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Ottawa plans to release first national climate adaptation strategy by end of 2022

After a year that saw deadly heat domes, massive wildfires and historic flooding, Ottawa is being pressed to do more to help Canada prepare for life in an increasingly volatile and dangerous climate.

An effort to block an oil-by-rail facility in Portland could be solidified this week. This summer, the city of Portland decided to deny a land-use compatibility statement for the Texas-based company Zenith Energy, which receives oil via trains, stores it, and then it sends it to ships. Noelle Studer-Spevak, board member of Families for Climate, which is among a coalition of groups working to stop the facility, said people have been fighting for it because there has been a dramatic increase in oil-by-rail traffic. ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Industrial settings and crowded highways are often associated with calls to reduce harmful carbon emissions, but what about a typical commercial building? In Minnesota, there is a legislative push to enhance standards for new construction. Various levels of government, utilities and even some corporations have made pledges to achieve net-zero emissions in the coming years. Some clean energy advocates say to get there, commercial buildings, such as skyscrapers and strip malls, need to do their part. ...