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Canada ratifies Paris climate deal in boost for Trudeau

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Canadian legislators vote 207-81 in favor of Paris climate deal OTTAWA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Canada’s Parliament on Wednesday ratified the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions, bolstering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bid to tackle climate change after a decade of inaction by the previous government. Legislators voted 207-81 to formally back the deal, which is […]

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Alberta has done its share for climate, even under tighter limit: minister

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Greenpeace says 1.5-degree limit puts more pressure on Alberta to reduce emissions EDMONTON _ Alberta’s environment minister says the province is doing its share to fight climate change, even under a more stringent limit for global warming. “We have unveiled a robust package of policies that we believe signals our willingness to do our part,”

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Schwarzenegger urges sub-national gov’ts to march ‘like a Terminator’ on the environment

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Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at COP21 PARIS _ Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged sub-national governments such as cities and provinces on Tuesday to march forward ‘like a Terminator’ on environmental issues. Three premiers, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne, Quebec’s Philippe Couillard and Manitoba’s Greg Selinger, were in the audience as the actor spoke at the international conference on

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Clean energy tech accelerating in US marketplace – DOE

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‘2015 Revolution…Now’ shows dramatic cost reductions continue to drive adoption of clean energy technologies WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of the International Energy Agency’s Ministerial in Paris, which serves as a lead-up to the COP21 UN Climate Negotiations, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the 2015 Revolution…Now report, which details the state of several clean energy technologies in

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Renewable energy revolution the silver lining in climate change gloom

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Technological changes, lower costs brighten renewable energy future OTTAWA _ The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says the world has yet to “turn the corner” on addressing climate change but there is room for optimism. That’s because, notwithstanding the gloom over the scale of the global issue, or the naysayers who claim a decarbonized economy

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Secretary Kerry: Shale development a “Game Changer” for US diplomacy

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US is already leading world in carbon emission reductions because of natural gas – International Energy Agency, At a recent Harvard forum, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States’ boom in shale production, and the low energy prices that came with it, have been a “game changer” for the United States in international

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University of California climate change solutions: 10 campuses turned into living lab

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University of California plan to be presented at Paris climate change conference SAN DIEGO – Reducing the human carbon footprint is a “moral imperative,” University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday as she vowed to turn the system’s 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions that can be scaled up to state, national and global

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