Globe and Mail, May 31, 2011 The meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power station unleashed a wave that threatens to swamp the nuclear industry’s much-hyped global renaissance, although many governments insist nuclear remains a favoured option as they face hard choices […]
The federal government has acknowledged that it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on climate change that it was required to submit to the […]
The federal government has explored hiring a professional public relations firm and organizing trips for international leaders to promote Canada’s oilsands industry, while fighting back against foreign climate change policies requiring it to reduce its pollution, a newly released federal […]
April, 2011 In response to Jack Layton’s announcement that the NDP will end subsidies to oil and gas and invest in renewable energy, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as follows: “The NDP’s announcement this […]
April 3, 2011 “Ramping up investments in clean energy and efficiency, putting a cap on industrial greenhouse gas pollution, enforcing the west-coast oil tanker ban, and a faster phase-out of subsidies to big oil would all be important steps towards […]
April, 2011 In response to the climate change and clean energy aspects of the Green Party of Canada’s election platform, Graham Saul, Executive director of Climate Action Network Canada said the following: Note: The Green Party platform is based on […]
April 8th, 2011 Ottawa – The Canadian government should stop lobbying the European Parliament and European Commission to weaken a popular EU climate measure aimed at reducing the carbon content of transportation fuels, say Canadian civil society groups in a letter sent […]
April 8th, 2011 In response to the Conservative Party Platform released this morning, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, responded as follows: “The Platform confirms where the Conservatives really stand on climate change and lays out a […]
April 10, 2011 In response to the climate change and energy aspects of the New Democratic Party Platform, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as follows: “The NDP have released a Platform that would be […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* Thursday, May 26, 2011 Calling climate change ‘climate change’. When we write about climate change, we are often very careful to use the disclaimer, “although you cannot link any one weather event to climate change, the patterns are emerging…”. […]
First Nation and Environmental Leaders in Washington to Discuss New Reality of Canadian Majority Government with U.S. Tar Sands Decision-Makers Delegation to discuss concerns with Obama administration and Congress; continue to urge rejection of Keystone XL pipeline May 26, 2011 […]
The Canadian government has been carrying out a secret plan in Europe to boost investment and keep world markets open for the Alberta tar sands, collaborating with major oil companies and aggressively undermining European environmental measures, documents obtained by The […]
This document outlines Canada’s wishes to harmonize its climate change policies with that of the US pertaining to the Copenhagen Accord, CCS development and deployment under the Clean Energy Dialogue (CED), and new tailpipe emissions regulations.
This document outlines US 2011 Budget spending on Climate Change initiatives and Clean Energy initiatives. Funding was increased in many areas related to such areas such as for implementation of GHG emission standards for vehicles and stationary power sources, development […]
This document provides an overview of the progress being made under the US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue Action Plan and the current status of several projects being proposed by the working groups involved such as development and deployment of clean energy […]
