Jan 22 2021 — Business Insider — Elon Musk teased his latest philanthropic endeavor on Thursday: a contest meant to encourage more-innovative carbon-capture technologies. “Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology,” Musk tweeted, adding that he would provide “details next week.”
Jan 21 2021 — Aaron Henry — Policy Options — One of the most compelling and least reported elements of the federal government’s recently announced plan to meet its ambitious 2030 climate targets is the commitment to pursue greater collaboration with Canada’s trading partners and allies on climate policy. In its Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy plan, the government signalled it will seek partners […]
Jan 20 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — Canada’s three Prairie provinces are particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis, and now their governments are helping make climate data more accessible, according to the head of a new non-profit. Jane Hilderman is executive director of ClimateWest, an organization that launched Tuesday aiming to make data on climate change accessible to municipal planners, land use […]
Jan 18 2021 — The Canadian Press — TC Energy Corp. has announced a plan for its Keystone XL project to achieve net zero emissions when it is placed into service, even as the future of the pipeline expansion appeared in doubt. Transition documents suggest Joe Biden will kill the controversial project as soon as Wednesday when he’s sworn in as U.S. president, […]
Jan 18 2021 — National Observer — There’s good news and bad news about Canada’s 2030 climate target. The good news is that for the first time, Canada has proposed a way to meet a climate target. The government’s recently announced Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy (HEHE) plan contains enough new climate policy proposals that, if implemented, will allow Canada to […]
Jan 15 2021 — John Crompton and Gordon Dalzell — National Newswatch — Reduction of greenhouse gases is essential if we are to prevent an irreversible climate disaster. At the same time, demand for electricity is increasing across the world. In developing countries, electricity is required to raise the basic standard of living for billions of people. In order to tackle these issues, we need to use all […]
Jan 14 2021 — Policy Magazine — The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary in September, and with the milestone has come scrutiny – yet again – of the relevance of multilateral institutions (including the UN and other institutions). Experts have long criticized multilateral systems for their high budgets, excessive fragmentation across agencies and hegemony of a few members. Supporters of such […]
Jan 14 2021 — FT.com — There have been many false dawns for the electric car. France and the UK were among the pioneers of electric vehicles in the late 19th century, with well-heeled customers using them for short trips around cities. By the early 1900s, however, the discovery of abundant oil reserves and larger road networks had helped to undermine […]
Jan 12 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — After the world failed to meet a single target last decade to stop the disappearance of the natural world, the leaders of several nations, including Canada, met for a virtual summit on Monday and committed to safeguarding biodiversity in future. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared by videoconference at the One Planet Summit, hosted by French […]
Jan 5 2021 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — A new coalition is monitoring the overlap of climate denial with other conspiracy theories online, and one of its founders says Canada is not immune from this new “wave of disinformation.” Michael Khoo, co-CEO of Washington-based UpShift Strategies, helped start the group that has been tracking digital conversations in the United States in anticipation of […]
Jan 3 2021 — CTV News — A company has developed a burp-catching device for cows in hopes that the invention will help curb greenhouse gas emissions. The U.K.-based startup ZELP — or Zero Emission Livestock Project — claims that its burp-catching masks will help slow the spread of greenhouse gas emissions, a key component in the force of climate change. The […]
Jan 2 2021 — Globe and Mail — The federal Liberals’ main counterattack in the political jousting over carbon pricing has been that their carbon levy isn’t a cost burden for most households, with annual rebates larger than the added costs for fossil fuel use. And that average benefit will increase in 2021 in the four provinces where the federal government has put […]
Dec 29 2020 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Many details still need to be clarified. Ottawa—The federal Climate Plan, which has angered some farm groups because of steadily-rising fuels costs, does contain some positives for agriculture but could be better balanced, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. While the Plan recognizes the significant progress Canadian farmers have made during the last 20 […]
Dec 22 2020 — Christian Burgsmüller — National Observer — Climate change is one of the biggest geopolitical challenges the world is facing today, even as it continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its public health and economic fallout. One may question the urgency of stronger climate action amid a pandemic that has wreaked havoc on every aspect of our lives. We say […]
Dec 18 2020 — The Canadian Press — The federal government has proposed rules for its Clean Fuel Standard that producers and distributors would have to follow under its climate plan. “As the world moves to a cleaner economy, countries and businesses around the world are making a major shift to cleaner and non-emitting fuels,” said Environment Canada spokeswoman Moira Kelly in an […]