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The city has become the first in B.C. to phase out the use of gas-powered water heaters in homes in a move that will roughly halve the amount of harmful emissions the heaters generate by 2035. In a Tuesday announcement, the city said that replacement water heaters in homes and duplexes must meet strict efficiency requirements starting next year.

Even though the clean energy transition is underway in many parts of the country, the Canadian Climate Institute notes that gas networks are still expanding and no province has mandated a start to transitioning to an electric system.

With this action, Attorney General Dana Nessel becomes the latest public official to set sights on industry for harms it is alleged to have not only knowingly inflicted on the state, but also obfuscated.

Last year offered energy providers in the region a glimpse of the conditions they may need to adapt to as the world warms and seasonal weather patterns shift.

For months, Canada's natural gas utilities have mustered lobbying efforts and funded online misinformation campaigns to fight efforts by municipalities to phase out the climate-warming fuel. And now they have a new ally with deep ties to the province's NDP to push the pro-gas message in the province's lefty media. 

The council of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal announced that it passed a resolution to ban the installation of space and water heating powered by fossil fuels in residential, commercial and institutional buildings.

Researchers have found that plans by gas companies to blend natural gas and hydrogen in an effort to reduce their emissions will likely backfire by creating more gas leaks.

The program is designed to help Indigenous communities buy equity in natural resource and energy projects by securing them more favourable interest rates. 

For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew appeared at odds over carbon pricing on Thursday.

The report notes Alberta's government has already set up a drought advisory panel to begin water usage negotiations, while B.C. Premier David Eby has called his province's situation "the most dramatic drought conditions that we've seen."

The price change on April 1 affects the consumer levy, which applies in every province and territory except British Columbia, Quebec and Northwest Territories.

The lawsuit alleges FortisBC has inaccurately promoted natural gas to consumers as a form of home heating that is always more affordable and sustainable than electric alternatives. The suit suggests that neither claim is true.

The BC Utilities Commission has dealt a blow to efforts by the province’s gas utility to expand natural gas infrastructure in the province. 

The movement to ban fossil fuel advertising is about saving lives. People in Canada are already dying from fossil fuel pollution, with more deaths to come.