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Institute aims to commercialize local carbon capture technology

Institute aims to commercialize local carbon capture technology

Clean-tech and engineering expertise draws new Carbon Capture and Conversion Institute to B.C.
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Frankenfood follies put world at peril

Frankenfood follies put world at peril

GMOs may be the only way to avoid catastrophic global water and food shortages
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Clinging to the carbon economy is a bad business plan for B.C.

Clinging to the carbon economy is a bad business plan for B.C.

We live in such a time-lag world. So much is happening so fast we barely have time to digest the latest data before solutions start flying at us, quickly to be upstaged by an all-new path to an all-new dismal future.
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Climate change smarts now part of core competency for professionals

Climate change smarts now part of core competency for professionals

Accountants and engineers who don’t consider potential effects of changing weather could be in hot water, professional associations warn
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Climate change affecting local horticultural industry

Climate change affecting local horticultural industry

As an arborist who’s been working in B.C. for the past quarter-century, Wyatt Sjodin is on the front lines of a changing environment.
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Portland leading Vancouver in the race for greenest-city crown

Portland leading Vancouver in the race for greenest-city crown

Portland and Vancouver have often been accused of being joined at the hipster
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Oil spill at proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could kill more than 100,000 birds: study

Oil spill at proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could kill more than 100,000 birds: study

The proposal by Kinder Morgan to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline does not take into consideration the potential impacts on...
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Global CO2 pollution hits highest level in at least a million years

Global CO2 pollution hits highest level in at least a million years

Carbon dioxide levels around the world have hit a new “benchmark” level of 400 parts per million – a level not seen in...
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Canadians complacent as extreme weather events rise: insurers

Canadians complacent as extreme weather events rise: insurers

Damage caused by weather has increased 650% between 2009 and 2012, according to RBC. But Canadians are taking fewer precautions to protect their property
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Cleanup companies mired in mining sector’s woes

Cleanup companies mired in mining sector’s woes

Many wastewater-treatment businesses struggling to make sales, attract investment
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