Bloc goes carbon neutral… again
For a third consecutive election, Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe has pledged to run his campaign tour without producing greenhouse gas emissions. The pledge would take the form of investments in...
View ArticleJoe Oliver’s warning letter to the European Union on oilsands
Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was in Paris and London last week as part of an intensive lobbying campaign by the Harper government and Canada’s energy industry to have...
View ArticlePeter Kent urged to avoid “distraction” and deliver “essential” oilpatch...
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Peter Kent is being urged by his department to avoid distractions and focus on “essential” regulations for oilsands companies and other large polluters, a newly released...
View ArticleCanadian scientists set guidelines for safe carbon capture and storage
By: Jennifer Graham REGINA – Scientists have released what they say are the first guidelines on the best way to store carbon dioxide underground so that it doesn’t get back out. The hope is that...
View ArticleAlison Redford says feds should follow Alberta’s lead on a carbon levy for...
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the federal government should follow her province’s lead of introducing a carbon price on greenhouse gas emissions for large industrial emitters — as long...
View ArticleWaterloo climate claims raise eyebrows
A University of Waterloo physicist made the bold claim Thursday that global warming is not caused by carbon dioxide but by “CFCs conspiring with cosmic rays.” In a report that has raised plenty of...
View ArticleUnprecedented ocean acidification from greenhouse gases putting Canadian...
OTTAWA – Canada’s Atlantic waters may be “particularly vulnerable” to increased carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere that are causing “unprecedented” acidification of the planet’s oceans, says a...
View ArticleDisappearing species and enforcement warnings to oil company flagged in...
OTTAWA — Disappearing caribou, whooping cranes with “oily underbellies” and more than a dozen warning letters about alleged environmental infractions to a major Canadian energy company are among the...
View ArticleHarper government pays to transfer cancelled climate program to Japan
OTTAWA — Even as it was cancelling a popular federal incentive program that helped Canadian households retrofit their homes and save on energy costs, the Harper government says on its climate change...
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