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Feds could face climate litigation over export-credit agency’s financing of fossil fuel projects, say advocates

‘It shouldn't take members of the public suing the federal government to get them to act,’ says one of the groups urging the government to reorient EDC's financing away from carbon-intensive projects and shifting it instead to the clean-tech sector.

Opinion
BY BEATRICE PAEZ
May 4, 2021

Opinion | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | May 4, 2021

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As COP29 wraps up, will Canada finally stop funding fossils this fall?

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Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance

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The wisdom of Homer Simpson and Aaron Sorkin

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Climate finance should target resilient food systems

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

Trump’s ‘America First’ plans may undermine global trade

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