2017 marks the 150th birthday of Confederation. With less than five years to plan for the party, Postmedia News asked eminent Canadians how the country should mark the occasion. Today: …
Leading federal and academic scientists have uncovered “compelling” evidence that Alberta’s oilsands operations have been sending toxins into the atmosphere for decades.
The team has found “striking” increases in contaminants …
Global warming is turning the volume of extreme weather up, Spinal-Tap-style, to 11. The temperature forecast for next Monday by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented – over …
Two Alberta First Nations are launching a court challenge Tuesday to fight what they say is Ottawa’s attempt to weaken the protection of fish habitat and their right to be …
Rich countries brought little to the table to fulfill their promises in Doha
December 8, 2012
(Doha, Qatar) This year’s UN climate talks wrapped up after many hours …
Civil society interventions
Meeting with Minister Peter Kent
December 6, 2012
Doha, Qatar
Submitted interventions
John Stone- IPCC scientist
Scientists have been warning governments of the potential threat of climate …
Environment Minister meets for first time with climate focused civil society
December 6, 2012
(Doha, Qatar) Today, for the first time since taking the position of Environment Minister, …
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Canada trailed only by Kazakhstan, Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2013 climate change performance index
December 3, 2012
(Doha, Qatar) Canada fell to 58th place out of …
Canada is awarded a Fossil of the Day award in Doha for yet another broken promise….
The text of the award was as follows:
‘Oh Canada. When will you give …
Groundbreaking study ‘clearest evidence yet of polar ice sheet losses’ and rising sea levels
Scientists have definitive new evidence that shows all but one of the world’s major ice sheets …
Do you remember last year? We do. ECO desperately hoped the hallway rumours of a Kyoto withdrawal weren’t true, but the second your Minister left the fine city of Durban, …
Bloomberg
The government of Canada’s official position on climate change is that it’s real and requires an “aggressive” response.
Despite that, Canada’s ruling Conservative Party government has been leading …
Canada awarded “Fossil of the Day” for holding back on urgent financial support for climate action in poorer countries
November 28, 2012
(Doha, Qatar) Canada was awarded the first place …
A letter from Environment Minister Kent to Climate Action Network Canada outlining the Canadian government’s position on international climate finance. This position has been heavily criticized and resulted in a First Place …
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore will try to make the case next week that “dirty energy” is contributing to what he calls “dirty weather” events around the world.
“Hurricane Sandy …
The International Energy Agency released its annual flagship publication today, the World Energy Outlook. The IEA made an historic statement in the executive summary.
It said, “No more …
Environmentalists are arguing that the federal and provincial government cannot meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, while continuing to approve new projects in the oilsands.
During …
Yes, yes, it’s unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change. Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they’re right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather …
A couple of weeks ago, Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance firms, issued a study titled “Severe Weather in North America.” According to the press release that accompanied …
World’s biggest oil producer says it wants to make a 100% switch from fossil fuels to clean energy
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil producer, has plans to become …
Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is rejecting the final advice from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to embrace a low-carbon economy.
The federal advisory body …
Federal Conservatives are downplaying concerns over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newly-selected boss for Environment Canada and the bureaucrat’s knowledge about global warming.
The department’s new deputy minister, Bob Hamilton, ran …
The lawn of the B.C. legislature is expected to be filled with protesters on Monday for a mass sit-in against the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline. Scorched by the growing …
Humanity has become so powerful in numbers, technology, consumption and a globalized economy that we are altering the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. …
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