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Shell faces a shareholder rebellion over emission targets
A resolution calling for the Anglo-Dutch company to set binding carbon emissions reduction targets received 30 per cent of votes at the oil company’s annual meeting on Tuesday.
Measuring Quebec’s strides in the circular economy
The Smart Prosperity Institute, an Ottawa-based think tank, released a report evaluating Quebec’s efforts in waste reduction and sustainability.
Alberta rebuffs 'Net Zero by 2050' plan: it's 'driven by activists'
The Alberta government is rebuffing an influential International Energy Agency plan to reach net-zero carbon pollution as an “unreasonable” and “unfeasible” proposal “driven by activists.”
Enbridge and Michigan to keep talking in Line 5 standoff
Retired U.S. district court judge Gerald Rosen, who was appointed in March to oversee the talks, says the parties discussed a "range of issues" when they met Tuesday.
Ford government argues no need to consult on Bill 197
The three Ontario Divisional Court justices pushed back at times Wednesday. The changes in Bill 197 “have obvious potential significant environmental effects,” Justice David Corbett said.
Yet another extension for Alberta inquiry into oil critics
Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics is getting another deadline extension.
Feds stand firm on toxic ruling as Big Plastic threatens lawsuit
The $35-billion plastics industry’s threat of legal action against Canada's efforts to rein in harmful plastic pollution will go nowhere, the federal government and environmental advocates say.
Some Daughters of the Vote want to fight anti-Asian racism
A group of young Asian Canadian women, seeing few role models who looked like them in politics or academia, met online at this year’s virtual Daughter of the Vote event and have since joined forces to raise their voices.
Will Canada support a global plastic pollution treaty?
Over 40 leading Canadian researchers signed a letter this week urging Canada to support efforts to create a global UN treaty to address plastic pollution. About two-thirds of countries globally and several major food and beverage companies have indicated support for the approach.
Air pollution linked to ‘huge’ rise in child asthma GP visits
Dirty air is already known to increase hospital treatment for severe asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. But new research is the first using clinical data to show increased illness among the much bigger number of people who seek treatment from their doctor.
How to preserve nature in southern Ontario
Finding nature that can be set aside for conservation is a challenge in densely populated southern Ontario. But a coalition of environmental, Indigenous and agricultural groups have a plan to think beyond traditional ideas of provincial parks.