The British government has been secretly working with Canada to fight a European proposal that would officially label fuel from the Alberta oil sands as dirtier than conventional sources, according to the Guardian newspaper in London. Read more…
This article includes a video of Justin Rowlatt grilling the Canadian minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver about the oils sands. Read more…
« How are we to going to ask India and China to do more when Canada is saying, ‘OK, we’re checking out of the Kyoto Protocol? » – Seyni Nafo, spokesman for the 54-nation Africa Group in the UN forum. A Canadian […]
Mr. Kent said major emitting economies, such as China and India, insist on being treated the same as the poorest African country when it comes to the responsibility to address the global climate crisis. “That’s why Kyoto is ineffective and […]
The Alberta government met privately with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to discuss a joint public relations campaign designed to counter « misinformation » about the controversial shale-gas fracking industry in the province. Read More, keeping in mind that there is […]
Humans are to blame for global climate change, with 2011’s El Nina causing severe drought in east Africa, the US. The WMO report was released to coincide with UN climate talks which run until Dec. 9 in Durban aimed at […]
Canada has received a public scolding for its climate-change policy from several prominent South Africans, including anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu. « For us in Africa, climate change is a life and death issue. By dramatically increasing Canada’s global warming pollution, […]
Au premier jour de la Conférence des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques qui s’est mise en branle en Afrique du Sud hier, le gouvernement canadien n’a pas voulu nier qu’il songe à se retirer formellement du protocole de Kyoto. […]
Canada emerged as the skunk of the climate talks on the first day of COP17 amid rumours that the country is ready to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. Throughout the year, Russia, Canada and Japan have shied away from […]
Canada’s international credibility came under fire Monday as Environment Minister Peter Kent skated around the prospect of a full withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol, causing confusion about the government’s official position at a two-week round of climate change negotiations under […]
