Carbon Emissions

• Global CO2 emissions from energy hit record high in 2023: report

  Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries with drought.

  World

  Mar 1
  
• Hamilton’s per-person carbon emissions are double other regions in the GTHA

  According to a new study, the city's carbon emissions are climbing back to pre-pandemic levels, moving climate targets further out of reach.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2023
  
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• Saskatchewan says Ottawa’s net-zero plan would cost province $40B, job losses

  Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Dustin Duncan says the province would have to spend $40 billion from now until 2035 to meet the Ottawa's net-zero plan.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
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• ‘Super rich’ emitted as much carbon pollution as the poorest 66%: report

  According to the organization, the size of the emissions from the richest one per cent are enough to cause 1.3 million excess deaths due to heat.

  Environment

  Nov 20, 2023
• Concern rising over increasing carbon emissions from Canada’s forest fires

  A B.C. Sierra Club member says wildfire emission totals are “a major problem because we cannot continue to ignore these emissions.”

  Environment

  Nov 9, 2023
• Nitrogen fertilizer one of Saskatchewan’s largest GHG contributors: National Farmers Union

  The report said that nitrogen fertilizer and diesel fuel combustion are the main causes of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in Saskatchewan. 

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2023
• Climate policy works – but these sectors undercut progress: report

  Emissions from oil and gas production and from buildings accounted for 72 per cent of the total increase in emissions, according to a climate change report.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2023
• Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals

  A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2023
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• Fossil fuel demand to peak before 2030 even with no new climate policies: report

  The IEA says this means that no new major oil and gas extraction projects are needed anywhere around the globe, nor any new coal mines or unabated coal plants.

  Environment

  Sep 26, 2023
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• Most of Nova Scotia’s lobster fleet well-suited to go electric: study

  A report released on Thursday by Oceans North says the province's lobster fishery is positioned to lead the way toward zero-emission fishing.

  Environment

  Sep 21, 2023