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The Quest To Turn The Arctic Into A Clean Energy Outpost Has Begun

The Quest To Turn The Arctic Into A Clean Energy Outpost Has Begun

by The Daily Eye Team March 27 2017, 12:39 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secs

The Canadian government's 2017 budget, released on Wednesday, funded a climate disaster mitigation fund and pledged billions to clean energy. It committed $21.9 billion to green infrastructure in the next 11 years, and listed a four-year $2.37 billion investment to the clean technology industry. On the same day as the announcement, a group was flying out from Yellowknife to visit the tiny community of Colville Lake, in the Northwest Territories. A few dozen students and administrators, part of the Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy (ARENA), were halfway through their first week-long session in learning about sustainable energy.

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