A sharp drop in daily emissions amid coronavirus lockdowns earlier this year had little lasting effect on the build-up of climate-warming carbon dioxide.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus Energy Inc , Suncor Energy Inc, and Imperial Oil Ltd were excluded from the fund due to "unacceptable greenhouse gas emissions."

'For something that happened so suddenly to change emission patterns so much, is very much unprecedented,' says an environmental analyst.

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity sector fell by 2 per cent in 2019, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, a study from independent climate think tank Ember said Monday.

The Vancouver-based mining company says it will look at alternative ways of moving materials at its mines, using cleaner power sources and implementing efficiency measures.

Canadians can expect legislation in 2020 to set five-year goals on the way to both 2030 and 2050 emissions targets.

The federal government was told about the findings of the report just before the fall election campaign.

The federal government is imposing consecutive increases annually until the carbon tax hits $50 a tonne in 2022.

Lawyers for Volkswagen say the German auto giant intends to plead guilty to all 60 charges against it in an Ontario court today on allegations that the company broke numerous environmental laws.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is on track to meet its emissions-reduction targets for 2030, despite the province's auditor general finding those goals aren't realistic under current plans.