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Analysis: Climate action could bring $26 trillion economic boost, but we’re wasting time

Analysis: Climate action could bring $26 trillion economic boost, but we’re wasting time

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Experts have been significantly underestimating the commercial benefits associated with climate action according to a major new report, which calculates how the global economy could enjoy a $26 trillion boost by 2030 if efforts to stop climate change are scaled up. The latest analysis, released last week by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, found that if global infrastructure investment over the next 15 years is channeled into environmentally beneficial schemes such as renewable energy and green transport,…

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Provincial Party Responses 2018

Provincial Party Responses 2018

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Make your vote count: find out where the parties stand. The next Government of Ontario will inherit a province facing many significant environmental challenges, from climate change and ongoing loss of biodiversity to a steady build up of toxics and pollutants in our air, water and land.  Strong actions will be required to address these problems and to position Ontario to benefit in a world rapidly moving toward a low-carbon future and embracing the need for more sustainable economic and…

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Rail lines, not pipelines: the past, present, and future of Canadian passenger rail

Rail lines, not pipelines: the past, present, and future of Canadian passenger rail

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One kilometre of oil pipeline contains the same amount of steel as two kilometres of railway track.* The proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will, if it goes ahead, consume enough steel to build nearly 2,000 kms of new passenger rail track. The Keystone XL project would consume enough steel to build nearly 4,000 kms of track. And the now-cancelled Energy East pipeline would have required as much steel as 10,000 kms of track. With these facts in mind, Canadians (and…

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Gas prices pinching your wallet? Here’s how much you could save with an electric car

Gas prices pinching your wallet? Here’s how much you could save with an electric car

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Gas prices are expected to hit a four-year high in North America this summer, and things might get even worse now that the U.S. has pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. New sanctions on Iran, one of the world’s major oil producers, are already pushing up oil prices and could add another 5 cents a litre to the price of gasoline for Canadians this summer, GasBuddy analyst Dan Mcteague told Global News. The prospect of pain at the pump…

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Walk and Roll Cornwall SDG

Walk and Roll Cornwall SDG

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EImJtOdHvBc&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5nz6WqIYMg&w=560&h=315] Last summer the Transition Cornwall+ Active Transportation Group set out to interview a couple of people who love to walk and roll in Cornwall and SDG.  Their goal was to learn more about where they walk and roll, what tips and tricks they have to share with others and why they love doing it! With the help of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit communication team, they were able to capture it all on tape and produce two short videos….

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Let’s talk electric bikes: Q&A with an e-bike retailer

Let’s talk electric bikes: Q&A with an e-bike retailer

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The electric bike market seems to be rapidly expanding right now, with a lot of new brands, a lot of choices for buyers, and yet a lot of people have questions or reservations about them, so I called up Steve Appleton of ReallyGoodEbikes.com and interviewed him. I distilled our hour-long conversation about e-bikes down to a slightly more manageable length, and edited it for clarity. Read Let’s talk electric bikes: Q&A with an e-bike retailer by Derek  Markham at Treehugger.