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Seniors in Canada concerned for the future and choosing to act to engender hope. #climatechange #climateaction #seniors #canada #seniorsforclimate #climatepolicy #cleanenergy #renewables #naturebasedsolutions #progressivepolitics #divest #sustainability

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Major government economic legislation C-39 clears first vote, heads to committee
A key piece of the Carney government's economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons Thursday when Conservatives voted with the majority Liberals to send the bill for study...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy
Gavin Newsom says Trump is a ‘gift’ to the climate cause for dispelling notions of fossil fuel energy security.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Climate overshoot is here. Canada can build the industry that helps contain it
We are running a three-way relay race involving mitigation, adaptation and carbon removal.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Food delivery workers face growing extreme weather risks: study
Food couriers face a double squeeze as climate change brings more extreme weather and rising living costs make it harder to turn down a dangerous shift, a new study finds.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Hodgson pledges oil and gas at ‘heart’ of economic strategy as national electrification stalls
While Canada's energy minister pitches natural resources as central to a "recalibration" of economic risk, new Canadian Climate Institute figures show the country slipping further from its emissions g...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign the open letter calling on the federal government to act now for a Youth Climate Corps. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t...
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Sign the open letter calling on the federal government to act now for a Youth Climate Corps
The Youth Climate Corps was a hard-won victory. After years of organizing, Budget 2025 delivered a $40 million pilot commitment which is proof that this campaign has multi-partisan support and has bui...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From 350.0rg Power Hour Call: Reject Bill C-39 DATE: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 TIME: 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET / 8pm AT LOCATION: Zoom (Register to get the link) act.350.org/signup/oct13...
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Power Hour Call: Reject Bill C-39
Join 350 Canada and people from across the country for a POWER HOUR to take concrete action together. We say NO to pipelines while Canada burns. Not on our dime, not on our watch.
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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
1/8 🚨 NEW: We found a network of 30+ pro-oil front groups coordinating, tracking progress, and reporting back to their funders about how they are shaping energy conversations in Canada. It looks like that was supposed to stay under the radar, except they left their platform completely public 👇
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Fuelling Populism
Discover Greenpeace Canada's investigation, Manufacturing Petro-Populism, uncovering the covert network of front groups and fossil fuel industry backing behind oil and gas advocacy in Canada.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part
The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity. Upfront costs are just one of the obstacles.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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A Kelvin wave is moving toward BC’s coast. What could that mean for coastal communities?
The effects of this year’s “super El Niño” are beginning to reach Pacific coastlines, carried in part by an advancing Kelvin wave. Its arrival may be nearly imperceptible, but its impacts could ripple...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Carney picks 'a very noisy year' as yardstick to beat for ocean noise
There are only 76 whales left in the genetically distinct Southern Resident orca population. While a shortage of their main food source, chinook salmon, and pollutants have driven their decline, the u...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Where do Toronto's leading mayoral candidates stand on solar and wind energy? Which candidate will lead our city toward a bright renewable energy future? Ask them here: #topoli #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/i9LeqDHb
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Where do Toronto's mayoral candidates stand on green energy?
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Nuclear Waste: the End of Independent Project Reviews?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join our online session to share analysis and action in response to the double header out of Ottawa (designating NWMO's nuclear waste scheme as a Project of National Interest and Bill C-39 , an Act to...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
32 environmental organizations signed a letter to urge the government to respect its international obligations at COP17, the international conference on Biodiversity. seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/wp-content/u... Send your own letter: secure.seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/en/civicrm/p....
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Climate despair? Take it to the civic election booth
Cities have a lot of power to reduce carbon pollution with policies such as banning gas heating in new homes and buildings.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Cenovus Energy looks at oilsands growth as it signs $5.7B deal to buy Athabasca Oil
The deal comes days after the federal government deemed a proposed million-barrel-a-day pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia the first national-interest project under legislation passed last year...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Another oilsands boom? Smith, Carney say this time Canada will be ready
The last boom from the mid-2000s to mid-2010s came with the side-effects of cost inflation, labour scarcity and housing shortages. The prime minister and Alberta's premier say that if oilsands compani...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Super El Niño to cause 451,000 heat deaths
Climate scientists are calling the hotter temperatures resulting from El Niño a “postcard from the future.”
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection
It would be one thing if the arguments for expanding fossil fuels were geostrategic or economic. The public could weigh the projects and forecasts against protection of lives, species and livelihoods....
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Fast-tracked pipeline adds pressure for Vancouver port expansion
Government and independent sources alike conclude that Southern Resident killer whales are in no position to tolerate further loss of habitat or hunting grounds. A few changes in the omnibus Bill C-39...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Energy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipeline
The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings. After...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Nuclear Energy Undermines Climate Action
If the goal is to keep fossil fuel-fired plants operating as long as possible, promising to build more nuclear energy has definite appeal.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's gettnig hot in here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEy1...
