Another emerging economy, Brazil, has joined China in questioning the sincerity of the Canadian government’s anti-Kyoto Protocol musings at international climate change negotiations underway in Durban, South Africa. Environment Minister Peter Kent has said the agreement — the only […]
If Canadian representatives at the UN climate change summit in Durban, South Africa won’t commit to the Kyoto Protocol and contribute to global efforts to stop climate change, they should go home and stop impeding progress. Read […]
The Citizen Editorial says that Canada should stay home from Durban. Find out why…
Canadians want Ottawa to be part of an international treaty to combat climate change, and would even support carbon taxes as a means of meeting the country’s emission reduction targets, a new poll suggests. Support for action on climate change […]
On the eve of the 17th UNFCCC, the world’s climate summit, the UK Tar Sands Network will serve papers to Shell UK executives on behalf of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN). ACFN plans to sue Shell for failure to […]
Emissions from thawing permafrost may contribute more to global warming than deforestation this century, according to a commentary in the journal Nature. Arctic warming of 7.5 degrees Celsius (13.5 degrees Fahrenheit) this century may unlock the equivalent of 380 billion […]
OTTAWA — The Canadian government’s anti-Kyoto Protocol views have angered emerging economies at international climate change negotiations that suggest that Environment Minister Peter Kent’s position is putting global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions “in peril” and out of reach. […]
Full 127 pages Access to Information Request: Please provide key documents pertaining to “Oil Sands Advocacy Strategy,” also referred to as the “Oil Sands Outreach and Communications Strategy” and the “Oil Sands Engagement Strategy” for the period January 2008 to […]
Elizabeth May believes Stephen Harper’s government is only participating in the UN climate-change conference in South Africa so it can sabotage the talks. The Green Party Leader said the Conservatives have “clearly made a decision” to withdraw from the Kyoto […]
DURBAN, South Africa – The plan to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol will severely mar the talking process at the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, the Chinese delegation told Xinhua on Tuesday. It will further hurt the international community’s […]
