What if we slapped carbon taxes on shareholders not consumers?: About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a surprising bestseller. It was called “Capital in the 21st Century.” In it, Thomas Piketty traces the history of income and wealth inequality over the past couple of hundred years.

The book’s insights struck a chord with people who felt a growing sense of economic inequality but didn’t have the data to back it up. I was one of them. It made me wonder, how much carbon pollution is being generated to create wealth for a small group of extremely rich households? Two kids, 10 years and a Ph.D. later, I finally have some answers.

RCMP looking into the Ford government Greenbelt controversy | Globalnews.ca: The RCMP has confirmed that it is looking into the Ford government’s Greenbelt land swap controversy after the matter was referred to them by Ontario Provincial Police.

The RCMP initially issued a statement which said they were asked to
“investigate irregularities in the disposition of the Greenbelt
surrounding Toronto” by Ontario Provincial Police.

They later issued a second statement to clarify where they stood with regards to the Greenbelt.

“At
this time, RCMP O Division are beginning our evaluation of the
available information as referred by the Ontario Provincial Police,” the
second statement said. “After we have conducted a full assessment, we
will determine whether to launch an  investigation.”

‘Different factors’ fuel housing crisis, not international students: Trudeau – National | Globalnews.ca: “We have to be very careful. Over
the past years, we’ve seen a lot of different people and a lot of
different groups blamed for the housing crisis. At one point it was
foreign homebuyers. At another point it was developers being super
aggressive. Another point, it was under-investments by various orders of
government. Now it’s people saying, ‘Oh, it’s international students,’”
Trudeau said.

“Yes, there’s a lot of different factors that go into this housing crisis. But it’s something that has been brewing and developing over the past number of decades.”

A number of Trudeau’s cabinet colleagues have echoed this sentiment recently, but have also spurred questions about whether the government’s immigration targets need to be reviewed as the country struggles to cope with a housing crisis.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday that changing the new immigration target isn’t a conversation he’s had with any fellow ministers, but he said the government must tailor its policies on immigration and housing to acknowledge the link between the two.

Fukushima fallout: Is Japan ‘irresponsible’ to dump treated nuclear wastewater?: In a final report released in July, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found that the release, if conducted as designed, will cause negligible impact on the environment and human health.

After taking into account possible bioconcentration of low-dose radionuclides that still remain in the water, the environmental and health impact is still negligible, TEPCO officials said.

Most scientists support the IAEA’s view, but some say the long-term impact of the low-dose radioactivity that remains in the water needs attention.

Greenpeace said on Tuesday that the radiological risks have not been fully assessed and that the biological impacts of tritium, carbon-14, strontium-90 and iodine-129 – which will be released with the water – “have been ignored.”

Safety inspections are required on inactive Alberta oil and gas wells. Thousands are overdue | The Narwhal: More than 10 per cent of the approximately
75,000 inactive oil and gas wells in Alberta are overdue for
inspection, according to data from the provincial energy regulator
compiled by The Narwhal.

The number of wells overdue for inspection has more than doubled since 2018, to more than 7,500.

Inactive wells no longer produce oil or gas but have not yet been permanently sealed, nor has the land around them been cleaned up.
Alberta has no timelines on how long wells can sit inactive but does
require them to be monitored by the companies that own them, with
results reported back to the regulator.

Inspections are supposed to be carried out to check for risks to the public and environment, including excess pressure, leaks, wellhead failures and other problems.

As of Aug. 8, there were 7,596 wells identified on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s inactive well list that were overdue for inspections out of a total of 73,989 inactive wells covered under what’s known as Directive 013, which sets out the rules for suspending inactive wells.