show international leadership and help steer the world onto a path to overcome climate change. More »
