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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions

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In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]

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Climate change Great Lakes Now

What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change

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What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change

By Gautam Jain, Columbia University

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As the U.S. prepares for another Trump administration, one area unambiguously in the incoming president’s crosshairs is climate policy.

Although he has not released an official climate agenda, Donald Trump’s playbook from his last stint in the Oval Office and his frequent complaints about clean energy offer some clues to what’s ahead.

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Great Lakes Now Lake Superior Michigan Ontario

Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

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Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.

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Great Lakes Now

The race for clean energy is local

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The race for clean energy is local

By Emily Jones and Gautama Mehta, Grist

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The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry, needs to rid itself of fossil fuels if the country is to play its role in combating the climate crisis — a transition that will have to happen even as energy providers scramble to meet what they claim is an unprecedented spike in electricity demand, attributed to the rise of AI.

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Great Lakes Echo

Crescent Wind Farm fuels push for greener Michigan

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By Donté Smith Capital News Service In the rolling farmland of southern Michigan’s Hillsdale County, the Crescent Wind Farm towers over the landscape, generating renewable energy while stirring both hope and contention among residents. The wind farm, operated by Consumers Energy in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland townships, is part of the state’s growing push to meet […]

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London Free Press

Keep cannabis edibles away from trick-or-treaters: Public health nurse

2 min read

As Halloween approaches, local public-health officials have issued an unusual warning about keeping cannabis-laced candies hidden from children. Southwestern Public Health – the health unit serving Oxford and Elgin counties – on Tuesday warned citizens to keep edible cannabis products, especially ones packaged or shaped akin to Halloween treats, “out of reach of children.” “Edible […]