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      <title>The Narwhal explains the federal budget’s climate measures</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate>			
			<description><![CDATA[Big climate and energy announcements are expected in the federal budget being tabled on Monday. Tune in here for our breakdown of the key takeaways]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1400" height="933" src="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-1400x933.jpeg" class="attachment-banner size-banner wp-post-image" alt="Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland at a press conference" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-450x300.jpeg 450w, https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trudeau-freeland-2-20x13.jpeg 20w" sizes="(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" /><figcaption><small><em></em></small></figcaption></figure><p>&#65279;<p>The Narwhal held a special live video event on Monday&nbsp;to help you make sense of the climate and energy <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/04/19/budget-bolsters-federal-climate-plan-with-17b-in-new-spending.html" rel="noopener">measures</a> announced in the <a href="https://www.budget.gc.ca/2021/home-accueil-en.html" rel="noopener">federal budget</a>.</p><p>Reporter Fatima Syed &mdash; whose byline you might recognize from <a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/carbon-tax-supreme-court-canada/">our explainer</a> on the Supreme Court carbon pricing ruling &mdash; brought her scrutiny skills to the latest, greatest goings-on in the nation&rsquo;s capital. She was joined by three all-star guests: <a href="https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/about-us/faculty/margot-hurlbert.php" rel="noopener">Margot Hurlbert</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/S_HastingsSimon" rel="noopener">Sara Hastings-Simon</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRosaGalvez" rel="noopener">Senator Rosa Galvez</a>.</p><p>Hurlbert is the Canada Research Chair in Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Policy and has helped craft numerous reports for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hastings-Simon, a research fellow at the University of Calgary&rsquo;s School of Public Policy, brought her experience in science, business and policy to break down how we can make low-carbon energy transitions. Senator Galvez is a leading expert on the impacts of pollution on human health who, in addition to her Senate duties, works as a professor at Universit&eacute; Laval &agrave; Qu&eacute;bec.</p></p>
<p><em><strong>The Narwhal’s reporters are telling environment stories you won’t read about anywhere else. Stay in the loop by <a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter/?utm_source=rss">signing up for our free weekly dose of independent journalism</a>.</strong></em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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