Tag Archives: Environment
Canada, major fossil-fuel producers failing climate targets, jeopardizing transition
TORONTO - Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, putting the world's energy transition at risk, a newly released major inte...
Nov 08, 2023
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds
OTTAWA - The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, ...
Nov 07, 2023
B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders from British Columbia have called on the federal government to stand by plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms, but an industry spokesman suggested the leaders...
Nov 07, 2023
Federal emissions reduction plan still coming up short: environment commissioner
OTTAWA - The plan to enable Canada to reach its 2030 targets for greenhouse-gas emissions doesn't quite measure up, the federal environment commissioner says in a new audit. Jerry DeMarco did a deep d...
Nov 07, 2023
Guilbeault says no more carbon price carve outs on his watch, as Tory motion fails
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday he will not stand for any further adjustments to Canada's carbon-pricing system as a Conservative motion calling for more carve-outs failed ...
Nov 06, 2023
Premiers say Ottawa must ensure carbon pricing measures are fair to all Canadians
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers presented a rare unified front Monday as they took turns saying Ottawa's recent changes to its carbon pricing measures were unfairly applied across the country. They releas...
Nov 06, 2023
Premiers to focus on energy costs, health care at Halifax meeting of leaders
The effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax. Tha...
Nov 05, 2023
First Nations seek salmon return to Columbia Basin in new treaty with U.S.
First Nations groups on the Canadian side of the Columbia River Basin are adamant that salmon runs that have long been blocked by dams in the United States must be restored, potentially in a renewed r...
Nov 05, 2023
Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Ind...
Nov 03, 2023
Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a mini-summit at the White House aimed at bolstering hemispheric trade and economic stability thro...
Nov 03, 2023