Federal budget includes plan for clean energy grid

March 29, 2023 – CBC – This week’s federal budget revealed the Liberal Party’s plans to provide clean energy from coast to coast. But making that a reality will be a massive undertaking, logistically and politically.

Federal budget sets aside $83B for clean technology tax credits

March 28, 2023 – Global News – Serious money is heading for Canadian industries looking to reduce emissions after the federal government unveiled its answer to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.

Farmer frustrated about missing climate action in Sask. budget

Mar. 28, 2023 – CBC – Nothing specific in budget to address climate change, says Sask. Minister of Finance. The words “climate change” show up once in Saskatchewan’s latest budget document, but only in the context of how to the budget pressure will be driven by — among other things — federal climate change policy.

‘A bleak outlook’: Impacts of climate change on full display in Canada’s north

March 24, 2023 – Global News – Humanity is on thin ice according to a new report from the UN, which says we’re running out of time to save the planet. Marney Blunt reports on the impacts of climate change in Canada’s North.

How big is the mercury threat posed by Hudson Bay’s thawing permafrost?

March 27, 2023 – The Narwhal – The warming of North America’s largest peatland is sending mercury into soil and water. But it’s not clear how much there is, exactly how it becomes toxic and how much to worry

For the sake of our children, the global carbon budget is the most important one to balance Social Sharing

March 27 – CBC First, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Synthesis report on March 20. I read it with a sense of déjà vu. The IPCC has been issuing warnings continuously since its First Assessment Report in 1990. This means we’ve known about the problem since I was 10 years old and failed to act for 33 years.

But this time was different. It was the first time I read one of these reports as a father. I was forced to confront what climate inaction will mean for my children and those who come after them.

Healing from ‘incredible sickness’: Cree author Clayton Thomas-Müller talks environmental justice

Feb. 23, 2023 – The Narwhal – A Winnipeg author and environmental activist shares his vision for transforming colonial power structures to find climate solutions.

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