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EVs are already making your air cleaner

February 2, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 30, 2026. By Tik Root The logic behind electric vehicles benefiting public health has long been solid: More EVs means fewer internal combustion engines on the road, [Read more]

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Alberta’s oil and gas wells threaten people’s health, but there are disparities in who is most at risk

February 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 26, 2025. By Martin Lavoie, David Risk, Matthew Rygus Around 13 per cent of Albertans live within 1.5 kilometres of an active oil or gas well. [Read more]

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Our school children deserve to be safe from harmful diesel fumes

September 11, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Sept. 9, 2024. By Hongyu Xiao, Cedric Smith, Dan Rutabingwa Gakire September marks the start of a new school year for kids across Ontario, and for [Read more]

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Wildfire smoke increases dementia risk, 10-year study shows

August 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. Canadian health experts are reacting after a study in southern California concluded that even tiny added concentrations of a key pollutant in wildfire [Read more]

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60-65°C: Extreme heat, humidity hit hardest for poor, disabled, displaced, war-torn

August 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 31, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Searing heat remains the story of summer across swathes of the northern hemisphere, with the most vulnerable—people who are young, [Read more]

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Opinion: Climate change is a human rights issue

May 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 20, 2024. By Kuan-Wei Chen, Hoda Asgarian In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of seniors who alleged that the Swiss [Read more]

Opinion

Bill C-372: Banning fossil fuel ads does not go far enough

March 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on March 19, 2024. By Peter Dietsch When the New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus proposed private member’s bill C-372 in February to ban fossil-fuel advertising it is unsurprising that [Read more]

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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children

January 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 11, 2024. By Akielly Hu Every day, more than 20 million kids in the United States ride to school on the 450,000 or so buses that trundle through [Read more]

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It’s not just extreme weather: ‘Climate-sensitive’ diseases are spreading through the US

November 16, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Nov. 16, 2023. By Zoya Teirstein This week, the United States government and leading climate researchers from institutions across the country released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a report [Read more]

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U of C study finds link between high density of fracking operations and increased risk of adverse birth outcomes

April 4, 2022 Energi Staff

Calgary, AB – A multidisciplinary team of researchers with expertise in medicine, education, engineering, geography, science, and law is investigating maternal and child health, child development, regulations and policy related to hydraulic fracturing in Alberta. [Read more]

COVID-19

COVID-19 shutdown leads to lowest US petroleum use in decades

April 23, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 23, 2020. U.S. consumption of petroleum products has fallen to its lowest level in decades because of measures that limit travel and [Read more]

COVID-19

What we’ve learned from the Spanish flu—and what we haven’t

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on April 8, 2020. It’s easy to feel trapped in the present by COVID-19—stuck at home, preoccupied with fears of what’s to come. But as history [Read more]

COVID-19

Behind the scenes at Alberta’s COVID-19 testing laboratories

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Gillian Rutherford This article was published by Folio on April 15, 2020. Alberta laboratories had two advantages when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing them to ramp up early and perform more tests per capita [Read more]

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Four ways climate change is affecting our health—and what we can do about it

January 27, 2020 Energi Staff

By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on Jan. 22, 2020. Climate change is already affecting our health, even if we don’t think about it much, says a University of Alberta public health [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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