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Federal budget lays foundation for a cleaner, fairer Canada

Clean Energy Canada

The federal budget also sets aside funding to strengthen Canada’s vehicle and methane emissions regulations, as well as to finalize Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard. While such policies seldom make headlines, they efficiently reduce emissions year after year at a significant scale. “A The centre would also help implement the Canada-U.S.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

On Earth Day and during the United Nations Climate Week, it published 85 letters to the editor in local newspapers on “behalf” of cattle farmers proclaiming that beef is sustainable. He believes that Checkoff dollars are empowering groups like NCBA and NPPC to take policy positions that hurt small producers.

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Global Briefing: Triptych of alarming reports offer stark update on scale of climate and biodiversity crisis

Business Green

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also provided a worrying update on methane emissions, revealing that levels of methane in the atmosphere rose by record levels in 2020 with scientists unclear on the cause.

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

The websites artificially created the appearance of grassroots political energy, and shared misleading “news” that downplayed environmental damage from fracking while simultaneously promoting the benefits of pro-drilling policies. FTI remains a major, major contractor to the fossil fuel industry.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks. Thirteen years ago, this ahead-of-its-time cool school eliminated plastic water bottles (though it's had to temporarily suspend the policy due to COVID-19).

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