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Last updated at 4:45 PM on September 20, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)

BC Conservative, Green Party Leaders address UBCM

"...Saturday is Writ Drop Day, signalling the official beginning of the Oct. 19 provincial election campaign, and party leaders are getting a jump on sharing their platforms..."

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Calgary tap water could be cloudy but safe as crews reconnect repaired feeder main

"...Crews completed filling the recently repaired pipe on Thursday night. Now, water quality samples have been sent off to the lab for analysis..."

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Wildfires on Vancouver Island down this season compared to 10-year average

"...The Old Man Lake wildfire near Sooke is the only one currently burning on Vancouver Island. Its a region of the province that this year saw a drastic drop in blazes in the backcountry..."

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Manitoba to encourage renewable energy while acknowledging fossil fuel use

"...WINNIPEG Manitoba's government says it will encourage the development of renewable energy in the province while acknowledging fossil fuels aren't going away any time soon..."

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AI may breathe new life into Three Mile Island to supply power to Microsoft's data centers

"...HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy..."

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US stops hazardous waste shipments to Michigan from Ohio after court decision

"...DETROIT (AP) The federal government has stopped sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill from Ohio, a ripple effect after a judge intervened in a different matter and suspended plans for waste shipments from New York state, officials said Friday..."

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Caribou: Guilbeault dangles the prospect of big money and invites Quebec to negotiate

"...Guilbeault also said that he would like to negotiate an agreement on biodiversity, "for which Environment and Climate Change Canada is prepared to make an additional contribution of $100 million," and "this sum would be in addition to the $220 million currently being negotiated with Natural Resources Canada. "..."

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Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

"...TOKYO (AP) Japan and China announced Friday that they have reached a deal resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean and Beijing's subsequent ban on Japanese seafood..."

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Kananaskis council planning fireguards to protect from wildfire threat

"...Kananaskis Improvement District (KID) is planning to build fireguards to help shield area housing and infrastructure from wildfire..."

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EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

"...KYIV, Ukraine (AP) The European Union pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations, as it seeks to help the country rebuild its economy and its war-shattered power grid..."

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Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital

"...Ukraines Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources said the pollution was a result of the burning of peatlands and other wildfires in the region combined with autumn temperature fluctuations..."

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"Timelines did not allow for a delay," report released on Wilmot corn-crop destruction

"...The report is detailing the decisions behind the corn-crop destruction on farmland purchased by the Region this summer..."

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'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

"...While Africa is responsible for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is among the most vulnerable to extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said earlier this month. In sub-Saharan Africa, the cost of adapting to extreme weather events is estimated between $30-50 billion annually over the next decade, the report said. It warned that up to 118 million Africans could be impacted by extreme weather by 2030..."

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The EU's chief is trying to help Ukraine prepare for winter. Half its energy network is destroyed.

"...The main aim is to help Ukraine decentralize its power grid, and to become less reliant on the big power stations that make easier targets for Russian forces. Around 260 missiles rained down in a major attack on energy infrastructure late last month..."

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"...Jay delves into the critical aspects of the industry, including decarbonization, digitization, grid resiliency, urbanization, and safety for both utility employees and customers..."

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Episode #66: Jon Stika

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"...Jon Stika is a writer, agronomist, and former soil health instructor with the USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)..."

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Making mixed flow dryers cleaner and more efficient

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"...A new patent-pending pre-cleaner system from AGI promises to help reduce dryer energy needs, increase efficiency and leave the farmyard much cleaner..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.

Agricultural Air Pollution: Impacts, Sources, and Mitigation Strategies

"...These strategies include the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, precision farming, integrated pest management, and agroforestry, which aim to minimize pollutant emissions while enhancing agricultural productivity and ecosystem resilience..."

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Ensuring nutrition and food safety within planetary boundaries: The role of microalgae-based ingredients in sustainable food ch

"...Given this, this study conducts an analysis oriented to food key ingredients considered essential in human nutrition, namely: proteins, ?-carotene as a precursor of vitamin A, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids), using life cycle assessment (LCA) linked to the planetary boundary structure, under nine indices: climate change, biosphere integrity, global biogeochemical fluxes, stratospheric ozone depletion, ocean acidification, global freshwater use, land use change, chemical pollution, and atmospheric aerosol loading..."

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Wastewater Treatment in India?A New Perspective

"...In the present scenario, scale of urbanization and industrial growth has generated unprecedented volume of wastewater, often dumped into the surface water resources..."

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Nutrient loadings and deforestation decrease benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in an urbanised tropical stream system

"...In the SSRS, where rapid economic growth took place without updating poorly installed wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), domestic activity indicated by human population density in the catchment was the primary factor in generating heavy phosphorous loadings (mean total phosphorus=0..."

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History of the hydrogeochemical study of groundwater in the Netherlands and the research motives

"...Societal motives are also identified: shallow, biogenic methane as fossil fuel (already researched since the 1890s); groundwater contamination; freshening/salinisation of aquifers; ecohydrology and nature conservation; aquifer thermal energy storage; national and regional groundwater monitoring for policy evaluation; impact of climate change and weather variability; and occurrence of brackish groundwater and brines in the deeper subsurface..."

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From pea soup to water factories: wastewater paradigms in India and the Netherlands

"...Although the Netherlands has to still meet the water quality targets of the European Water Directive Framework with regards to micropollutants, the country has made significant progress towards wastewater treatment and reuse in the last four decades..."

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Scenarios of nuclear energy for countries with different options of nuclear fuel cycle: Utilization and perspective

"...The results compare the resources needs, the economy of the nuclear fuel cycle options, the policy of each country and the future of the nuclear power plants to achieve the reduction of the greenhouse gases..."

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A water?energy?food nexus analysis of the impact of desalination and irrigated agriculture expansion in the Ain Temouchent regi

"...Establishing a reverse osmosis desalination plant with a daily production capacity of 200,000 m3 significantly alleviated the resulting water crisis, yet its energy consumption and environmental impact raise several questions..."

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Review of Global Scenario

"...The study highlights the strategies such as 5-R principal, waste segregation at household level, use of natural gas-based vehicles, advanced modifications in the system of waste management in developing countries, utilization of compost and residue as manure, and reclamation of abandoned landfill sites to mitigate the emissions for sustainable progression of the nations..."

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Life Cycle Assessment of Cocoa Products in Vietnam

"...The development of the cocoa industry not only aims to diversify agricultural export products but also aligns with the goals of sustainable economic development and greenhouse gas emission reduction to combat climate change in Vietnam..."

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"...Each solution describes steps that are already being used in homes, schools, businesses, cities, and governments around the world-with full scientific references to help the reader dig deeper and push farther..."

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Water and Wastewater Operator

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"...Freshwater Ecology Unit (CFEU) at the Vale Living With Lakes Centre (LWLC) is seeking to hire an Intern in Conservation and Biodiversity Restoration of Aquatic Systems..."

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"...Performs change overs and end of run cleans including disassembly and reassembly of necessary equipment as needed..."

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