B.C. citizens reject coal-fired power
New poll shows British Columbians demand provincial law to reduce global warming.
Tag: climate change
Fresh alarm over global warming
Last week’s report of an ancient ice sheet breaking from Ellesmere Island is but one more real-world event bearing out scientists’ warnings about global warming.
Kyoto retreat could hurt economy
Canada’s repudiation of its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol could harm its economy in coming years, warns the head of the United Nations Environment Program.
Ottawa planning more cuts to climate-change programs
The Conservative government is planning a second wave of cuts to climate-change programs and is asking public servants to help manage the ?fallout? by explaining why their positions should disappear.
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Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham
Interim Liberal Leader Bill Graham and Bloc Qu?b?cois Leader Gilles Duceppe accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday of “twiddling his thumbs” on climate change as a majority of Canadians say their concerns about the environment continue to increase.
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Environment is top Canadian priority, poll finds
Canadians are more concerned about the state of the environment than they have been at any point in the last 15 years, and a majority feel Ottawa should levy a tax to increase the cost of carbon-based energy sources, according to a new poll for CanWest News Service and Global Television.
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Change clean-air bill or face Commons vote, Layton tells Tories
The NDP has threatened to try to topple the Tory government, unless Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to make major modifications to his climate change plan.
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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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Tories deliver clean-air plan
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.
Most provinces still failing on global warming
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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Acts of greenies and meanies
If I were the environment, I’d be ticked off at Stephen Harper. Not for abusing me, for using me. What … Continue reading Acts of greenies and meanies
Conservatives plan tough restrictions on smog
The Conservative government’s $2-billion plan for the environment will introduce rigid regulations on smog-causing pollutants, but will likely be far … Continue reading Conservatives plan tough restrictions on smog