Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada’s terror list:
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced today that the Three
Percenters and Aryan Strikeforce will join the list alongside the Proud
Boys, who were added in February after the storming of Capitol Hill in
Washington on Jan. 6.

Members of the Three Percenters have been linked to a plot to kidnap
the governor of Michigan, and senior intelligence officials say Canadian
chapters have carried out training activities in Alberta and British
Columbia.

Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada’s terror list:
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced today that the Three
Percenters and Aryan Strikeforce will join the list alongside the Proud
Boys, who were added in February after the storming of Capitol Hill in
Washington on Jan. 6.
Members of the Three Percenters have been linked to a plot to kidnap
the governor of Michigan, and senior intelligence officials say Canadian
chapters have carried out training activities in Alberta and British
Columbia.Read More

Dire Climate Thresholds ‘Closer Than Once Thought’, Leaked IPCC Report Warns – The Energy Mix: The IPCC warns that “current levels of adaptation will be inadequate
to respond to future climate risks,” the possibility of compound,
cascading climate impacts and tipping points is poorly understood, but
also concludes that “much can be done to avoid worst-case scenarios and
prepare for impacts that can no longer be averted,” the news agency
says.

But “species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat,
ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas—these and other
devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become
painfully obvious before a child born today turns 30,” the news story
states. And “the choices societies make now will determine whether our
species thrives or simply survives as the 21st century unfolds.”

Dire Climate Thresholds ‘Closer Than Once Thought’, Leaked IPCC Report Warns – The Energy Mix: The IPCC warns that “current levels of adaptation will be inadequate
to respond to future climate risks,” the possibility of compound,
cascading climate impacts and tipping points is poorly understood, but
also concludes that “much can be done to avoid worst-case scenarios and
prepare for impacts that can no longer be averted,” the news agency
says.But “species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat,
ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas—these and other
devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become
painfully obvious before a child born today turns 30,” the news story
states. And “the choices societies make now will determine whether our
species thrives or simply survives as the 21st century unfolds.”Read More

O’Regan Announces $1.5-Billion Clean Fuels Fund for Hydrogen, Bioenergy – The Energy Mix:

In an appearance at a virtual conference hosted by the Canadian
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, Natural Resources Minister Seamus
O’Regan, Jr. unveiled a formal request for proposals aimed at supporting
“feasibility and front-end engineering and design studies that will
create jobs and enable the sector to grow at the size and pace required
to contribute to Canada’s climate goals,” his department said in a release.

O’Regan Announces $1.5-Billion Clean Fuels Fund for Hydrogen, Bioenergy – The Energy Mix: In an appearance at a virtual conference hosted by the Canadian
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, Natural Resources Minister Seamus
O’Regan, Jr. unveiled a formal request for proposals aimed at supporting
“feasibility and front-end engineering and design studies that will
create jobs and enable the sector to grow at the size and pace required
to contribute to Canada’s climate goals,” his department said in a release.Read More

Record-Breaking Heat Is a Clear Sign of Climate Change: A heat wave scorched the U.S. West just before the official start of summer, bringing record-breaking temperatures, worsening a dangerous drought and offering yet another example of how the climate crisis has upended our idea of normal.

The
immediate cause of the hot weather was a high pressure system over the
U.S. West, combined with the fact that soils are already parched from an
ongoing drought, as The AP reported.
However, these kinds of high pressure systems, or “heat domes,” are
unusual so early in the year, and this year’s is particularly severe,
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain told NPR.

“It’s
not only unusual for June, but it is pretty extreme even in absolute
terms,” Swain told NPR. “It would be a pretty extreme event for August.”

Record-Breaking Heat Is a Clear Sign of Climate Change: A heat wave scorched the U.S. West just before the official start of summer, bringing record-breaking temperatures, worsening a dangerous drought and offering yet another example of how the climate crisis has upended our idea of normal. The
immediate cause of the hot weather was a high pressure system over the
U.S. West, combined with the fact that soils are already parched from an
ongoing drought, as The AP reported.
However, these kinds of high pressure systems, or “heat domes,” are
unusual so early in the year, and this year’s is particularly severe,
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain told NPR.“It’s
not only unusual for June, but it is pretty extreme even in absolute
terms,” Swain told NPR. “It would be a pretty extreme event for August.”Read More

‘Death Knell’ for Coal as Fed-Prov Review Denies Permit for New Alberta Mine – The Energy Mix: The decision on the Grassy Mountain mine comes five years after
Riversdale first filed an environmental impact assessment for the
project in 2016. Public hearings on the project in southern Alberta’s
Crowsnest Pass region were held last fall, CP says.

The mine, said Riversdale, would create about 500 jobs during two
years of construction and 400 over its 23-year life. The company said it
would pay $C1.7 billion in royalties and $35 million in municipal taxes
over that time.

The project was supported by many in the town of Crowsnest Pass. But
concerns were raised during hearings about the chance the mine could
contaminate headwaters of the Oldman River with selenium, an element
commonly found in coal mines that is toxic to fish in large doses.

‘Death Knell’ for Coal as Fed-Prov Review Denies Permit for New Alberta Mine – The Energy Mix: The decision on the Grassy Mountain mine comes five years after
Riversdale first filed an environmental impact assessment for the
project in 2016. Public hearings on the project in southern Alberta’s
Crowsnest Pass region were held last fall, CP says.The mine, said Riversdale, would create about 500 jobs during two
years of construction and 400 over its 23-year life. The company said it
would pay $C1.7 billion in royalties and $35 million in municipal taxes
over that time.The project was supported by many in the town of Crowsnest Pass. But
concerns were raised during hearings about the chance the mine could
contaminate headwaters of the Oldman River with selenium, an element
commonly found in coal mines that is toxic to fish in large doses.Read More