Apr 23 2021 — National Observer — It’s easy enough to imagine what the energy transition will look like in your city or neighbourhood: electric cars and buses rolling through the streets, more people walking and biking, solar panels covering every roof, perhaps a spinning wind turbine or two cresting a hill on the horizon.
Apr 23 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — Canada’s new carbon pollution target is a range, rather than a specific number, in order to signal the “uncertainty” involved in setting future goals based on forecasts, the federal government said Thursday.
Apr 23 2021 — NY Times — Avril Haines, President Biden’s director of national intelligence, told world leaders on Thursday that climate change was no longer a peripheral issue but now “at the center” of U.S. foreign policy, with far-reaching impacts on force deployments and the stability of hard-hit regions.
Apr 22 2021 — The Canadian Press — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising Canada will slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent within the next decade. The cut applies to 2005 emission levels. The new target is higher than the 36 per cent reduction the government says it can achieve under existing measures by 2030, and the 30 […]
Apr 22 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — Vancouver credit union Vancity was the only Canadian financial institution to join Wednesday’s launch of a new global banking coalition for net-zero emissions. None of Canada’s big five banks were founding signatories of the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) that promised April 21 to align investment portfolios with science-based climate targets starting in 2030.
Apr 22 2021 — National Observer — Discussions and plans of action around climate change are too rarely informed by the devastating health impacts of a rapidly warming planet. But if we truly seek to build a society that is resilient and prepared for public health challenges, we must apply hard-won lessons from one health emergency to our management of the next.
Apr 21 2021 — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take advantage of Joe Biden’s climate summit on Thursday to unveil Canada’s new, more ambitious climate target. Radio-Canada has learned that Trudeau will not announce a specific figure but rather a range for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. According to information obtained by Radio-Canada, the new Canadian goal is […]
Apr 21 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — When the Boundary Dam coal plant in Saskatchewan opened the world’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage operation in 2014, it was supposed to save a million tonnes of carbon pollution each year. Instead, seven years later, the $1.35-billion project — the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — has captured […]
Apr 21 2021 — Max Fawcett — National Observer — In politics, as in life, you should be careful what you wish for. In a Monday morning tweet, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O’Toole complained the governing Liberals “offer no solutions.” This was not a particularly wise thing to say in advance of a budget that everyone expected would be one of the most […]
Apr 21 2021 — The Canadian Press — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step up his commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada within the next decade as he heads into a United States-hosted climate summit with global leaders. The virtual two-day event starting tomorrow, which is Earth Day, is where the government says Trudeau plans to unveil new […]
Apr 21 2021 — NY Times — President Biden has repeatedly pledged to work with China on issues like climate change while challenging Beijing on human rights and unfair trade practices. But those goals are now coming into conflict in the global solar sector, presenting the Biden administration with a tough choice as it looks to expand the use of solar power […]
Apr 19 2021 — Politico — The federal Liberals have set an ambitious new target for Canada to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as part of a sweeping set of big-ticket budget measures aimed at fighting climate change while giving Canada’s pandemic-hit economy a green lift. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada’s new goal is to reduce […]
Apr 19 2021 — The Canadian Press — Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology — and heavy emitters to adopt it — is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals’ 2021 budget pledge to tackle climate change. Around $17 billion is promised to be spent in the years ahead to promote a “green” recovery out of the COVID-19 […]
Apr 16 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — Infused throughout the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that Parliament acted constitutionally when it passed the Liberal government’s carbon pricing law is the logic that the provinces are incapable of fully acting on the climate crisis themselves. The provinces could not be relied on to set minimum standards to cut carbon pollution, even if they […]
Apr 16 2021 — National Observer — Next week, U.S. President Joe Biden will be hosting a climate summit, to which he has invited 40 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. My, how the tables have turned.