Sep 29 2022 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — Evidence of the cost of climate change is scattered across Atlantic Canada: downed trees, eroded shorelines and bits and pieces of what used to be houses and wharves. A report released on Wednesday by the Canadian Climate Institute put the full extent of the problem into cold, hard numbers — reduced GDP, lost jobs, lower […]
Sep 28 2022 — National Observer — Canada’s new climate plan for the aviation industry sets out a vision that hinges on sustainable aviation fuel and carbon offsets to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. On Sept. 27, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra released the new plan, which sets a “purposefully ambitious goal” to ensure 10 per cent of airline fuel is […]
Sep 28 2022 — The Canadian Press — Canadians will see lower incomes and a choice between higher taxes or fewer government services if there isn’t more effort to adapt to the changing climate, a new report from The Canadian Climate Institute warns. But according to a report released Wednesday, if governments and the private sector buckle up and start investing in making […]
Sep 22 2022 — The Canadian Press — Ontario’s financial watchdog says the effects of climate change are projected to cost the province an extra $1.5 billion a year on average in the next few years just to maintain public transportation infrastructure. A report released today by the Financial Accountability Office says that over the next nine years, maintaining that infrastructure would have […]
Sep 22 2022 — The Narwhal — As Doug Ford looks to break ground on new highways, Ontario’s financial watchdog is warning that extreme climate events will drive basic maintenance costs on transportation infrastructure drastically higher. In a new report out today, the Financial Accountability Office projects that extreme rainfall, heat and freeze-thaw cycles caused by the warming of the planet will […]
Sep 19 2022 — Navdeep Bains — My grandparents were born in what is now Pakistan. Today, catastrophic flooding has displaced millions there, and caused widespread calamity. In July there were record heat waves and raging wildfires across Europe. Britain closed schools and transportation was scaled back as airport runways and train tracks became unusable. The worst drought in decades is spreading […]
Sep 18 2022 — Paul Withers — CBC — A minor question at the Nova Scotia Power rate hearing this week has revealed the role the federal government played in helping secure the award of the province’s largest-ever wind procurement to five First Nations-owned proponents. Regulator Roland Deveau assumed $125 million in funding for Nova Scotia wind projects announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
Sep 16 2022 — National Observer — “How dare they pollute us like that, how dare they poison the air further, poison the water.” That’s Elizabeth Marshall’s reaction to the reopening of the only operational underground coal mine in Canada: the Donkin mine in Cape Breton. Marshall, a Mi’kmaq Grandmother, is a member of the nearby Eskasoni First Nation and part of […]
Sep 15 2022 — Paul Withers — CBC — Nova Scotia Power says the cost of closing its coal plants and transitioning to a greener electricity grid will likely cost more than $2 billion this decade, but how much of that will fall on ratepayers is not yet clear. The estimate emerged Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) hearing on […]
Sep 14 2022 — Research Co. — Most Canadians and Americans are willing to pay higher taxes in order to adequately address global warming. The concerns of residents of Canada and the United States about global warming have increased over the past two years, a new two-country Research Co. poll has found. In the online survey of representative national samples, 68% of […]
Sep 14 2022 — National Observer — As affordability woes dominate the national political conversation, the Liberal environment minister says climate change is linked to cost-of-living concerns and will remain high on the federal government’s agenda. Although climate issues are “probably not as much at the forefront as they’ve been … it’s still an area of concern for many, many Canadians,” federal […]
Sep 13 2022 — National Observer — Off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is an abundance of marine life — humpback whales, white-sided dolphins, lobster, mackerel and more — under threat from increased oil and gas activity in the ocean. It’s well-proven oil and gas production puts marine life at risk. But there is also damage done by oil exploration when […]
Sep 12 2022 — Mia Rabson — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating because climate change is increasing the risks of extreme heat waves across Canada. The recommendation is am...
Sep 10 2022 — National Observer — On the first of November last year, Britain’s King Charles III, as he is now called, addressed a who’s-who of world leaders gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference. Speaking in the event’s cavernous main hall, the septuagenarian royal warned his audience to summon a “war-like footing” to tackle the “existential threat” of climate […]
Sep 9 2022 — National Observer — The Ontario government is in the “early stages” of developing a strategy to deal with old oil and gas wells in the wake of recent disasters, including an explosion last summer that decimated downtown Wheatley and injured 20 people. Natural Resources spokesperson Anita Tamrazi said via email that the ministry will work with other governments, […]