The Redford government will co-host a World Economic Forum regional meeting on energy, climate change and innovation in Lake Louise on April 24 and 25.
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Climate change in Edmonton: The promise of warmer weather but chilling effects
EDMONTON – The Edmonton area’s familiar landscape of aspen forest and grasslands will likely give way to Calgary’s treeless prairie over the next decades as summers become drier and temperatures rise, says a new report by the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute.
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Climate change will disrupt energy supplies, DOE warns
U.S. energy supplies will likely face more severe disruptions because of climate change and extreme weather, which have already caused blackouts and lowered production at power plants, a government report warned Thursday.
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Alberta holds top spot in country for overall weather comfort
As Calgarians prepare for the possibility of cold snap this week, they can take comfort in knowing they’re among Canada’s luckiest residents when it comes to weather.
Alberta has held in past years and continues to hold the top spot in a ranking of the country’s provinces and territories when it comes to most comfortable weather, said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada.
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Alberta’s climate-change fund hands out $6.5M to 13 projects
EDMONTON- The world’s largest landfill carbon reduction project in Fort McMurray and several other novel technologies from small firms were awarded $6.5 million on Wednesday by Alberta’s climate change corporation.
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