Carbon capture: Separating fact from fiction
In Episode 12 of Hot Politics, host David McKie examines the carbon capture utilization and storage process, or CCUS for short, and explores why some are calling it greenwashing.
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Can iceberg surges in the Arctic stir up rapid warming at the other end of the world?
New research shows a fast-acting climate connection between poles that may be driven by wind rather than by ocean currents.
CRA Indigenous representation far below Canadian population creating gaps in services, critics say
The Canada Revenue Agency has an Indigenous representation problem in both Indigenous employment and language services, critics say.
Source of poisonous gas leak reported in northern Alberta remains unknown
A poisonous, corrosive and flammable gas has been detected near a TC Energy pipeline roughly 70 kilometres west of Fort McKay, Alta.
Underground fire prompts shutdown at coal mine with checkered safety history
No employees were underground during Sunday night's fire at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine, and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour is currently investigating the cause.
Canada moves Sudan evacuation operations to port city as conflict rages
Canada is relocating its efforts to get stranded Canadians out of Sudan from the capital to a distant port city as violence continues to escalate between the country's army and a powerful paramilitary group.
Vancouver Island residents fear ship dismantling operation is polluting the ocean
A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals into Canadian waters.
UCP, NDP paint bleak portrait of Alberta's future if rival wins election
The writ is expected to drop on Monday in Alberta for an election campaign that effectively began weeks ago with both Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives and Rachel Notley’s New Democrats warning of the dystopian future should their opponents triumph.
Public service sector strike ends
The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.
Alberta Premier Smith questions role of Opposition leader Notley's husband in election campaign
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is raising questions about Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s husband and his role in the upcoming provincial election campaign.
How New Zealand’s pesky pigs became cash cows
The animals evolved into ultra-resilient, disease-free predators while isolated on Auckland Island.
More than 500 new condo towers are expected to join the Toronto skyline over the next six years
Environmental advocates are pushing for stricter standards to help prevent greenhouse gas pollution from these new buildings, but one advocate says even housing that meets the minimum building standards is better than no new housing at all.
Arctic security should be viewed through a climate lens, says NDP MP
A recent parliamentary report on Arctic security missed the mark, according to one MP, by failing to recommend solutions tackling a huge threat to the Arctic: climate change.
Brazilian president renews recognition of Indigenous land reserves
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has granted official recognition of nearly 800 square miles of Indigenous lands, most of it in the Amazon, in a move that seeks to safeguard critical rainforest from the unchecked exploitation that marked his predecessor's administration.
Imperial sees its Cold Lake carbon capture project up and running by mid-decade
That's well before the completion of a massive carbon capture and storage transportation line that has been proposed for the Canadian oilsands, the company says.