Greenhouse Gases

• Quebec pushes back greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to 2035

  Quebec is delaying its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years, saying meeting the 2030 goal would risk jobs and the economy amid U.S. tariff uncertainty.

  Canada

  Jan 22
  
• Changes to Ottawa’s clean electricity rules possible after consultations

  The federal government says the changes would give power generators more flexibility while still reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2024
  
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• 1.5C warming threshold could be hit temporarily in 2024: U.K. Met Office

  The global average temperature could temporarily cross a 1.5-degree Celsius threshold next year, Britain's Met Office said on Friday.

  World

  Dec 8, 2023
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• COP28: Canadian ranchers to argue meat should stay on the menu

  Canadian cattle farmers will argue at COP28 that meat belongs on people's plates because it's nutritious and because the industry is reducing greenhouse gases, a spokesperson said.

  Environment

  Nov 30, 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
• How a white hydrogen discovery could help global emissions efforts

  Canadian researchers say the discovery of what could be a large deposit of white hydrogen could help the push to eliminate greenhouse gases.

  Environment

  Oct 31, 2023
• 2035 or 2050? A realistic clean electricity goal for Alberta could fall between the two

  As politicians spar over whether 2035 or 2050 should be the deadline to attain a net-zero electricity grid in Alberta, the correct answer may lie somewhere in the middle.

  Environment

  Aug 23, 2023
• Climate change made Quebec fire weather twice as likely, study finds

  Wildfires have occurred in almost every province and territory this summer and have burned more than 137,000 square kilometres – about twice the previous record set in 1995.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2023
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• Alberta government establishes new panel to develop vision for province’s energy sector

  The five-member panel of oilpatch veterans will be chaired by David Yager, an energy policy analyst who's been in the oil and gas industry for more than 30 years.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2023
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• COVID-19 pandemic helped Quebec top its emissions target: environment minister

  Quebec cut emissions from greenhouse gases by almost 27 per cent compared to 1990 levels between 2013-2020.

  Environment

  Dec 21, 2022