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City eases fleet into electric tech with planned vehicle purchases, charging stations

Feb. 18, 2019- CBC News- Request for proposals asks charging station manufacturers for pitches as city studies feasibility

‘The beginning of great change’: Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes

Feb. 15, 2019- The Guardian- The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians…+

Federal government, environmental groups take the stand in Sask. carbon tax challenge

Feb. 14, 2019- CBC News- Groups in favour of the federal carbon tax will take the stand in Saskatchewan’s Court…+

By 2080, the climate in these Canadian cities will look nothing like it does today

Feb. 12, 2019- CBC News- A study looked at 540 cities across Canada and the U.S.

Carbon offsets: Worth buying to fight climate change?

Feb. 7, 2019- CBC News- What they are, what they do, when to buy and how to get the best…+

‘Why aren’t we building for wildfire smoke?’ Air quality specialist calls for air filters indoors

Feb. 6, 2019- CBC News- Sarah Coefield is in Vancouver for a wildfire workshop hosted by the B.C. Lung Association

Thawing of Earth’s ‘3rd pole’ could affect 1.9 billion people, study says

Feb. 4, 2019- CBC News- Lead author calls melting of glaciers in Asia ‘the climate crisis you haven’t heard of’

Rising CO2 won’t make trees grow more, study suggests

Feb. 4, 2019- CBC News- Research into ancient cedars in Quebec shows we may need to change predictions of vegetation,…+

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