Failure to tackle the problem of climate change could trigger a worldwide economic slowdown along the same level as the … Continue reading Address climate change or risk global depression: economist
Failure to tackle the problem of climate change could trigger a worldwide economic slowdown along the same level as the Great Depression, warns a new report from a British economist.
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Quebec Environment Minister Claude B Continue reading Quebec coalition wants Ottawa to ‘revive’ Kyoto
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Canada’s favourite environmentalist, David Suzuki, pens a bio and criticizes the Conservative government for its stand on Kyoto. From the … Continue reading The Death of Kyoto?
(Ottawa) Canadians are speaking out about climate change and how it is impacting on their lives. Today?s Climate Action Tour stop in Waterloo Ontario marks the beginning of the second half of the cross Canada tour.
?We have been overwhelmed with the response from people coming out to the events and posting on our online forum,? said John Bennett, Executive Director, Climate Action Network/R?seau Action Climat Canada (CAN-RAC). ?Shorter winters, longer summers in Yellowknife, Pests are more abundant and bigger in Edmonton, over the last 20-30 years winters have less snow on Salt Spring Island, Lake Winnipeg – the water is warmer than before with changing water levels and more algae, 350% more precipitation in Kejimikujik Park, Nova Scotia than in regular years, fish have moved off shore due to temperature changes in Nova Scotia. These are only a few of the examples of what people are witnessing.?
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Ottawa — The Conservative government released its long-awaited environment plan yesterday, pledging mandatory restrictions on smog levels by 2010 and … Continue reading Emission rules begin in 2010
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — With few exceptions, the world’s big industrialized nations are struggling to meet the greenhouse gas reductions they … Continue reading Global warming: Countries lose sight of Kyoto targets
The federal government?s new Clean Air Act will actually lead to increased pollution, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.
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The Conservatives released the centrepiece of their ?made-in-Canada? environment agenda Thursday ? a Clean Air Act that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in half, but not until 2050.
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Most provinces persist in doing little or nothing to address global warming, says a new David Suzuki Foundation analysis of provincial climate change plans. And they?re not getting the push they need from the federal government.
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