Climate Conference

• Alberta’s COP26 representative says province isn’t alone in facing climate challenge

  Steve MacDonald, who heads a provincial agency that funds carbon-reducing technology, is one of Alberta's two official representatives at the global conference.

  Environment

  Nov 9, 2021
  
• Oil industry group says climate pledges risk making Canada an outlier with competitors

  Canada's climate pledges risk putting the country out of step with its economic competitors, the head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Friday.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2021
  
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• Greenhouse gas levels hit record high in 2020, UN reports

  The news came as the UN climate office warned that the world remains off target for meeting its goal of cutting emissions as part of international efforts to curb global warming.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2021
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• City of Regina expects to pay about $6,200 for cancelled Patrick Moore speech

  The City of Regina paid a non-refundable $5,700 to book a man-made climate change skeptic to speak at an upcoming sustainability conference.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2020
• UN officials warn of climate disaster if Paris pact fails

  Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear Monday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging governments to set off an "energy revolution" to rein in heat-trapping carbon emissions and avert disastrous global warming.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2015
• An unspoken option if climate talks fail: Geoengineering

  Geoengineering is tinkering with the planet rather than curbing or allowing climate change to continue. Scientists are pretty sure they can do it, but should they?

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2015
• Slow going at Paris climate negotiations

  Four days of negotiations at the two-week-long COP21 conference in Paris have managed to whittle just four pages off the 54-page draft text of a new international climate agreement.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2015
• France prods world mayors, CEOs to help push for global UN climate accord

  Hundreds of mayors, CEOs and trade groups from around the world are submitting ideas for reducing global warming to the French government as it prepares to host a major U.N. climate conference.

  Environment

  Jul 1, 2015