Government plans emissions increase
Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution will continue rising for several more years and remain well above Kyoto targets beyond 2020 … Continue reading Government plans emissions increase
Category: Air and Climate
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 a new car 550 kilometres. This week, The Home Depot? Canada and the Clean Air FoundationSM launch the seventh annual Mow Down PollutionSM gas lawn mower and trimmer retirement and rebate program. The program gives Canadians the opportunity and incentive to – go green- by helping them recycle older, higher polluting gas lawn mowers and trimmers, resulting in tangible reductions of these deadly and environmentally harmful emissions.
Inuit way of life now on thin ice
As scientists work to establish the impact of global warming, explorers and hunters slogging across northern Canada and the Arctic ice cap on sled and foot are describing the realities they see on the ground. Read the full article from the Toronto Star… Continue reading Inuit way of life now on thin ice
China’s going big in renewable energy. Will Canada follow?
Although pollution is thick from China’s vast coal-burning plants, it has entered the clean renewable energy market in a big … Continue reading China’s going big in renewable energy. Will Canada follow?
Climate change – Road Stories: Ready or Not
The National looks at adapting to climate change CBC News In Depth: Climate change Continue reading Climate change – Road Stories: Ready or Not
Environmental Groups Call on Prime Minister to Adopt Clean Air and Climate Change Act
Climate Action Network/R?seau action climat Canada is calling on the Government of Canada to immediately pass and implement the Clean … Continue reading Environmental Groups Call on Prime Minister to Adopt Clean Air and Climate Change Act
UW-based research network launches plan to fight air pollution
A University of Waterloo-based research network says scientific evidence of the effects of air pollution on human health and the … Continue reading UW-based research network launches plan to fight air pollution
Cleanairpass
Cleanairpass brings people together in an emissions trading system that helps Canada meet its Kyoto protocol targets. Until all cars … Continue reading Cleanairpass
Waves and worries
As much as P.E.I.’s exploration of alternative energy is driven by economic ambitions, it is also driven by environmental concerns. … Continue reading Waves and worries
Emissions trading: like foreign aid, but better
Emissions trading works much like any market: One company can pay another to reduce emissions on its behalf, which lowers … Continue reading Emissions trading: like foreign aid, but better
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 … Continue reading Montreal plans to cut emissions by 20 per cent
Dion promises hard caps on greenhouse gasses by 2008
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is promising to impose hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest polluting sectors as … Continue reading Dion promises hard caps on greenhouse gasses by 2008