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RCMP Arrest Six in Pre-Dawn Raid on Wet’suwet’en Support Camp
 
More than a dozen heavily-armed RCMP arrested six people Thursday morning in a pre-dawn raid at a camp on traditional Wet’suwet’en territory, as the force began acting on a court injunction against protesters blocking construction of the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline.
 
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Updated Climate Risk Plan Will Withdraw Disaster Aid for New Homes in Flood Plains

Canadians building or buying new homes in areas at high risk for flooding will no longer have access to federal disaster relief under a new insurance plan set to take effect in the next three years, The Energy Mix has learned.

 
 

 

Teck Mine a ‘Pretty Easy No’, Liberal MPs Tell Trudeau in Raucous Caucus Meeting

Liberal Members of Parliament are taking a loud stand against Teck Resources’ C$20.6-billion Frontier tar sands/oil sands mine proposal, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving an “earful” at a caucus meeting Wednesday, Huffington Post Canada reports.

 
 

 

India Threatens to Shut 15 GW of Coal Capacity Due to Air Quality Concern

India’s Central Pollution Control Board is threatening to shutter 14 coal plants representing about 15 gigawatts of generating capacity and assess penalties against their operators, after they missed two deadlines to reduce particulate and sulphur dioxide emissions.

 
 

 
 
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‘Rare, Happy News’ from Climatologists: Worst-Case Warming Now ‘Increasingly Implausible’

It doesn’t make the climate crisis any less urgent, but there’s a growing view among scientists that humanity’s decarbonization efforts so far have dodged the worst climate outcomes projected in the last global assessment report in 2014.

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Nova Scotia Senator Calls for National Inquiry on Net-Zero Pathways

Nova Scotia Senator Mary Coyle is urging her Red Chamber colleagues to launch in inquiry into the pathways for Canada to meet a net-zero target for carbon and other greenhouse gases.

 
 

 

Parliamentary Budget Officer Sees Most Households Coming Out Ahead from Federal Carbon Price

Most households in provinces subject to the federal government’s backstop price on carbon will get more money back in rebates than they pay out in taxes, though less than Ottawa projected last year, the non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Officer concluded in a new analysis released this week.

 
 

 

Corporate Renewables Procurements Surge, But 24/7 Reliability is Essential

Daimler’s late January signing of a 100% renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) with Norwegian hydropower firm Statkraft offered momentum and a cautionary tale to the renewable electricity sector: corporate clients are going to come knocking, but only for generating capacity that is flexible enough to offer 24/7 reliability.

 
 

 

56% of Americans Cite Climate as Top Concern as Anxiety Crosses Party Lines

More than half of Americans see climate change as the most important issue facing society today, according to a December, 2019 Harris poll released this week by the American Psychological Association.

 
 

 

Pennsylvania Democrats Say Fracking Ban Won’t Fly with State’s Voters

With months to go before a never-ending presidential primary season produces a candidate to defeat Donald Trump, Democrats in the United States are fretting about whether a strong policy commitment to ban oil and gas fracking will dash their chances of winning in Pennsylvania in the general election November 3.

 
 

 

Guardian Bans Fossil Advertising

Placing its own financial well-being on the line, The Guardian has immediately and permanently severed all marketing links to the fossil industry, another example of the UK media outlet’s determination to lead by example in responding to the climate crisis.

 
 

 

Tillerson Sees ‘Open Question’ in Humanity’s Ability to Control Climate Change

After his company and industry spent decades funding groups that denied the reality of climate change or the role of humanity in driving it, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is now questioning whether there’s anything humanity can do anything about it.

 
 

 

Climate Impact of Commercial Space Travel ‘About to Get Worse’

The wild west of commercial space travel remains unconstrained by regulations on rockets’ greenhouse gas emissions, and they’re on track to get worse as the competition among private operators heats up. But some space cowboys are beginning to channel their inner boy scout, racing to build launchers less catastrophic for the planet than the ones they currently use.

 
 

 
 
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