Canada

02/02/16
Author: 
Mitchell Anderson
pump jack.  According to IMF economists, Canadian carbon-based fuels should be taxed an additional $17.2 billion annually to compensate for climate change. Oil photo via Shutterstock.

Fastest way to transition Canada to a green economy? Quit the giveaways.

01/02/16
Author: 
Bob Weber

Environmental groups want the eight countries that ring the North Pole to take a stand on banning the use of heavy fuel oil, considered one of the greatest threats to the Arctic ecosystem.

"We believe that measures are desperately needed to reduce the environmental impacts from Arctic shipping, and that a logical place to focus attention is vessel fuel quality," said the letter from 15 international environmental groups to the Arctic Council.

30/01/16
Author: 
Michal Rozworski

We have lived to see the day of a condo boom in Hamilton, Ontario. We have made housing into an object of speculation that sucks in money from here and everywhere, foreign and domestic. For those still wondering, the problem isn’t at heart “foreign”, it’s “money.”

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29/01/16
Author: 
Mychaylo Prystupa
Canada's minister of the environment and climate change Catherine McKenna at the COP21 climate summit in Paris, France in December. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa.

Does ignoring downstream impacts export Canada's responsibilities?

 

 

The Trudeau government's newly announced reforms to pipeline environmental assessments still fail to consider the impact of almost 90 per cent of resulting greenhouse gas emissions, climate experts have told The Tyee.

The government announced a new interim assessment regime Wednesday, saying it will restore public confidence in much-criticized National Energy Board reviews.

28/01/16
Author: 
Eric Doherty
Prime Minister Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the Paris climate agreement by committing to take on the "tough work that still needs to be accomplished both at home and around the world to implement the agreement." Part of that tough work will be re-orienting federal funding to stop making the climate crisis worse.

Given Trudeau's statements on the seriousness of the climate crisis, you might expect that the multi-billion dollar infrastructure program he ran on in the election would already be targeted to reduce carbon pollution. You would be wrong.

28/01/16
Author: 
ROBERT TUTTLE and JEREMY VAN LOON

A handful of anti-pipeline activists with lock cutters and the will to get arrested have become Canadian oil producers’ newest hurdle to delivering crude to markets.

28/01/16
Author: 
David Suzuki
David Suzuki

With the December Paris climate agreement, leaders and experts from around the world showed that they overwhelmingly accept that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world has continued to increase fossil fuel use, the need to curb and reduce emissions is urgent.

28/01/16
Author: 
Mike De Souza
stacks of pipes

Outdated computer systems, inaccurate information and confusion within Canada’s national pipeline regulator is putting public safety and the environment at risk, warns a new audit tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

27/01/16
Author: 
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

I sometimes forget the degree to which a large part of English Canada despises Quebec. This week, the reminder was brutal.

27/01/16
Author: 
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

I sometimes forget the degree to which a large part of English Canada despises Quebec. This week, the reminder was brutal.

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