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us/U.S. Looks to Crack Down on Pollution of Montana River from B.C. Coal Mines
ByCarol Linnitt
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The continuous flow of dangerous pollution from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines into a Montana watershed is a top discussion item for Canadian and U.S. delegates convening at a bilateral meeting in Wa...
us/Invisible Horseman: An Interview with Photographer Troy Moth
ByCarol Linnitt
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Troy Moth is an artist and photographer living on Vancouver Island. Moth’s iconic images are featured on art gallery walls and trendy t-shirts alike, famed for their stark, smoky portrayals of land...
us/Canada’s Environmental Fines are Tiny Compared to the U.S.
ByCarol Linnitt
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This week marks the three-year anniversary of the Mount Polley mine disaster, which sent 24 million cubic metres of mining waste into Quesnel Lake, making it one of the worst environmental disaster...
us/Scientists Find Methane Pollution from B.C.’s Oil and Gas Sector 2.5 Times What B.C. Government Reports
ByCarol Linnitt
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New, groundbreaking research from a group of scientists shows B.C.’s estimates of methane pollution from oil and gas activity in the province’s Peace region are wildly underestimated. Using infrar...
us/Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline As Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’
ByCarol Linnitt
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Justin Trudeau announced the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Tuesday, saying the project is integral to meeting Canada’s climate commitments. “Today’s decision is an integral...
Earth to America: Trump’s Not the Centre of the Universe (Or the Climate)
ByCarol Linnitt
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The UN climate talks seemed to grind to slow motion this week with the much-hyped, much-anticipated arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry arrived late for his scheduled talk, stridi...
us/Canada Fought to Include Indigenous Rights in the Paris Agreement, But Will Those Rights Be Protected Back Home?
ByCarol Linnitt
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“If you were to get lost in the bush, I could find you.” It’s an oddly placed sentiment in the city heat of Marrakech, Morocco, yet an entirely appropriate one for an indigenous panel at the UN cl...
us/In Photos: Bella Bella Diesel Fuel Spill Two Weeks In
ByCarol Linnitt
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It has been two weeks since the Nathan E. Stewart, a U.S.-based fuel barge tug, struck ground and sank near Bella Bella, B.C., contaminating the harvest waters of the Heiltsuk First Nation with an ...
us/Cause and Volume of Pipeline Spill in Alberta Wetland Still Unknown Six Days In
ByCarol Linnitt
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A crude oil pipeline operated by Trilogy Energy Corp has released an unknown volume of oil emulsion, a mixture of oil and produced water, into surrounding marshland, according to the Alberta Energy...
us/Will Alberta’s Last-Ditch Effort to Save the Caribou Be Enough?
ByCarol Linnitt
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When the Alberta government released its draft plan to save the province’s dwindling caribou populations from local extinction earlier this month, it was heralded as a major step forward — but big ...
us/Josh Fox Finds 'No End to Human Innovation' in New Climate Doc
ByCarol Linnitt
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When you stare at climate change, sometimes climate change stares back. So what happens when one refuses to look away? That’s the challenge taken on by filmmaker Josh Fox in his new film, How to ...
We’re Easily Confused About What Experts Really Think, New Research Shows
ByCarol Linnitt
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I’m not a scientist. And chances are, neither are you.   That likely means we both find ourselves deferring to the opinion of others, of experts who know more about complex matters — like health ...
us/Naomi Oreskes: A New Form of Climate Denialism is at Work in Canada
ByCarol Linnitt
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No one has a better handle on the effect climate deniers have on the socio-political stage than science historian and author Naomi Oreskes.   Her book Merchants of Doubt charts the path of many o...
us/Canada-U.S. Plan to Nearly Halve Methane Emissions Could Be Huge Deal for the Climate
ByCarol Linnitt
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At the Canada-U.S. bilateral talks last week President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an ambitious plan to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45...
us/Pacific Northwest LNG Review a 'Failure of Process': Fisheries Biologist Michael Price
ByCarol Linnitt
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In an open letter to Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, a group of scientists publicly challenged the integrity of an environmental assessment reviewing the imp...
us/Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit
ByCarol Linnitt
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The strained relationship between Canada and the U.S. over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline.    Former Prime Minister Stephen Har...
us/B.C.'s Failure to Consult First Nations Sets Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Back to Square One
ByCarol Linnitt
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The provincial government did not fulfill its legal obligation to consult with First Nations on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The case, brought for...
Exxon Under Pressure in Mock Trial in Paris
ByCarol Linnitt
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Blackmail. Deception. Public manipulation. These are just some of the charges leveled against ExxonMobil at a mock trial that took place in Paris, Saturday to coincide with the ongoing internationa...
Global Leaders Fight for New 1.5 Degrees Warming Target at COP21 Climate Talks
ByCarol Linnitt
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A coalition of vulnerable countries is pushing the global community to adopt a new 1.5 degree global warming target at the ongoing climate talks in Paris. The group of countries, known as the Clima...
uk/Fossil Fuel Industry’s Bad Behaviour in Spotlight During Run-up to Paris Climate Negotiations
ByCarol Linnitt
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As leaders from around the world head to Paris in December for the COP21 UN climate negotiations, they do so with the burdensome knowledge that this is it: the big year. More than 190 nations will ...

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