May 17 2019 — CBC — Canadian politicians should beware ‘pendulum’ of opinion on the issue, Aussie analysts say. Climate change has become a key election issue in a country that’s one of the largest exporters of coal and natural gas in the world. Nearly one-third of the Australian electorate — 29 per cent — rates climate change as the top […]
May 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — The Bank of Canada is highlighting its expanding concerns about climate change and, for the first time, is listing it among the top weak spots for the economy and the financial system. The central bank’s financial system health report Thursday included climate change as an important vulnerability, elevating it to a category alongside its long-running […]
May 15 2019 — Global News — Climate change could be coming for your dinner plate. Changes to the world’s climate could mean more frequent outbreaks of food-borne illness, according to a recent report from the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Canadians need to be ready to deal with the risks.
May 14 2019 — The Canadian Press — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is pushing Parliament to declare that Canada is in a “climate change emergency.” Her new motion, which is to be debated Thursday, asks MPs to recommit to meeting and later exceeding the greenhouse-gas-emissions targets made under the Paris climate-change accord. It comes the same week the NDP have a separate motion […]
May 14 2019 — Abacus Data — As Canada’s political parties prepare their election platforms, the latest Clean Energy Canada – Abacus Data nationwide poll explored opinions about what should be included in a plan to combat climate change. The results showed:
May 14 2019 — NBC News — In the latest bit of bad news for a planet beset by climate change, the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home.
May 14 2019 — The Hill — Activist and television host Bill Nye said the Earth is “on f—ing fire” in a new video warning about climate change, with the self-described “Science Guy” urging lawmakers to “grow the f— up” and allocate money to fight rising emissions.
May 13 2019 — CBC — Gerald Krabbe is taking his mid-century Calgary bungalow into the future with a soon-to-be-connected 5½-kilowatt photovoltaic solar panel system. The panels will supply enough electricity to keep everything running in his 1,400-square-foot home when the sun is shining — and any excess power will be returned to the grid. Krabbe says he’s motivated to reduce […]
May 13 2019 — Associated Press — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the political will to fight climate change seems to be fading at the same time as things are getting worse for those feeling the effects. Guterres made the comments after arriving in Auckland, where he spoke to reporters alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Guterres plans to spend three […]
May 8 2019 — In less than 10 years, emerging markets have leapfrogged from stuck-in-the-past power generation to becoming leaders in renewable energy production. That means more opportunities in more places for Canadian cleantech companies to do business and help drive the global clean energy transition.
May 7 2019 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — The historic election on Monday of a second federal Green Party MP shows that Canadians are taking the issue of climate change seriously and are looking outside traditional parties for solutions, say the leader of the federal Greens and the head of a public opinion institute.
May 7 2019 — The Canadian Press — Monday’s byelection win for the Green party in B.C. is a sign that Canadians are “preoccupied” with the issue of climate change going into this fall’s federal election, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Green hopeful Paul Manly took a commanding 37.3 per cent of the vote in the Vancouver Island riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, besting Conservative […]
May 7 2019 — The Canadian Press — British Columbia voters sent a message that Canadians are deeply concerned about the environment and climate issues will be at the forefront in October’s federal election campaign, jubilant Green party supporters said Monday night. Voters in Nanaimo elected Paul Manly of the Greens as their new member of Parliament, barely six months before October’s federal […]
May 6 2019 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — Catherine McKenna says the world needs “a Paris Agreement moment for nature,” after a major report was released showing how humans have been responsible for hundreds of species dying off, with a million more at risk of extinction. Canada’s environment and climate change minister was in Metz, France on Monday where she has met with […]
May 6 2019 — NBC News — A sweeping report assessing the state of the natural world found that humans are having an “unprecedented” and devastating effect on global biodiversity, with about 1 million animal and plant species now threatened with extinction.