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The United Nations says current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on course to blow past the limit for global warming countries agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord. The United Nations climate office said Wednesday that its latest estimate based on 193 national emissions targets would …
Read More »Youth climate activists to challenge Ontario government in court over greenhouse gas targets
Ontario has set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low and is therefore discriminating against young people, who will bear a disproportionate burden of climate change, seven youth activists argue in a lawsuit against the government. Their constitutional challenge, backed by Ecojustice environmental lawyers, is set to be heard Monday …
Read More »Israeli jets pound militant targets in Gaza, as rockets rain on southern Israel
Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 12 people, including a senior militant and a five-year-old girl. The fighting began Friday with Israel’s targeted killing of a senior commander …
Read More »Proposed class-action lawsuit targets Ottawa over prison practice set to become illegal
A proposed class-action lawsuit recently filed in Nova Scotia could see some former inmates seeking compensation for a prison practice that’s been performed on federal prisoners for years, but which will soon be illegal in Canada. The practice is called “dry celling.” It is a type of confinement that critics have described …
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