Quebec Environment

• Number of Quebec homes in flood zones set to triple when new maps released

  Under the new framework, the number of residences located in flood zones would jump from 22,000 to 77,000, home to about two per cent of the province's population.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2024
  
• Environmentalists say Quebec risks losing ‘public trust’ over Northvolt approach

  Some of Quebec's top environmental groups gathered at a press conference on Monday where they accused the government of a lack of transparency,

  Environment

  Mar 18, 2024
  
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• Federal environment minister gives Quebec May 1 deadline for caribou protection plan

  Quebec's woodland caribou population has declined as a result of habitat destruction, industrial activity and increased predation.

  Environment

  Mar 18, 2024
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• End of Quebec electric vehicle rebate will slow shift to cleaner cars: auto dealers

  In his budget tabled Tuesday, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said the government will phase out subsidies for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids beginning next year.

  Consumer

  Mar 13, 2024
• François Legault sole Canadian premier invited to UN climate summit

  Legault often boasts that Quebec emits the least amount of greenhouse gases per capita in North America and that 99 per cent of its electricity comes from renewable sources.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2023
• Quebec government to invest $514M in electric vehicle charging stations

  This is the second major electric vehicle announcement the government has made this week alone, following Tuesday's news of a new copper foil factory for EV car batteries.

  Politics

  Sep 7, 2023
• ‘Much more than a resident’: Pika the river otter passes away at Ecomuseum Zoo

  Pika, who was born in the wild, came to live at the zoo in 2016 after narrowly escaping a tragic fate. Officials said she had been captured and was destined for the fur trade.

  Environment

  Aug 25, 2023
• People in Montreal’s NDG neighbourhood still cleaning up after recent heavy rains

  Residents in Montreal's western NDG neighbourhood are calling out the city for abandoning them after hundreds of homes were flooded three weeks ago during torrential downpours.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
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• Kahnawà:ke inaugurates Bay Restoration Project

  Mother Nature is taking back its majestic place in Kahnawà:ke's Tekwakitha island. But its beauty wasn't always there. The island was inhospitable for decades.

  Environment

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Over 200 homes evacuated near Quebec city as heavy rain prompts flooding, landslide fears

  Officials are particularly concerned about the Charlevoix region and the Eastern Townships, with between 80 and 120 millimetres of rain expected by the end of the day on Tuesday.

  Weather

  Jul 10, 2023