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How our lakes offer important insights into how life on Earth began

Countless lakes in Canada and elsewhere may offer some important insights into how life on Earth began and may also help us grapple with the pressing environmental issues facing the planet today.

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The Weather Network

February 13, 2023

What India's discovery of first ever lithium deposits means for country

Significant lithium reserves have been found in India for the first time in an important discovery that bodes well for the south Asian giant’s plans to transition into clean energy and its push for electric vehicles.

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The Independent

February 11, 2023

S'pore becomes 2nd country to support global agreement ending harmful fisheries subsidies

Singapore has become the second member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to ratify its agreement to protect the world’s oceans. On Friday, the Republic formally accepted the treaty – the first multilateral trade agreement that focuses on environmental sustainability – becoming the first coastal state to do so.

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The Straits Times

February 11, 2023

Une course aux subventions aux armements s’engage entre l’Europe et l’Amérique (in French)

Lorsque le président américain Joe Biden a promulgué la loi sur la réduction de l’inflation, il a promulgué le plus grand investissement climatique de l’histoire américaine – un moment historique pour une nation qui pompe plus de carbone dans l’atmosphère que n’importe quel pays à l’exception de la Chine.

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News24

February 10, 2023

"Eating its own capital": Investing in a planet-friendly food system

New Food’s Grace Galler investigates why investors may be apprehensive to invest in food systems and how their impact could make a monumental difference when it comes to food insecurity and climate change.

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New Food

February 10, 2023

GSI discovery makes India 7th largest Lithium resource-rich country

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has for the first time established availability of Lithium inferred resources of 5.9 million tonnes in Salal-Hamaina area of Reasi in Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir - a discovery of strategic importance which will go a long way in solving shortage of Lithium, key component of Lithium-ion batteries used in electrical vehicles (EVs) and other chargeable instruments. The discovery makes India as having the seventh largest resource of Lithium globally. It'll, however, take time to convert it to reserves.

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The Times of India

February 10, 2023

A subsidy arms race is kicking off between Europe and America

When US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, he enacted the biggest climate investment in American history — a landmark moment for a nation that pumps more carbon into the atmosphere than any country bar China.

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CNN Business

February 10, 2023

Carbon capture and storage technology is too expensive, takes too long to build: report

By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage, Canada’s oil and gas industry risks saddling itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues.

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The Globe and Mail

February 9, 2023

Deep seabed mining lacks social legitimacy

The impacts of deep seabed mining on people have not been sufficiently researched or addressed. Using a legitimacy framework, we discuss the social-equity dimensions of this emerging industry in the ocean commons.

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Nature | npj Ocean Sustainability

February 9, 2023

Carbon capture too expensive, takes too long to build: Report

By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage, Canada's oil and gas industry risks saddling itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues.

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The Canadian Press

February 9, 2023

ELA Offers A Bursary Again

For the second year in a row, the Experimental Lakes Area is offering an undergraduate bursary for a university student. Pauline Gerrard is deputy director of the ELA and says the David Schindler Bursary is worth $2,000.

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Dryden Now

February 9, 2023

Marine Protected Areas Congress Seeks To Protect 30% Of Global Ocean By 2030

Ocean conservation professionals and high-level officials are meeting in Vancouver, Canada, this week to chart a course toward protecting 30% of the global ocean by 2030.

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Deeper Blue

February 8, 2023

Legal expert: ECT withdrawal 'is the only possible course of action'

Following the decision by several EU member states to leave the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the European Commission must now put proposals on the table for the EU to withdraw collectively, says Lukas Schaugg.

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EURACTIV

February 8, 2023

Indonesia has a deal to get off coal. But it's building new coal plants

The U.S. helped broker a $20 billion deal to transition Indonesia to renewables from coal. International observers are excited, but inside Indonesia, there are doubts about the deal.

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NPR All Things Considered

February 7, 2023

In U-turn, Brussels recommends EU-wide exit from controversial Energy Charter Treaty

In a notable U-turn, the European Commission has proposed a collective and coordinated exit of all 27 member states from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an obscure international agreement that protects energy investors from unexpected circumstances that might hurt their profit expectations.

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Euronews

February 7, 2023

View: India needs accelerated support for electric vehicles to achieve net zero

The recent Auto Expo 2023, India's largest motor show, generated significant excitement with the launch of several low- and zero-emission vehicle models, including electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen, and hybrids. While the event confirmed the auto industry’s growing focus on decarbonization, it also showed that India urgently needs to accelerate budgetary support for zero-emission technologies—particularly EVs, as the most mature and commercially viable segment in the transport sector.

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The Economic Times

February 6, 2023

Just transition beyond climate change

There has been plenty of political rhetoric around plans for Canada's Just Transition to a low-carbon economy and how it risks jeopardizing livelihoods, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Meanwhile, those working in the policy landscape say it's a chance for communities to move away from the boom-and-bust cycles of resource development and have a say in shaping their local economies.

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CBA\ABC National Magazine

February 6, 2023

How the oil sands compete in a world of lower demand and far lower emissions

Oil production in Alberta has never been higher – output almost reached 4 million barrels a day last November, led by the oil sands. It is why Canada's exports to the United States have doubled since 2005, winning market share from the likes of Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

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The Globe and Mail

February 6, 2023

Socio-political feasibility of coal power phase-out and its role in mitigation pathways

In IPCC pathways limiting warming to 1.5 °C, global coal power generation declines rapidly due to its emissions intensity and substitutability. However, we find that in countries heavily dependent on coal—China, India and South Africa—this translates to a national decline twice as rapid as that achieved historically for any power technology in any country, relative to system size. This raises questions about socio-political feasibility. Here we constrain an integrated assessment model to the Powering Past Coal Alliance’s differentiated phase-out timelines of 2030 in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/European Union and 2050 elsewhere which, for large coal consumers, lies within the range of historical transitions. We find that limiting warming to 1.5 °C then requires CO2 emissions reductions in the global North to be 50% more rapid than if this socio-political reality is ignored. This additional mitigation is focused on Europe and the United States, in transport and industry and implies more rapid decline in global oil and gas production.

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Nature Climate Change

February 6, 2023

Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?

Not far from the white sand beaches on the island of Borneo, the Indonesian government is building what it calls a "green industrial park." In the ground-breaking ceremony, Indonesia's president said this area of more than 40,000 acres would become a hub for green manufacturing using the country's vast mineral reserves.

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NPR

February 5, 2023