Category Archives: Environment
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions and targets, by the numbers
OTTAWA — 730 million tonnes: The calculated annual emissions for Canada in 2019 from the yearly National Inventory Report. 739 million tonnes: The calculated emissions for Canada in 2005. 407 million to 443 million tonnes: 2030 target for emissions to ...
A brief history of Canada’s climate plans
OTTAWA — Canada has had at least 11 different climate plans and nine emissions targets since 1988. Here's a snapshot of some of them. 1988: Canada hosts a conference in Toronto called Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security, where governm...
Advocates: Nations must move faster to protect biodiversity
GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists are criticizing slow progress at a U.N.-backed meeting of nearly all the world’s countries toward beefing up protections for biodiversity on Earth, ahead of a crucial meeting expected later this year in China where deleg...
NDP MPs table private bills to improve accountability of Canadian companies abroad
OTTAWA — Two federal New Democrats tabled legislation Tuesday that would make Canadian companies more accountable for human rights abuses and environmental harms abroad. At a news conference, NDP MP Peter Julian said Bill C-262 would create legal tools...
Poland moves to block coal imports from Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government decided Tuesday to block imports of coal from Russia, part of an overarching strategy to reduce energy dependence on Russia that gained new urgency after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Oil and gas sector emissions need to be cut two-fifths by 2030, new climate plan says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian oil industry Tuesday that it should use the massive bump in profits from the current surge in prices to fund a transition to cut their emissions. The federal government unveiled an emissions-redu...
India plans Sri Lanka power project after China’s is shelved
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India signed an agreement to set up hybrid power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands Tuesday in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean.
Commerce inquiry imperils solar industry, advocates say
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a decision that could dramatically undercut President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate goals, the Commerce Department said Monday it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping r...
Provinces agree on nuclear energy plan for small reactors to reduce emissions
REGINA — The governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta have put forward a nuclear plan they say will move them toward cleaner energy. On Monday, the provinces' energy ministers agreed to a proposal for small modular reactors. The ...
New emissions plan coming this week more specific than ever, Guilbeault says
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will show Canadians this week how many greenhouse gas emissions every polluting sector in the country will have to cut if Canada is to hit its latest climate target by the end of the
