Quebec Environment

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• ‘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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Quebec sets out plan to reach 60% of greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030

  The province is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels, a reduction to six tonnes of carbon dioxide per resident from nine.

  Environment

  May 19
• COP15: Quebec premier says province will protect 30 per cent of territory by 2030

  François Legault says the province will spend $650 million over the next seven years, including $345 million over the next four years as part of its plan.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2022
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• Quebec to add 27 names to list of vulnerable, threatened species

  The Quebec government says in a statement the last time the list was updated was in 2009.

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2022
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• Québec solidaire is the preferred choice among province’s youth, but will they vote?

  While poll after poll puts François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec far ahead of the pack, the top pick for voters between the age of 18 and 34 is Québec solidaire.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2022