Category Archives: Environment
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, by the numbers
OTTAWA — 692 million tonnes: Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions reported in 2020. 738 million tonnes: Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions reported in 2019. 408 to 445 million tonnes: Canada's targeted greenhouse gas emissions for 2030. 200,000...
Canada’s emissions plummet during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — Canada's greenhouse gas emissions plummeted to their lowest level in almost three decades in 2020 as pandemic restrictions kept cars off the road and grounded airplanes for months on end. But a new and more accurate way to count
Biden ‘cost of carbon’ policy survives another legal hurdle
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a victory for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court Thursday refused to revisit its March decision reviving administration plans to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for pollutio...
GFL Environment reaches agreement with Competition Bureau
VAUGHAN, Ont. — GFL Environmental Inc. says it has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau, which had challenged the company's purchase of Terrapure Environmental Ltd. last year. Under the agreement, the company says it will sell four liquid waste f...
B.C. communities struck by wildfires and floods brace for spring thaw
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Alanna Cowan has watched the Nicola River in British Columbia's Interior turn the colour of chocolate milk and rise every spring, as warm weather melts snow from the surrounding mountains. It is part of an annual cycle
Biggest emitters paying smallest price on pollution, critics say
OTTAWA — Big industrial plants in provinces covered by the national carbon pricing system paid more than $161 million for their greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, but some critics say the system is designed to ensure the biggest emitters pay
In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to some 5 million customers across the U.S.
California plan aims to triple sale of electric cars by 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars
After the flood: First Nations along B.C.’s Highway 8 work on recovery
MERRITT, Wash. — Chief Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band looks across the Nicola River that surged in November, pulling entire homes into its current and forcing residents to flee. Above its banks, the charred remains of yellow pines cover
U.S. senator backs Alberta premier in energy security partnership
CALGARY — A high-profile United States senator is backing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in pushing for more North American oil to supplant Russian supplies during the invasion of Ukraine. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a key Democratic vote in the even...
