Jul 28 2021 — Global News — Faced with blazing wildfires on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave in the country, there is growing consensus among Canadians that climate change needs to be urgently addressed. In a new poll Wednesday conducted exclusively by Ipsos for Global News, 49 per cent of people in Canada say that the recent extreme weather events […]
Jul 27 2021 — The Canadian Press — The head of a federal infrastructure financing agency says he has seen a shift in the types of transit projects cities want to build as they opt for zero-emission buses in lieu of large-scale subways. Canada Infrastructure Bank chief executive Ehren Cory says the shift mirrors other changes in the planning of projects the agency […]
Jul 27 2021 — National Observer — The past month has been a wake-up call for many Canadians as large parts of the country sweltered under an intense “heat dome” that is believed to have contributed to at least 719 sudden deaths in British Columbia. Scientists have since concluded the heat wave would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change caused by […]
Jul 22 2021 — David Thurton — CBC — The federal, provincial and territorial governments have failed to plan emissions cuts sufficient to achieve Canada’s net-zero targets, says a new climate report. The report by the Pembina Institute, an energy and climate think-tank, concludes that Canada isn’t going to achieve its recently announced 2030 or 2050 net-zero goals. “Unfortunately, we are not on track […]
Jul 20 2021 — Markham Hislop — National Observer — The Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Initiative, announced June 9, may well lower greenhouse gas emissions from bitumen extraction and help Canada meet its own net-zero-by-2050 goal. Unfortunately, that is not enough. Climate change is only one of three significant risks facing the industry. The others are peak oil demand and at least $31 […]
Jul 20 2021 — The Canadian Press — Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada facing climate change and environmental disasters. Speaking to reporters in Toronto Tuesday, McKenna says the funding will support communities in conducting projects to face the risks of wildfires […]
Jul 20 2021 — The Narwhal — The head of an Alberta inquiry that targets environmental activists questioned the seriousness of the climate crisis in a draft version of its long-awaited report, Greenpeace Canada said on Monday.
Jul 17 2021 — Raf Casert , The Associated Press — BRUSSELS (AP) — Just as the European Union was announcing plans to spend billions of euros to contain climate change, massive clouds gathered over Germany and nearby nations to unleash an unprecedented storm that left death and destruction in its wake. Despite ample warnings, politicians and weather forecasters were shocked at the ferocity of the […]
Jul 16 2021 — Associated Press — The left-leaning government on Greenland which could be sitting on vast oil reserves, has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the the world’s largest island, calling it is “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.” No oil has yet been found in the waters of Greenland which had ambitions […]
Jul 15 2021 — NY Times — Democrats have agreed to include a tax on imports from nations that lack aggressive climate change policies as part of a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget plan stocked with other provisions aimed at ratcheting down fossil fuel pollution in the United States. The move to tax imports was made public Wednesday, the same day that the […]
Jul 15 2021 — NY Times — Portions of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb — a troubling sign for the fight against climate change, a new study suggests.
Jul 13 2021 — National Observer — The Liberal Trudeau government continues to avoid taking the climate emergency seriously. Witness the latest manipulations involving the net-zero emissions accountability law, Bill C-12. As originally drafted last fall, it lacked the substance and accountability needed to be effective. This was obvious to everyone.
Jul 12 2021 — Global News — As large swathes of the Western U.S. and central Canada continue to grapple with blistering heat, several climate and environmental safety experts are calling on governments and communities on all levels to double down on mitigation and adaption efforts to the inevitable effects of climate change. Dozens of heat records were broken during the heat […]
Jul 11 2021 — Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she will lead an effort by top U.S. regulators to assess the potential risk that climate change poses to America's financial system, part of a wide-ranging initiative launched by the Biden administration. Yellen says the regulatory review, which will be done by the Financial Stability Oversight […]
