Ottawa Vows to Bring in Methane Emissions Regulations. Alberta Promises to Never Implement Them.

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By Mitchell Beer, Corporate Knights Canada’s draft regulations promise a 75% cut in oil and gas industry methane emissions, but will the province with most oil and gas wells actually enforce them? Canada became the first country to promise a 75% reduction in oil and gas industry methane emissions during …

Are You Suffering From Shifting Baseline Syndrome?

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By Reagan Pearce, Earth.Org Do you suffer from Shifting Baseline Syndrome (SBS)? Well, the answer is that everyone probably does. While SBS is not an actual medical condition, it has been gaining traction across environmental disciplines, as well as featuring in modern environmental literature, as seen in Isabella Tree’s Wilding: The Return …

In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot

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By Amy Green, Inside Climate News Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane. ORLANDO, Fla.—It used to be the water spilled over Lake Okeechobee’s southern shore, flowing eventually into the sawgrass prairies of the Florida Everglades. …

Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean Electricity

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By Dan Gearino and Aydali Campa, Inside Climate News A suite of bills headed to the governor’s desk will also give the state, instead of local governments, the authority to approve industrial-scale renewable energy projects. Michigan is likely about to take its place among states with aggressive plans to cut …

Lessons from the ‘White Gold’ Rush in Latin America’s Lithium Triangle

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By Natalie Alcoba, Corporate Knights Can three countries in the most lithium-rich place on Earth use the green revolution to break free from the extractive patterns of the past that leave little behind? It is quiet and lonely on the mountainous range of Argentina’s Catamarca Province, where llama-like vicuña graze …