Benoit Charette

• COVID-19 pandemic helped Quebec top its emissions target: environment minister

  Quebec cut emissions from greenhouse gases by almost 27 per cent compared to 1990 levels between 2013-2020.

  Environment

  Dec 21, 2022
  
• Quebec announces $46 million in funding for citizen led climate initiatives

  Environment Minister Benoit Charette made the announcement on Sunday after meeting with the Quebec delegation at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2022
  
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• Quebec smelter will reduce arsenic emissions to five times provincial norm

  Glencore's operations have been a cause for serious concern after studies have shown that local residents have higher rates of lung cancer than the provincial average.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2022
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• Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels 5 times provincial norm

  The Horne copper smelter, owned by Switzerland-based Glencore, is located in Rouyn-Noranda, and is currently allowed to emit 100 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air.

  Environment

  Aug 15, 2022
• Quebec tables last-minute bill to increase royalties on commercial water use

  The last-minute motion is highly unlikely to pass, with just three days left before the legislature breaks for summer. Instead, turning into a CAQ electoral promise.

  Politics

  Jun 8, 2022
• Laval, Que. residents, environment groups demand solution to river contamination

  Residents have been noticing a stream turning grey over a dozen times in recent years, and the government is facing pressure to address the problem.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2022
• Quebec to inject $117M to help Montreal fight climate change

  The funding will be used toward installing more charging stations for electric vehicles, planting trees and the decarbonization of about 15 municipal buildings.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2022
• Quebec anti-racism minister apologizes for mistakenly saying Black artist was dead at awards show

  The minister also offered his condolences before those in the crowd begin to point out that Lamine Touré is, in fact, alive and well — and in the audience.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2022
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• Quebec touts ambitious plan to reduce waste, retailers ask for delay

  Quebec's new plan involves consumers paying deposits on all beverage containers between 100ml and 2L and putting the onus on beverage producers to recycle their own waste.

  Environment

  Jan 26, 2022
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• Quebec rejects $14B natural gas project in Saguenay over environmental issues

  GNL Quebec had proposed to build a plant in Port Saguenay, Que., to liquefy natural gas carried by a 780-kilometre pipeline from Western Canada.

  Environment

  Jul 21, 2021