Aug 10 2020 — Elizabeth May — Policy Magazine — Being in self-isolation, working on zoom and trying to move mountains faster to address COVID, life these days sometimes feels surreal. The climate disaster news headlines keep coming. The alarm bells are ringing ever more loudly: We are in a climate emergency. The most recent sign of the climate apocalypse: the Milne Ice Shelf in […]
Aug 7 2020 — NY Times — Climate change threatens to create turmoil in the financial markets, and the Federal Reserve and other regulators must act to avoid an economic disaster, according to a letter sent on Tuesday by a group of large investors. “The climate crisis poses a systemic threat to financial markets and the real economy, with significant disruptive consequences […]
Aug 7 2020 — New Delhi: The effect of global warming and climate change are well emphasized in global narratives and India can neither remain unaffected nor be a mute spectator. Per capita carbon emissions between developed and developing countries like India is still unfavorably biased at 3.26:1 (world bank sample), however we are all are in this together […]
Aug 7 2020 — Hydrogen Fuel News — Over the last few years, many companies around the world have been taking the so-called “green road”…
Jul 29 2020 — National Observer — In the early days of COVID-19, as Toronto’s streets emptied and toilet paper practically vanished from store shelves, many residents noticed something else unexpected: unusually lovely air. The sky looked bluer, the breeze somehow smelled fresher. With Toronto’s usual chorus of traffic suddenly gone, birdsong became the city’s new soundtrack. This wasn’t a figment of […]
Jul 16 2020 — National Observer — The Ontario government must phase out its fleet of natural gas-fired power plants by 2030 to have a hope of meeting its climate goals, a coalition of 29 groups says. Led by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the list includes the David Suzuki Foundation, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Physicians […]
Jul 15 2020 — National Observer — Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the government remains “fully committed” to preserving a quarter of natural land and ocean habitat by 2025, following a call from hundreds of groups to ensure conservation is at the heart of any post-pandemic recovery. In an open letter published July 13 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 229 environmental […]
Jul 15 2020 — NY Times — As Covid-19 spread across the globe early this year, Facebook went into action to combat potentially dangerous disinformation on its site. The company labeled and suppressed misleading content, removed disinformation and directed users to reputable sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. This swift action stood in sharp contrast to Facebook’s stance […]
Jul 8 2020 — Paul Withers — CBC — Climate change, more seals and effective conservation in the United States are possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly-published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
Jun 22 2020 — The Canadian Press — Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan says achieving the Trudeau government’s target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a “moon shot” — but it’s not a case of randomly throwing out ideas. During last fall’s election campaign, the federal Liberals committed to the goal which means that any greenhouse gases still produced in Canada in […]
Jun 21 2020 — CBS News — Alarming heat scorched Siberia on Saturday as the small town of Verkhoyansk (67.5°N latitude) reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, 32 degrees above the normal high temperature. If verified, this is likely the hottest temperature ever recorded in Siberia and also the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, which begins at 66.5°N.
Jun 17 2020 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Other groups also complain farmers can’t afford its rising cost. Ottawa—Grain Farmers of Ontario says the facts don’t support an Agriculture Canada study that says the carbon tax on propane and natural gas used in farm grain drying operations is an insignificant expense. GFO President Markus Hearle said a statement that at an average […]
Jun 16 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — Beginning with Brian Mulroney in 1988, four different prime ministers have committed this country to nine different climate targets over the last 32 years. So far, five of those carbon emissions targets — for the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2012 — have been missed by wide margins. Stephen Harper set two different targets for […]
Jun 11 2020 — Peter Bleyer — National Newswatch — Like any virus worthy of the name, COVID-19 preys on weak immunity and has relentlessly sought out the weak links in our social safety net, the gaps in our infrastructure and the vulnerabilities we have allowed to fester in our society. After Margaret Thatcher famously declared “there is no such thing as society”, she and […]
Jun 10 2020 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she expects transparency and accountability from a key federal Crown corporation, after a new report concluded Canada is undermining its own climate goals by allowing the agency to support fossil fuel projects such as the Coastal GasLink pipeline.