Yukon’s climate plans rely on biomass. But is it actually good for the environment?
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12 min. readThe territorial government wants to move from burning fossil fuels to wood in a bid...
Climate change driving Indigenous food insecurity in Canada: report
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Although Indigenous Peoples are among the lowest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the country,...
City of Whitehorse corporate emissions up 40 per cent in four years due to unlikely culprit
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Lower than normal snowpack has left Yukon Energy with less hydroelectricity supply for the city’s...
RBC becomes first major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge
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‘We are looking to all major banks in Canada to come into the sunlight with...
Will mining be the sleeping giant of Yukon greenhouse gas emissions?
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Territorial government delays putting emissions reduction targets on mining operations under new climate change strategy
Yukon aims to put 200 times more electric vehicles on the road by 2030
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Territorial government’s new climate change strategy focuses on emissions reduction in transportation, with sector contributing...
Yukon mine poses environmental risk decades after being remediated under federal watch
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Territorial government now on the hook for proper clean up of Wellgreen site before toxic...
‘The fish are much, much smaller’: study finds Yukon-Alaska salmon declining in size
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Climate change and competition with hatchery fish causing chinook, sockeye, chum and coho to shrink...
Yukon hikes Victoria Gold’s reclamation bond by $3.5 million
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Increase comes four months after heavy spring freshet caused company to dump 43 million litres...
