Alberta will continue to feed America’s energy needs but must work to clean up resource extraction operations, David Jacobson, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, said Tuesday. As more criticism of Alberta’s energy exports emerged south of the border, Jacobson described […]
David Suzuki Foundation 2009 The future of winter sports is at risk due to global warming, according to this report. By 2050, if we fail to take immediate action onclimate change, a whole range of winter activities across Canada, from […]
Oxfam 2009 Climate change is damaging people’s lives today. Even if world leaders agree the strictest possible curbs on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the prospects are very bleak for hundreds of millions of people, most of them among the world’s […]
Manitoba Wildlands October, 2007 This chart is part of an overall analysis of Government of Manitoba climate change policy and actions. The statements below are excerpts from within ‘Kyoto and Beyond: A Plan of Action to Meet and Exceed Manitoba’s […]
WWF-Canada and the Pembina Institute Renewable is Doable confirms that smart, targeted investments in a diverse array of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions over the next twenty years will achieve major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate the closure […]
David Suzuki Foundation February 26, 2007 Canadians are being told that solving the global warming problem requires an intensity- based approach, or intensity-based targets, for our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions intensity targets, even when met, do not ensure that […]
The Pembina Institute February 20, 2007 There is a strong consensus in Canada that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial facilities must be regulated, to turn round the growth in these emissions and move towards deep reductions. Regulated GHG targets […]
Pembina Institute 2009 Argues that Canada and other wealthy countries have not provided sufficient funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, and estimates that Canada’s “fair share” of such funding lies somewhere between $2.2-5.7 billion per year.
Saskatchewan Environmental Network January, 2007 This report is intended to help decision-makers to begin taking seriously the possibility of a sustainable, safe, environment- and climate-friendly energy future for Saskatchewan. We identify the nature of the resources, technologies and opportunities available […]
Various partner organizations August, 2006 In August of 2001, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) agreed to a comprehensive Climate Change Action Plan with the long-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the region […]
Ewen Coxworth November, 2005 This review paper examines some of the criticisms leveled by Pimentel and Patzek (2005) and others at ethanol production from grains, grasses and wood, and looks at possible solutions for western Canada to the issues they […]
Sierra Club Canada November, 2005 From November 28-December 9, 2005, Canada will host the 11th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1st Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. Veteran […]
Complaint filed by the National Petrochemical and Refiner’s Association (NPRA) et al. against the California Air Resources Board, claiming that a Low Carbon Fuel Standard is unconstitutional.
Saskatchewan Environmental Society January, 2006 New nuclear plants deliver electricity at far higher cost than end-use efficiency, distributed cogeneration and many renewables (RMI Solutions, summer 2005). Any new nuclear plants will have to face the major issue of their high […]
California Air Resources Board 2008 Publication outlining the California Air Resources Board’s strategies for meeting the 2020 target set out in California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Strategies include a Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
