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Canada Emissions

Alberta Emissions Are Huge Compared To Other Provinces

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Alberta

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions continue to level off or decline in most sectors - with the exception of the Alberta oilsands. An annual inventor...

The Human Cost of Climate Change Is Too High

Cameron Fenton | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Politics
Cameron Fenton

Developed countries, when they put 30 per cent emissions reductions or less on the table are effectively putting death, displacement and devastation on the table. To call current targets enough, is to effectively announce that on this planet there are acceptable losses in those regions least responsible for causing climate change. People are connecting the dots between extreme weather, droughts and famine, desertification, deforestation, rising sea levels, flooding, wildfires, and a range of devastating impacts the result of a changed climate. They are connecting these dots to a history of the fossil fuel industry and wealthy, developed nations having free reign pollute.

Tories Introduce New U.S.-Influenced Climate Plan

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada's contentious policies under the microscope, Ottawa has introduced its next set of ru...

Feds Lower Bar For Coal-Fired Power

CP | Jeff Davis, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.04.2012 | Canada Politics

SASKATOON - Coal-fired power plants got more regulatory breathing room than expected to release greenhouse gases Wednesday, something federal Environm...

Seema Dhawan

Pedal To The Medal

HuffingtonPost.com | Seema Dhawan | Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada Alberta

As the appetite for cleaner energy continues to grow on the part of oilsands crude consumers, Alberta’s massive emissions footprint is only getting ...

We're Halfway There

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.08.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Confronted by a looming 2020 deadline for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the Harper government will ramp up its efforts to reduce climate ...

We're Nearly Half Way There

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Impact

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to announce that it is almost half way to meeting its emissions-reductions target — a significant leap in pro...

Tories Claim Economy Growing Without New Pollution

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.11.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative government is pointing to a new greenhouse-gas report as a sign that the economy's rebound from recession did not come at th...

The Truth About the EU's Position on the Tar Sands

Hannah McKinnon | Posted 04.25.2012 | Canada
Hannah McKinnon

We are facing a climate crisis, and we have a moral responsibility to take action by finding ways to move away from coal, oil, and gas, and towards a clean, safe, and renewable energy future. The European Union is trying to do just that, and the Canadian government should redirect its efforts towards cleaning up its own act, rather than trying to prevent Europe from doing the right thing.

Why You Should Care About the Oil Sands

Clare Demerse | Posted 10.10.2011 | Canada
Clare Demerse

Sometimes I'm asked to justify why we put so much emphasis on one relatively small piece of Canada's emissions puzzle. For starters, if "business as usual" proceeds, emissions from the oil sands will triple from 2005 to 2020.