Canada’s oil producers are enhancing their Washington, D.C., lobbying efforts at a time when Capitol Hill battles over oil sands are heating up. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has retained Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, a firm that includes […]
Clean Air Alliance This updated factsheet summarizes the Ontario Power Authority’s spending on new supply sources compared to its spending on efficiency and conservation methods. OPA has entered contracts for 18,137 megawatts (MW) of electricity supply yet its conservation and […]
Clean Air Alliance OPG is seeking permission from the Ontario Energy Board to raise its rates commencing March 2011 to start paying for the Darlington Re-Build project. According to OPG, its proposal to extend the operating life of Darlington by […]
United Nations Environment Programme The last two years have seen the idea of a “green economy” float out of its specialist moorings in environmental economics and into the mainstream of policy discourse. It is found increasingly in the words of […]
This outlines several states legisaltion mostly related to ethanol and biodiesels, including Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, California, and Iowas (note only California was listed a shaving a low carbon fuel standard in place). Read more…
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 […]
