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Coverage of gas guzzlers since March 7, 2022.

Carbon ruckus drowns out the truth

"...But if you’re paying attention to the big picture, you don’t have to be a fan of carbon taxes to realize that we couldn’t be acting against carbon pollution aggressively enough or pulling hard enough on every possible lever to stop fossil fuels. “This sudden heat spike greatly exceeds predictions made by statistical climate models,” says Schmidt. Translated to layperson’s terms, the predictions were already pretty dire..."

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Bruce Allen: The war on the car isn't working, and driving is still a nightmare

"...It's good that we dont have to deal with cyclists much longer. In a couple of months the bikes will be put away and the gas guzzlers will return to the streets. Our bike lanes will now go back to just being annoyances..."

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Gasoline versus electric cars? Heres how their life cycle emissions compare in Canada

"...As the top red line on the chart shows, burning gasoline creates sky-high emissions. In fact, gasoline is even climate-dirtier than coal. Burning gasoline in a car emits more CO2 per unit of energy than burning coal in a power plant..."

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'Your gas guzzler kills': Edmonton woman finds warning on her SUV along with deflated tires

"...A vigilante trend of deflating SUV and pickup tires in the name of environmental protection appears to have arrived in Edmonton with one victim calling it "frustrating. "..."

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EDITORIAL: Coming together in crisis

"...Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city of Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The flooding has all the hallmarks of a catastrophe juiced by climate change, but it is too early to formally assign blame to global warming, several scientists tell The Associated Press..."

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Yukonomist: Bringing carbon money to the Yukon

"...If you really want to know the truth, CarbonZero. ca can help you. According to their online calculator, using 2,000 litres of home heating fuel per year produces 5..."

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‘Your gas guzzler kills': Environmental group says it deflated tires on Kitchener SUVs Globalnews.ca

"...All the vehicles targeted were SUVs and a note was left on the windshield that stated, Your gas guzzler kills. ..."

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Manitoba drivers looking to go electric amid soaring gas prices face long delays

"...But given the price of petrol he wants to ditch his gas guzzler for a battery-powered vehicle..."

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Yukonomist: How to dodge gas price spikes

"...Part of the explanation for the confusion is that we haven’t yet thought through how things like geopolitics and climate change policy affect supply differently from demand. Volatile gasoline prices are just one result..."

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Liberals dismiss accusations they intend to slap a green tax on pickup trucks

"...Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said the Conservatives are lying about a secret government plan to add a green tax to pickup trucks..."

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Federal environment minister says no green tax on pickup trucks Globalnews.ca

"...Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Conservative MPs are spreading lies that the government has a secret plan to tax pickup trucks over their greenhouse gas emissions..."

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High fuel costs sparking electric vehicle interest

"..."Annual electrical costs of an electric vehicle are between $200 and $300 a year for a 15,000-kilometre driver. Compare that to about a $400 to $500 monthly cost for a standard gasoline vehicle," said Bishop..."

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