Edmonton – Environmental groups and landowners have joined forces to block Capital Power’s bid to remove a legal requirement that it offset 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions that are released from the Genesee 3 coal power plant. Continue reading Capital Power breaks a key promise to Albertans
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s biofuel bill is not designed to address the climate crisis and it should be … Continue reading Biofuel bill won’t solve climate crisis but may make food crisis worse, say Greens
The New Brunswick Climate Change Hub facilitates the exchange of ideas, information, and resources between government, private sector and community-based organizations engaged in climate change. Continue reading New Brunswick Climate Change Hub
With UN poised to blame global warming on fossil fuels, firm posts $40-billion profit.
Continue reading “Exxon’s ‘outlandish’ earnings spark furor”
Climate change is no longer a vague threat. A new Globe polls finds that 4 out of 5 Canadians say … Continue reading Welcome to the New Climate
A few weeks ago, I did some junk science ? as the Bush/Harper people used to call studies about global … Continue reading Read the writing on the wall
Climate Action Network Canada/R?seau action climat Canada (CAN-RAC) today calls on Canada?s Environment Minister John Baird to provide Canadians with a strong, credible response to climate change.
In a year-end interview, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today that the environment is now among his top priorities and signalled that he will make major improvements to the much-maligned clean air plan he tabled this fall.
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.
The chief executive for Shell berated Washington on Monday for spurning the United Nation’s Kyoto agreement on global warming, saying U.S. backing for a global regulatory framework would create incentives for oil companies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Continue reading “Shell CEO berates America for spurning Kyoto”
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.
Continue reading “Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham”
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.
