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Supreme Court won't hear province's appeal in youth-led Ontario climate case

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The Canadian Press · CBC News · Posted: May 01, 2025 7:15 AM PDT The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal regarding a case put forward by several young Ontario citizens, including 18-year-old Sophia Mathur of Sudbury.  (Evan Mitsui/CBC) Canada's top court has turned down Ontario's request to weigh in on a major challenge to its climate plan brought by a group of young activists. The Supreme Court of Canada's decision means Read more...

More than $400 million pledged by nine foundations to help solve climate change in Canada

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  A group of families and foundations from across Canada have pledged $405 million over the next decade to help solve climate change. Read more...

Food as You Know It Is About to Change

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  By  David Wallace-Wells Opinion Writer July 28, 2024 From the vantage of the American supermarket aisle, the modern food system looks like a kind of miracle. Everything has been carefully cultivated for taste and convenience — even those foods billed as organic or heirloom — and produce regarded as exotic luxuries just a few generations ago now seems more like staples, available on demand: avocados, mangoes, out-of-season blueberries imported from Uruguay. But the supermarket is also increasingly a diorama of the fragility of a system — disrupted in recent years by the pandemic, conflict and, increasingly, climate change. What comes next? Read more...

Vancouver wants to decarbonize its large buildings. Some owners may not be able to afford it

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  New law requires large-building owners to report emissions, with plans to reduce greenhouse gas... read more

Granville Island tenants worried about lack of plan to combat rising sea levels

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  David McCann, whose consultancy has been headquartered on the CMHC-owned land for 30-plus years, said action is required now ...read more

Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

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  I have spent the better part of the last 12 years writing about lies. My colleagues call it “disinformation,” and I generally do, too, but let’s call it for what it is: lying. During this stretch, I have written more than 200 articles and columns, and most of them were either about CEOs who lie, experts who lie, scientists who lie, attorneys general who lie... read more

U.S. investors successfully demand RBC change how it reports on green, fossil fuel investments

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RBC is one of several financial institutions to begin disclosing information about climate-related investments Canada's largest bank has reversed course on a policy to disclose how much it invests in green energy versus fossil fuel energy following demands from New York City's large public pension funds, with environmental groups welcoming... Read more