Nov 9 2018 — National Observer — British Columbia continues to approve major LNG projects but can the resulting climate pollution fit inside the province’s climate targets? The provincial government says the LNG projects will be compatible with legislated climate targets — but the more LNG pollution, the faster the rest of B.C. will need to cut back.
Nov 8 2018 — The Canadian Press — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government plans to disburse money from a climate fund directly to Ontario institutions and businesses after the provincial government cancelled its climate program. Speaking at Rockwool insulation plant in Milton, Ont. Thursday, McKenna said the remaining $420 million pending for Ontario from the Low Carbon Economy Fund will […]
Nov 6 2018 — Blacklock’s Reporter — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s claims of climate change fatalities are contradicted by new data. McKenna repeatedly pointed to a surge in deaths in a July heat wave in Québec as proof of the need for a national carbon tax. Figures show the death rate in July was the same as last year. The Québec Institute […]
Nov 2 2018 — CBC — Premier Brian Pallister says it’s “too bad” that a recent poll suggests Manitobans don’t trust information about climate change coming from their provincial government. The Angus Reid poll released on Thursday found Manitobans are the least likely to trust what the province is telling them about climate change. Just 24 per cent of people said […]
Nov 1 2018 — Washington Post — The world’s oceans have been soaking up far more excess heat in recent decades than scientists realized, suggesting that Earth could be set to warm even faster than predicted in the years ahead, according to new research published Wednesday.
Oct 31 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Ontario government passed legislation Wednesday to cancel the province’s cap-and-trade system, putting the final nail in the coffin of a program Premier Doug Ford has long promised to scrap. The bill was introduced in July but the final vote was delayed when an environmental group launched legal action against the government, alleging the province […]
Oct 31 2018 — Carbon Tracker — These three country briefings examine how meeting the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement is likely to affect the economic viability of planned and operational coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, where new renewable energy could be cheaper than operating existing coal between 2027 and 2029.
Oct 30 2018 — Carl Meyer — Transport Canada has welcomed a General Motors proposal to make millions of electric cars mandatory on U.S. roads, prompting questions about the federal government’s promised national zero-emissions vehicle strategy.
Oct 30 2018 — CleanTechnica — The closure of coal-fired power plants across the United States is currently on track to set a new record this year, with at least 22 plants in 14 states worth 15.4 gigawatts (GW) going dark, according to a new report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Oct 27 2018 — CBC — Climate change is here, experts say, and Canada can expect to suffer the consequences. The effects of a warming planet are going to be felt from coast to coast to coast. And, if we stick to a “business-as-usual” scenario — no change to our emissions — it’s going to happen a lot sooner than scientists […]
Oct 26 2018 — Policy Options — The latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) erases any doubts about the inadequacy of incremental action on climate.
Oct 17 2018 — Policy Options — The rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline approval by the courts and the angry response by Alberta to withdraw from Canada’s climate plan has set in motion a high-octane drama with no happy ending in sight. Provinces see an opportunity to flex their muscles, engage in a tit-for-tat bargaining game with the federal government – […]
Oct 16 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — They cried out for action, waved their arms in the air, and pleaded with the Liberal federal government to do more to save the planet for their children and grandchildren. They were the three MPs — Liberal Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP parliamentary Leader Guy Caron — who requested an emergency […]
Oct 16 2018 — NY Times — Climate change is a hoax. Climate change is happening, but it’s not man-made. Climate change is man-made, but doing anything about it would destroy jobs and kill economic growth. These are the stages of climate denial. Or maybe it’s wrong to call them stages, since the deniers never really give up an argument, no matter […]
Oct 15 2018 — Associated Press — Add beer to chocolate, coffee and wine as some of life’s little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say. Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, in the future. Losses of barley yield can be as much as 17 per cent, […]