Dion challenges oilpatch
If elected prime minister, he would deliver long-sought tax breaks to the industry, but only if energy projects produce close to zero greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Nova Scotia offers drivers fuel efficiency advice
The DriveWiser program promises to teach people how to maintain vehicles and change their driving habits. Continue reading Nova Scotia offers drivers fuel efficiency advice
Nuclear Power No Solution to Climate Change
That is the conclusion of a major study of the environmental impacts, risks and sustainability of nuclear energy in Canada published today by the Pembina Institute.
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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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Canada on the Hot Seat
International climate negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations start today in Nairobi, Kenya. While these talks are crucial to avoiding catastrophic climate change, Canada?s delegation arrives with a weak track record and a discredited plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
UN climate conference opens in Nairobi
Facing rising temperatures and flagging efforts to control greenhouse gases, thousands of delegates from around the world opened a UN conference Monday on next steps to ward off the worst effects of climate change.
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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New federal Clean Air Act won?t clean air
The federal government?s new Clean Air Act will actually lead to increased pollution, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.
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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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No Clean Air Act, yet
The proposed Clean Air Act at best contributes little to reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and at worst … Continue reading No Clean Air Act, yet