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Canadian hospitals switching out anesthetic gas for cleaner alternative

At Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, the decision to stop using the common anesthetic gas desflurane during surgeries made a big difference. The hospital reduced carbon emissions from anesthetic gases by more than 90 per cent — going from 860 tonnes of CO2 per year to just 80.
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  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
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  • Ottawa Insider
June 30th 2025

Deconstructing buildings: the quest for new life for old wood

A growing number of cities have launched initiatives to reuse the wood waste from construction and demolition that now ends up in landfills. The challenge, proponents say, is to deploy new techniques for disassembling old buildings and markets for repurposing the salvaged wood.
Race Against Climate Change
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  • Lauren E. Oakes
  • News
June 30th 2025

Trump's anti-offshore wind ire leading US states to look north for Atlantic Canada clean power

Northeast states’ options to meet ambitious clean energy targets since the US government placed a moratorium on offshore wind projects could open the door to large-scale developments planned off Atlantic Canada, say experts.
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  • Darius Snieckus
  • News
  • Business
June 30th 2025

Eby says explosive 'deliberately' set outside BC minister's office

Police say an explosive device damaged the front door of British Columbia infrastructure minister Bowinn Ma's office, and they're investigating whether it was linked to an earlier blast nearby.
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  • Darryl Greer
  • News
June 27th 2025

Trade talks between Canada and US end over digital tax, Trump says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he did not speak Friday with Donald Trump before the U.S. president announced a sudden end to trade negotiations in response to Ottawa's plans to push ahead with a digital services tax at the end of the month. On his platform Truth Social, Trump wrote that he was "terminating all discussions on trade with Canada" because of the tax.
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  • Dylan Robertson
  • News
June 27th 2025

Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas — a GHG-producing fossil fuel — as green energy

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it's a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases.
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  • Jack Brook
  • Jennifer Mcdermott
  • News
  • US News
June 27th 2025

An Ottawa co-production deal with Ukraine for military equipment under "active consideration"

Ottawa is considering whether to follow in the footsteps of several European nations by forging a new defence co-production deal with Ukraine for military equipment, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Thursday.
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  • Kyle Duggan
  • News
  • Politics
June 27th 2025

Alberta finance Minister will deliver year-end fiscal update, $5.8B surplus forecasted

Alberta’s finance minister is set to deliver the final bottom line number today on last year’s provincial budget.
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  • The Canadian Press
  • News
  • Politics
June 27th 2025

Israel-Iran was a wake-up call for Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil

Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil and gas — and its relatively slow shift to clean energy — make it vulnerable to disruptions in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic weakness highlighted by the war between Israel and Iran.
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  • Aniruddha Ghosal
  • News
June 27th 2025

Federal bank is loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships

A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ships, a purchase that federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying and should involve no federal funds.
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  • Wolfgang Depner
  • News
  • Politics
June 27th 2025

Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program

The town of Cochrane, Alberta, came within minutes of withdrawing from a national net-zero framework based on arguments from an AI-powered misinformation campaign uncovered by Canada's National Observer. A last-minute move by the mayor put the brakes on the decision — for now.
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  • Rory White
  • News
June 27th 2025

Science says plastic bag bans really do work

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches, a new study finds.
Race Against Climate Change
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  • Joseph Winters
  • News
June 27th 2025

Smith says separatist sentiments getting stronger in Alberta

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the public desire in her province to quit Canada has never been higher. Smith says a recent byelection that saw a separatist candidate garner almost 18 per cent of the vote shows Albertans are deeply frustrated and angry with Ottawa.
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  • The Canadian Press
  • News
June 26th 2025

'Orwellian': Louisiana redefines natural gas — a planet-warming fossil fuel — as green energy

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it's a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases.
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  • Associated Press
  • News
  • Energy
June 26th 2025

Carney's controversial major projects bill becomes law

Passage of Bill C-5 an "assault on science and democracy" say critics.
By
  • Natasha Bulowski
  • News
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
June 26th 2025

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