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    What Carney’s win means for environment and climate issues in Canada

    Apr. 28, 2025 – The Narwhal – Canada’s 2025 federal election campaign started on the heels of a prime minister stepping down and a tariff war brewing across the border. The dramatic twists upended what was an assumed Conservative win to instead keep the Liberals in power for their fourth consecutive term.

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    The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

    Apr. 23, 22025 – Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been.

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    Worsening Heat Could Trigger Mental Health Crisis in Coming Decades

    April 15, 2025 – Science Alert – Extreme heat is the most dangerous risk posed by climate change in Australia, and it’s not just taking a physical toll on the population. There may also be a mental cost going unaddressed.

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    Build Clean Power Grid, High-Speed Rail Network to Boost Self-Reliance, Local Leaders Tell Federal Parties

    Apr. 14, 2025 – The Energy Mix – Nearly 170 municipal leaders from across Canada are calling on federal parties to address the dual threats of climate change and a Trump-era trade war with bold, nation-building investments, warning that “status quo” policies and revived pipeline proposals won’t meet the moment.

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    Climate change is supercharging pollen and making allergies worse

    Apr. 12, 2025 – BBC News – People could see the thunderstorm, but they couldn’t see what was going on inside it. Trillions of pollen particles, sucked up into the clouds as the storm formed, were now being splintered by rain, lightning and humidity into ever-smaller fragments – then cast back down to Earth for people to breathe them in.

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