Category: Air & Climate
Quebec splits with Ottawa on climate change – The Globe and Mail
Interesting, but not surprising. Quebec has always been the province that has always taken a no-nonsense, direct approach, especially when it comes to environmental issues.
Southern Quebec chokes on smog for the fourth straight day – Worried about air pollution
You should be. Smog kills… SAINT-LEON-DE-STANDON, QC, Nov. 7 /CNW Telbec/ – The Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique (AQLPA) is asking the people of Quebec to take action. The health of the population of southern Quebec is being harmed by a fourth consecutive day of very poor air quality. According to health [...]
Newswire: Baird congratulates Quebec on emissions initiative – a day late
One day after refusing to publicly congratulate the Quebec government for introducing tougher auto emissions standards, Federal Environment Minister John Baird said the province’s plan to reduce auto…
EMISSION CRITICAL
Seventh annual eco-focused lawn mower recycling program helps eliminate greenhouse gases. MONTREAL, QC – April 16, 2007 – Each year in Canada, 80,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions are released by gas-powered lawn equipment. In fact, an inefficient 2-stroke gas mower can emit the same amount of pollution in one hour as driving [...]
Montreal plans to cut emissions by 20 per cent
The City of Montreal unveiled the first in a series of plans for sustainable development on Thursday, saying it wants to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 per cent over the next five years. It said it planned to get tough on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions even though the city’s territory accounts for 1.5 per cent [...]
Global warming: Countries lose sight of Kyoto targets
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — With few exceptions, the world’s big industrialized nations are struggling to meet the greenhouse gas reductions they committed to in the embattled Kyoto pact on climate change. Europe is veering off course, Japan is still far from its target, and Canada has given up. The latest figures of heat-trapping gases spewing out [...]
