Carbon Pollution

• What you need to know about the carbon tax rebate in N.S. and N.B.

  Every three months, a family of four will receive $248 in N.S. and $184 in N.B. New Brunswickers won't begin receiving their rebate until October, in a double payment. 

  Consumer

  Jul 7, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia legislation to replace cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emitters

  Nova Scotia has tabled legislation for an emissions-reduction plan that would replace the province's cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2022
  
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• Atlantic provinces are expected to submit carbon pricing plans to Ottawa

  Today is the deadline for the four Atlantic provinces to submit their plans to the federal government on how they will price carbon pollution.

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2022
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• Federal environment minister says Nova Scotia looking to ‘stall’ on carbon tax

  Federal Environment Minister Steven Guiilbeault said he believes pricing pollution is the right thing to do to help fight climate change.

  Environment

  Aug 5, 2022
• How Canada’s carbon tax works

  Although households will get money back through their taxes, the idea behind a carbon tax is to get consumers to respond to changes in fossil fuel prices, Kathryn Harrison of UBC explains.

  Commentary

  Apr 6, 2019
• Provinces vow to resist after new federal carbon tax takes effect

  Canada on Monday imposed a landmark carbon tax on four provinces which had defied Ottawa's push to combat climate change, prompting unhappy premiers to say they would challenge the measure.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2019
• Global carbon emissions surged this year in ‘terrible news’ for the planet

  The world's heaviest polluters increased their carbon emissions this year, despite a global effort to fight climate change.

  World

  Dec 5, 2018
• B.C. government misses climate targets due to previous government ‘stalling’

  The province is backing away from the aggressive goal of a 33 per cent reduction in GHG emissions from 2007 levels by 2020 that it now knows it won’t meet.

  Environment

  May 7, 2018
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• Global carbon pollution rises in 2017, after holding steady for three years

  The report dashed hopes that emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas had peaked.

  Environment

  Nov 13, 2017