Category Archives: Environment
Rules for fuels: Federal government proposes regulations for Clean Fuel Standard
OTTAWA — 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
Feds throw support behind development of mini nuclear reactors; action plan released
TORONTO — Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada's climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said on Friday. In announcing an "action plan" for developing small...
Federal health minister asked to review Alberta’s use of strychnine as wolf control
EDMONTON — Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wolf Awareness and Animal Justice filed the request wi...
Fish farms to be phase in ‘migratory bottleneck’ for wild salmon by July 2022
The federal government says it's phasing out fish farms along a key wild salmon migration route in British Columbia waters within the next 18 months. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River ...
B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its goals than previously forecasted. The new emissions target requires greenhouse gases in B...
The net-zero zone: A Canada without emissions requires massive effort
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson appears ready to deal with opposition parties to secure the votes he needs to get his net-zero legislation through Parliament next year. The proposed legislation would bind Canada to hitting five-year em...
Federal long-term plan to increase hydrogen use focuses on regional hubs
The federal government has introduced a plan to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel to help meet Canada's climate targets."We are announcing a big first step for hydrogen in Canada," said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan....
Builders laud green grants, but warn that Liberal climate plan could hike home costs
The Liberal government’s new $15-billion climate action plan includes welcome incentives for green renovations, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association said Monday. But the CHBA also warned that regulators must be careful not to raise housing costs too...
Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next ten years. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan made the funding announcement Monday at a tree nursery in St. John’s, saying
Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins: study
Wildfires have taken over from industry as a major source of a group of cancer-causing chemical toxins in the air, Environment Canada says. The first national assessment of polycyclic aromatic compounds in more than 25 years has found that air has
