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Jan 15, 2020
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Environment, protecting economy key focus for 2020 budget: Morneau

The Finance minister said the October election showed the environment was important to Canadians


Northern Pulp focuses on mill cleanup before ‘indefinite’ Jan. 31 shutdown

The parent company is discussing the mill's "hibernation plan" with the Nova Scotia government, after committing to stay in the province for the long term


B.C. human rights commissioner asks Canadian government to halt pipeline project

Coastal GasLink is building a pipeline from northeastern B.C. to LNG Canada's export terminal in Kitimat on the coast; It has signed agreements with First Nation councils along the route, but hereditary chiefs say the project does not have their consent


Quebec, Atlantic premiers discuss hydro as clean energy solution for region

Quebec's Francois Legault joined the premiers of the four Atlantic provinces to discuss power demand in the region


New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere

A 2017 paper calculated that to stabilize climate change at two degrees Celsius, between 120 billion and 160 billion tonnes of CO2 will have to be sucked from the air and stored underground
 
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Hamilton scientists find way to dissolve, recycle rubber from car tires

The McMaster University team was working with chemicals to make new silicones when they tried it on the rubber used in tires, and found it successfully broke down the sulphur-to-sulphur bonds in the material » read more

Federal natural disaster bills now average more than $430M a year

Spring flooding and major rainstorms accounted for 80% of the weather events that qualified for disaster funding in the last three years » read more

Ballard signs ESAs for fuel cell stacks to support German radio towers

Ballard says the deal has potential for a total of up to 1,500 radio tower sites » read more

More shippers and shipping companies promise to avoid Arctic routes

The impact of shipping on Arctic ecosystems, animals such as beluga whales, narwhal and walrus, as well as Indigenous communities is largely unknown » read more

Liberals face challenge to climate, economic policies early in 2020

The Trudeau government heads into 2020 promising that within 30 years Canada won't be adding new greenhouse gas emissions » read more
 
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Sales of electric vehicles plummet in Ontario after rebate cancellation

Quebec and British Columbia, which have their own provincial rebates, have long been leading in total sales » read more