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Lily Phillips and the OnlyFans stars taking on the climate crisis
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stop the $43B West Coast Money Pit. We cannot keep funding a dying industry at the expense of nature, Indigenous rights, and green energy. I just signed the petition to end this project. Join me. 🌊🌳 app.sosha.ai/s/4Nh3I65T
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Reject the 35 billion dollar pipeline
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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LNG Canada’s massive expansion is a go. Here’s what it means
A planned $33 billion investment in the second phase will double LNG Canada’s export capacity, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hydro-Québec wants to double data centre costs, Google and others prepare rebuttal
Analysts for Hydro-Québec made the case Thursday morning that the utility needs to act urgently to limit the impact of the growing data centre industry on energy costs for Quebecers. In a public heari...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Climate crisis is no longer a ‘distant warning,’ UN leader says
The General Assembly pledged to help countries threatened by sea-level rise, but many challenges remain.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Canada’s pipeline politicking is about to collide with economic reality
The ball for the west coast oil pipeline — sorry, the "Pacific Link" — is now fully in the oil and gas industry's court. One big question remains: are they actually willing to fill it?
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Carney's push for new pipeline hits flashpoints across Canada
Mark Carney's decision to list the Pacific Link Pipeline as a 'project of national interest' is drawing concern from environmental, political and Indigenous groups.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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West coast oil pipeline gets 'national interest' status to start construction next year
The 1,200-km Pacific Link heavy oil export line, to be jointly owned by the federal and Alberta governments and developed by TMX operator Trans Mountain Corp, enters a streamlined federal review aimin...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Younger Generations Face Greater Lifetime Exposure to Extreme Fire Weather
Despite contributing the least to the warming effects of climate change, younger generations are projected to be disproportionately exposed to extreme fire weather.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Hope for Ukraine Rushes Portable Solar to Kherson As Russia Hits Grid
As Russia launches major attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter, one non-profit delivering portable solar energy systems nationwide is turning to front-line Kherson, racing to reac...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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New LNG Canada Deal ‘Like Betting on a Concrete Canoe’
The LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to announce a final investment decision today to double its output to up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year, th...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Electrified Economy Could Add 1.6 Million Jobs, $3.1T in GDP by 2050, Report Says
Electrification is an opportunity for Canada to expand its economy, with the potential to add C$3.1 trillion and unlock more than 1.6 million jobs by 2050 compared to a business-as-usual scenario, sug...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Carney Designates 'Pacific Link' Pipeline as Project of National Interest
Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that an oil sands pipeline to the British Columbia coast, now officially titled the Pacific Link Pipeline, will be designated as a project of national interest...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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CAPE response to West Coast Oil Pipeline / Pacific Link designation as a project of national interest - CAPE
In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s designation of the West Coast Oil Pipeline, renamed the Pacific Link, as a project of national interest, Dr. Julia Sawatzky, an emergency medicine resident ...
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: PM Carney just made it official: the proposed West Coast Pipeline, now called Pacific Link, is the first designated "Project of National Interest." This climate-wrecking project would be a disaster for our communities & our planet. Help us fight back: win.newmode.net/350org/ept #cdnpoli
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney is planning to pay for the climate-wrecking West Coast Pipeline with tens of billions of our taxpayer dollars. We can’t let them get away with it. Tell federal leaders to prioritize our future over Big Oil's profits in Budget 2026. share.nwmd.social/s/kMkQM4SL
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Tell Your MP: Don't Fund the West Coast Pipeline in Budget 2026
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney is going ahead with the "Pacific Link" as a designated "Project of National Interest". Tell hiim NO! win.newmode.net/350org/ept
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
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Tell the Canada Pension Plan: Protect our retirement security in a changing climate
Our national pension manager is about to answer to Canadians – and we need thousands of voices there. Every two years, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the organization responsible f...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Carney Expected to Designate West Coast Pipeline as Project of National Interest
50 years to the day after the world’s first look at a decarbonized future, PM will commit to a pipeline that increases Canada’s emissions by 230 million tonnes, saddles taxpayers with a $43.7-billion ...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Saskatchewan to pursue two large nuclear reactors: premier
Scott Moe said Tuesday his government is looking at building the reactors somewhere in the province's northwest — and the first could be online in 2042.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
The major projects will mean there are more ships on the water and more pressure on habitats, 'so we must scale up our systems to protect marine life in the event that something goes wrong,' Carney sa...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.
The record-breaking oceanic phenomenon isn't just raising global temperatures — it's also canceling Atlantic tropical cyclones.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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LNG Canada export expansion project gets green light amid economic and climate warnings
The $33-billion project to double processing capacity at the Shell-led BC terminal would generate economic development and thousands of construction jobs. But analysts and sustainability campaigners w...
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WWF EU @wwf.eu · 01/10/2026
Carbon removals👏 are not 👏 a substitute👏 for emissions reductions👏 😶‍🌫️ Our briefing sets out why the proposal to integrate permanent #CarbonRemovals into the #ETS could weaken incentives to cut emissions, undermine environmental integrity and put climate targets at risk 🔗 www.wwf.eu?21539341/bri...
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The case against integrating CO₂ removals into the EU Emission Trading System
As the EU moves forward with its implementation package to deliver the 2040 climate target, the first of its climate files to be reviewed is the EU Emission Trading System (ETS). After having seen the
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Offsetting for habitat loss almost never works. Ottawa wants more of it
New policy proposed in Bill C-39 will allow developers to buy credits or pay fees to compensate for the habitats they destroy.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/09/2026
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in the latest surge of violence in the occupied West Bank. ft.trib.al/UFuXjLf
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