Canada Emissions

• Canadians want urgent climate action, but cost of living stands in the way: poll

  The Ipsos survey conducted for Global News found one-third of Canadians agree the cost-of-living crisis and other economic concerns should take priority over climate action.

  Environment

  Sep 1, 2023
  
• Carbon emissions are costing Canadians 5 times what Ottawa once thought: minister

  Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said the government used updated scientific knowledge and economic models to revise its evaluation of how much climate change costs.

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2023
  
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• Canada to take ‘hard’ look at UN call to hit emissions targets 10 years sooner: minister

  A United Nations panel has warned the world is teetering dangerously close to missing its critical targets to keep global warming in check.

  Environment

  Mar 20, 2023
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• Trudeau guarantees latest emissions target will be met, pointing to government plan

  Canada has yet to meet any emissions reduction target, but Trudeau said this time the new Canada's Emissions Reduction Plan provides a road map all the way to 2030

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2022
• Fossil fuel sector needs investment to reduce emissions: RBC exec

  Royal Bank of Canada executives say investment is needed not just in green energy companies, but also in the fossil fuel industry, if Canada is to meet its climate change targets.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2022
• Nova Scotia seeking an exemption from federal carbon tax, saying it is doing enough

  Nova Scotia is asking the federal government for an exemption from the carbon tax, saying its existing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions exceed Canada's emissions targets.

  Environment

  Aug 19, 2022
• Liberals present 2 options to reduce emissions from oil, gas sector

  The Liberal government is aiming to cut emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and targeting net-zero emissions by 2050.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2022
• Canada on track to reduce fossil fuel use by 62 per cent by 2050

  In a new report on long-term Canadian energy supply and demand outlook, the Canada Energy Regulator predicts unabated fossil fuel use will decline 62 per cent by 2050.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2021
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• Canada’s program to cut greenhouse-gas emissions is failing, audit shows

  ``This is a program that needs a vast improvement,'' commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Thursday of the program called the Onshore Emissions Reduction Fund.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2021
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• As Trudeau heads to COP26, a new analysis gives his climate plan a good grade

  Trudeau has substantially upped the ante in his climate plan over the last year, including promising to end the sale of gas-powered cars and create an emissions-free power grid.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2021