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Interactive maps show decades of climate change effects in Nunavut communities
Nunatsiaq News discusses Interactive maps show decades of climate change effects in Nunavut communities. “Many of the communities are warming quite a bit faster than the global average,” says researcher Scott Dallimore.
Want to see how quickly Canada’s Arctic coastline is warming? There’s a map for that.
The United Nations Environment Programme recently […]
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How the road to renewables runs through mining
Politico discusses How the road to renewables runs through mining. Policymakers in the U.S., Canada and Europe are scrambling to secure critical minerals to develop cleaner energy.
As the incoming Biden administration and like-minded leaders around the world try to wean the world off fossil fuels, they’re relying on a […]
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Canada Gives BP Okay to Explore in Marine Conservation Area
Hakai Magazine discusses how Canada Gives BP Okay to Explore in Marine Conservation Area. How protected is a marine refuge, really, if oil drilling is allowed?
Earlier this month, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board accepted a bid from oil company BP to explore for oil and gas in an area […]
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Scientists urge federal government to ramp up conservation efforts in eastern Arctic
CBC discusses why Scientists urge federal government to ramp up conservation efforts in eastern Arctic. Scientists say the collapse of the Milne Ice Shelf highlights the needs for more conservation in the area.
A team of Canadian scientists is urging the federal government to step up its conservation efforts in the […]
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‘A lost run’: logging and climate change decimate steelhead in B.C. river
The Narwhal discusses ‘A lost run’: logging and climate change decimate steelhead in B.C. river. When zero fish showed up for a winter count in the Gold River on Vancouver Island, their absence hinted at a much larger story of how and why this species is disappearing throughout the province.
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Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up
The Narwhal discusses Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up. The Indigenous-owned project will supply a quarter of Fort Chipewyan’s electricity needs, helping to reduce the need for almost a million litres of diesel each year.
A remote community less than […]
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Study: Marine mammals may be at risk of COVID from humans
Radio Canada International (RCI) discusses a study showing that Marine mammals may be at risk of COVID from humans.
While there have been indications that this pandemic spread from animals to humans, a new study shows humans could spread it to marine mammals.
Dalhousie University in Halifax looked at the process […]
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DeSmogBlog, November 6, 2020
Articles include: Army Corps Reviews Formosa Plastics Permit in Louisiana; Hurricane Zeta Leaves Thousands Without Power; Report – Backers of Anti-Protest Bills Funded by O&G; Environmental Groups Fight Increased Air Pollution Limits for Plastics Factory;
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Polar Bear Week highlights absence of Arctic sea ice due to climate change
The Narwhal discusses Polar Bear Week highlights absence of Arctic sea ice due to climate change. The world’s southernmost population of polar bears might be waiting longer for sea ice to form at their annual gathering in Manitoba.
The hundreds of polar bears that gather each year on the west coast […]
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Report: Dramatic increase in fuel consumption in Arctic shipping
Radio Canada discusses a Report highlights dramatic increase in fuel consumption in Arctic shipping.
Fuel consumption by ships plying Arctic waters grew by 82 per cent in recent years, according to a new report by the Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group.