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Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

Hikes to oil production and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, a report published Thursday by a leading policy institute found, though the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissio
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Quebec won't fund graphite mine project tied to Pentagon; locals claim ‘victory’

Quebec won't fund graphite mine project tied to Pentagon; locals claim ‘victory’

MONTREAL — After years fighting against the opening of a mining project with ties to the Pentagon, Louis Saint-Hilaire is breathing a sigh of relief.
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Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank

Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank

CALGARY — Canada's oilsands industry remains under pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, even as companies have clamped down on public communications in the wake of new anti-greenwashing legislation.
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N.B. election: Parties' answers on treaty rights, taxes, Indigenous participation

N.B. election: Parties' answers on treaty rights, taxes, Indigenous participation

FREDERICTON — The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick distributed a survey on Indigenous issues to political parties ahead of the provincial election, which is scheduled to kick off Thursday.
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Alberta energy minister's oil well cleanup possibilities criticized

Alberta energy minister's oil well cleanup possibilities criticized

EDMONTON — Observers are criticizing Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells, saying they favour industry and lack input from the public.
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Flame from furious pipeline fire near Houston subsides but continues burning

Flame from furious pipeline fire near Houston subsides but continues burning

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A flame that towered over a southeast Houston suburb subsided Tuesday but was still burning following a pipeline explosion that happened when a vehicle drove through a Walmart parking lot fence and struck an above-ground valve
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Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup

Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup

EDMONTON — Alberta's energy minister is promising strong action by next fall to clean up the province's growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and gas sites.
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.4% in July at $71B

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.4% in July at $71B

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.4 per cent to $71 billion in July, helped by higher sales in the petroleum and coal and chemical product subsectors. The increase followed a 1.7 per cent decrease in June.
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Irish company planning to produce jet fuel in Goldboro, N.S., at former LNG site

Irish company planning to produce jet fuel in Goldboro, N.S., at former LNG site

HALIFAX — An energy firm based in Ireland is planning build a plant in eastern Nova Scotia to produce sustainable aviation fuel using about 700,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually.
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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales higher in July

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales higher in July

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.4 per cent to $82.7 billion in July.
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