Tag Archives: Environment
NDP MPs table private bills to improve accountability of Canadian companies abroad
OTTAWA - Two federal New Democrats tabled legislation Tuesday that would make Canadian companies more accountable for human rights abuses and environmental harms abroad. At a news conference, NDP MP P...
Mar 29, 2022
Oil and gas sector emissions need to be cut two-fifths by 2030, new climate plan says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian oil industry Tuesday that it should use the massive bump in profits from the current surge in prices to fund a transition to cut their emission...
Mar 29, 2022
New emissions plan coming this week more specific than ever, Guilbeault says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will show Canadians this week how many greenhouse gas emissions every polluting sector in the country will have to cut if Canada is to hit its latest cl...
Mar 28, 2022
Canadians want forest protections but are concerned about jobs: survey
Canadians of all political stripes and from all regions support greater protection for the country's forests but are concerned about what that could mean for the economy, according to a new survey. Th...
Mar 27, 2022
'Ignored': Climate change fight should shift to look at forest policy, scientist says
Canada hasn't paid enough attention to what could be a leafy, green ally in the fight against climate change, says one of the country's most prominent scientists. "We need to talk about forests," said...
Mar 27, 2022
Climate protests held in cities across Canada as part of global movement
MONTREAL - Protesters gathered in cities across Canada on Friday to denounce government inaction on fighting climate change as part of a series of worldwide environmental protests. The events were par...
Mar 25, 2022
Chief of B.C. First Nation struck by wildfires, floods says moving may be safest bet
SHACKAN FIRST NATION, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation in British Columbia's Nicola Valley that was evacuated by both wildfires and floods last year says he wants more land for the community in a sa...
Mar 25, 2022
Rare fin whale found dead on remote beach in British Columbia
PENDER HARBOUR, B.C. - The body of a rare, young fin whale has been found on a remote beach on British Columbia's south coast, says an official with the Fisheries Department. Paul Cottrell, the depart...
Mar 24, 2022
Canada to hike oil, gas output by 300,000 barrels a day to help displace Russian fuel
OTTAWA - Canada's oil and gas producers can hike output by the equivalent of 300,000 barrels a day by the end of the year to help displace Russian fossil fuels, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wil...
Mar 24, 2022
Federal NDP says N.L. offshore oil project hard to justify; energy minister unfazed
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Newfoundland and Labrador's oil sector faces more hesitancy from Ottawa, the province's energy minister says he's unfazed by the federal New Democrats' comments that a pending ap...
Mar 24, 2022