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Bob Weber

@row1960

Canadian Press reporter specializing in Arctic and environmental issues

 Edmonton
Joined December 2009
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Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade ow.ly/BI5i50OHeJP

Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade

A paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature has concluded that those northern waters could be open for months at a time as early as 2030, even if humanity manages to drastically scale back its...

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ICYMI: Identity, not ideology, key to Alberta political divide, survey suggests ow.ly/9Q4850OFLsC
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Tabulation change led to delay in voting results: Elections Alberta ow.ly/5RFO50OAeWL
Tabulation change led to delay in voting results: Elections Alberta

Tabulation change led to delay in voting results: Elections Alberta

CALGARY - The cameras were rolling Monday night and thousands of Albertans were tuned to their favourite TV anchors, waiting for news of who would form the next provincial government.

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Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney loses attempt to have lawsuit thrown out ow.ly/Y3hG50Ox7rZ
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney loses attempt to have lawsuit thrown out

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney loses attempt to have lawsuit thrown out

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney has lost his bid to have a court throw out a defamation case five environmental groups brought against him.

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Satellites give firefighters real time advantage for fighting wildfires ow.ly/ozea50OvBev
Satellites give firefighters real time advantage for fighting wildfires | Globalnews.ca

Satellites give firefighters real time advantage for fighting wildfires | Globalnews.ca

Data from a growing number of satellites are giving firefighters new tools to predict fire behaviour and analyze its consequences.

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ICYMI: Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques ow.ly/96AL50OvB2E
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Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques ow.ly/xfky50Os8jk
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Alberta New Democrats say they would restore aerial wildfire-fighting teams ow.ly/ZI8Z50Opaum
Alberta New Democrats say they would restore aerial wildfire-fighting teams

Alberta New Democrats say they would restore aerial wildfire-fighting teams

Alberta’s New Democrats say they’d bring back a program of elite aerial wildfire fighters cancelled by the United Conservative government.

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ICYMI: Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers ow.ly/nctf50Oo6PH
Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers

Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers

EDMONTON - Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta’s United Conservatives in their four-year tenure.

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Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oilsands mine, Alberta regulator says ow.ly/5BnY50Om4jb
Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oil sands mine, Alberta regulator says

Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oil sands mine, Alberta regulator says

Imperial faces more water problems at Kearl mine

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Municipalities asked Alberta’s United Conservatives to keep aerial wildfire fighters ow.ly/cfp950Okwez
Municipalities asked Alberta’s United Conservatives not to cancel wildfire fighter program

Municipalities asked Alberta’s United Conservatives not to cancel wildfire fighter program

Alberta’s decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from at least three municipalities, including one that has since been...

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Firefighters question UCP budget cuts to aerial attack teams as Alberta battles wildfires ow.ly/lKXs50OjBIQ
Firefighters question UCP budget cuts to aerial attack teams as Alberta battles wildfires

Firefighters question UCP budget cuts to aerial attack teams as Alberta battles wildfires

The program once had 63 firefighters stationed around Alberta, including at Edson, Fox Creek and Lac La Biche. But it was cut in 2019 by the United Conservatives

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Musician Corb Lund wants strong stance against coal mines in Alberta election ow.ly/4Ho150OcQq1
UCP blocks proposed Alberta NDP bill to prevent coal mining in Rockies

UCP blocks proposed Alberta NDP bill to prevent coal mining in Rockies

EDMONTON - Alberta’s United Conservative government has refused for the second time to move ahead with an Opposition bill that would have placed legally enforceable restrictions on coal mining in the...

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Commission increases refund ATCO owes over attempt to recoup contract costs ow.ly/wVRV50O0NLI

Commission increases refund ATCO owes over attempt to recoup contract costs

Alberta regulator increases refund ATCO owes customers to $16-million from $11-million

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Australian coal company withdraws plan for mine in Alberta foothills ow.ly/AWKj50NVmmu
Australian coal company withdraws plan for mine in Alberta foothills

Australian coal company withdraws plan for mine in Alberta foothills

CEO Peter Doyle says Montem Resources will instead be focusing efforts on building a renewable hydro project at the site

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Head of Alberta Energy Regulator declines to say when province told of oilsands leak ow.ly/EBGY50NQYUA
Head of Alberta Energy Regulator declines to say when province told of oilsands leak

Head of Alberta Energy Regulator declines to say when province told of oilsands leak

The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has declined to tell a parliamentary committee when the provincial government was informed of releases from an oilsands tailings pond.

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Oilsands emissions could be underestimated by current measuring methods, study says ow.ly/3wki50NQsFw
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Alberta’s United Conservative government releases ‘aspirational’ plan on climate ow.ly/5YG750NNu5P
Alberta’s United Conservative government releases ‘aspirational’ plan on climate

Alberta’s United Conservative government releases ‘aspirational’ plan on climate

Alberta’s climate plan relies heavily on technologies such as carbon capture and storage, and describes past measures it has taken to bring its greenhouse gas emissions down

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Nearly 6 million litres of water from oilsands sediment pond released into Athabasca River ow.ly/h3xa50NMVlN
Nearly 6 million litres of water from oilsands sediment pond released into Athabasca River | CBC...

Nearly 6 million litres of water from oilsands sediment pond released into Athabasca River | CBC...

Suncor has reported six million litres of water that exceed sediment guidelines have been released into the Athabasca River from a pond at its Fort Hills oilsands mine.

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First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; minister promises reform ow.ly/ufjt50NLPrS
First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; minister promises reform | CBC News

First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; minister promises reform | CBC News

Chiefs of First Nations affected by releases of wastewater from an oilsands mine excoriated Alberta's regulator at a House of Commons committee hearing, calling it a system that serves the industry...

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