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California Isn't Having a Water Crisis, it's Having a Runoff Crisis

Surface runoff due to industrial agriculture and urban development is a big factor in the California water shortage. Permaculture may be the answer.

Is Your Electric Car Really Green?

The complicated truth behind battery-powered vehicles.

The Footprint of Fabrics

When we understand what goes into making fibres, we can make better choices.

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The Great Debate: Why It's Okay That The Environmental Community Isn't Unified

The environmental movement is divided on two key battlegrounds: intensification and nuclear power.

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Selling the forest to save it

Nov 15 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Julia Galbenu

Is carbon trading the future of our forests?

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Quality, not quantity of trees dictates how well forests store carbon

Oct 16 2018 | IN Scientists | BY Hai Lin Wang

Does species richness impact how effectively a forest can absorb excess carbon? A three-country, eight-year study (finally) has answers.

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Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the world over trade

Sep 18 2018 | IN Waste | BY Clyde Eiríkur Hull

The broad push towards creating a circular waste economy isn't unique to the United States; it's happening in Canada, too.

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No quick or easy resolution to the Trans Mountain pipeline question

Sep 14 2018 | IN First Nations | BY Mark Winfield

The Trans Mountain pipeline court decision will test just how long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can maintain his energy-environment balancing act.

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Policies on petroleum and pipelines move us closer to a ‘Hothouse Canada’

Aug 23 2018 | IN Pipelines | BY Simon Dalby

Propping up the old economy can only lead to 'Hothouse Earth'. But it's not a foregone conclusion.

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Belo Monte: there is nothing green or sustainable about these mega-dams

Aug 15 2018 | IN Water | BY Ed Atkins

Hydroelectricity may appear clean. But when it comes to megadams, the veneer of sustainability can wear thin.

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Offshore: Mud and Marine Spills in Canada's North Atlantic

Jul 24 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Simon Ryder-Burbidge

On June 22, 2018, BP spilled 136,000 litres of offshore drilling lubricant off the coast of Nova Scotia, one of the largest such spills in Atlantic Canada's history. But it was far from unique.

Fracking hotspots, shale basins and aquifers in Canada

Fracking Hotspots in Canada

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY A\J Staff

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We've mapped the nation's shale gas formations, key water aquifers, fracking wells and moratoriums. (Updated)

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Controversial Spring Bear Hunt Returns to Ontario

May 29 2014 | IN Wildlife | BY Andrew Reeves

The pilot project targets areas with high human-bear interactions, but MNR isn’t tracking whether it’s issuing permits for this season or the fall hunt.

9 Ways to Curb Light Pollution

Sep 2013 | IN Night 39.5 | BY Semini Pathberiya

Full article available online

Give your city or home a dim-over with these common sense and technological tips.

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Web Exclusive: Is it tar sands or oil sands?

Sep 2012 | IN In Defence of Science 38.5 | BY Jeff Gailus

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Jeff Gailus sheds light on the history of these complicated terms.

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Incredible Breakthrough Could Boost Solar Power Efficiency to Almost 100%

Oct 29 2014 | IN Solar | BY Stu Campana

New research out of Cambridge has game-changing implications for the future of energy production.

Disasters Foretold: Northern Gateway Spill Forecast

Sep 12 2013 | IN Wildlife | BY Chris Wood

What Enbridge already knows about where and how much the Northern Gateway Pipeline will leak.

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9 Ways to Fight Fracking

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY Jean Louis Deveau

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Resistance strategies from the frontline standoff in New Brunswick.

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