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 fossil of the day today in Qatar for Environment Minister […]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 As we wrote this newsletter, Sandy continued to barrel down on much of the Eastern seaboard. After a record breaking year with the hottest global temperature and lowest arctic ice levels, Sandy reminds us that […]
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Nobel laureates touring Gateway route Jody Williams, an American peace activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her efforts to ban landmines, is leading a delegation of women on a trip from […]
Thursday, September 27, 2012 MPs request emergency debate on record breaking Arctic sea ice-lossThe drastic melting of arctic sea-ice has ended for this year, but not before demolishing the previous record low of 2007. This year’s record loss was 13.8% less than the […]
Weak Federal Coal Regulations Set Dangerous Precedent Failure to present meaningful coal regulations a reminder that government puts polluters ahead of people (Ottawa) Today the federal government announced the final version of their long-awaited coal regulations and in doing […]
Gregory Jack, the director of a Natural Resources Canada task force on energy security, said last February that industry stakeholders saw “an opportunity to use (Enbridge’s proposed Northern) Gateway (pipeline) to push for (the) need for regulatory reform.” Jack’s assessment […]
– by Christian Holz, orginally published on rabble.ca During the press conference that accompanied yesterday’s launch of the 2012 edition of Environment Canada’s “Canada’s Emissions Trends”, Environment Minister Peter Kent claimed the report shows that Canada is now “half way […]
“The Harper government continues to overstate the federal government’s accomplishments on climate change while understating the scale of challenges remaining. “After six years in power, the federal government’s policies still leave a huge gap between where Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions […]
“Credit for the progress we have made since last year’s report goes to provinces who are stepping up their game in a vacuum of federal action on emissions reductions,” said Christian Holz, executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, in […]
Canada is halfway toward meeting its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, despite projections for major increases from growing oil-sands production. Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Wednesday that combined federal and provincial actions to date will result in an […]
