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New Ontario Cement Plant Would Emit One Megatonne Per Year, Bring 110 Heavy Trucks Per Day
Local and national environmental groups are urging Environment and Climate Minister Catherine McKenna to review a massive proposed cement plant in L’Orignal, Ontario, about ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon Transition
Seize the Moment for Climate Action, MPs Urge During Emergency Commons Debate
Canadians are feeling the effects of climate change today, and the next 10 to 12 years will give the country one chance to turn ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsSub-National Governments
Cap and Trade Rollback Will Cost Ontario $3 Billion
The Doug Ford government’s decision to cancel Ontario’s successful carbon cap and trade program will drive the province’s deficit up by C$3 billion, including ... -
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‘We Are Better Than This’: Berman Explores Alberta’s Energy Future. Notley Comes Back with Unicorns.
Activist, analyst, and policy advisor Tzeporah Berman called for civil discussion and a managed transition off fossil fuels, and Premier Rachel Notley tried to ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
Massive Growth of Petrochemicals, Plastics Set to Undercut Emission Reductions in Other Sectors
Greenhouse gas emissions from petrochemical and plastics production are set to rise 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2050, enough to undercut emission reductions ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsJobsOceansOil & GasSub-National Governments
Newfoundland and Labrador Plans 650,000 Barrels Per Day by 2030
With Canada’s Harper-era emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement barely on life support, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has introduced a new ... -
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Glynn: 100-Tonne Lifetime Emissions Limit Per Person Helps Define Nations’ Carbon Budgets
Last week’s debate on Ireland’s annual financial budget would have been a great opportunity for legislators to take a serious look at their “other” ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDrawdownElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeothermalPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Solar Farms Would Save 36.9 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Solar farms rank #8 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to eliminate 36.9 gigatons of carbon dioxide and produce net savings ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5EuropeLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Appeal Court Orders Fast Emission Cuts in Landmark Decision Against Netherlands Government
An appeal court in The Netherlands put “all world governments on notice” this week, upholding a previous, historic legal order that the national government ... -
Bitumen BubbleCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Financial Windfall Ahead for Fossils That Abandon Tar Sands/Oil Sands, ‘Re-imagine Their Business’
The world’s most colossal fossils can look forward to a financial windfall as greenhouse gas controls drive up the price of the remaining oil ... -
Peatlands Restoration Would Save 21.57 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Peatlands restoration is ranked #13 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It can avoid 21.57 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. While data are too variable ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
350 Canada Urges Emergency Parliamentary Debate on 1.5°C Pathways [Sign-On]
Within hours of the IPCC’s release of landmark report on pathways to 1.5°C average global warming, 350 Canada was out with a petition calling ... -
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Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
The UN published a summary on the science of 1.5°C global warming on Monday. It’s a big deal. -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsUnited States
Carbon Pricing Pioneer William Nordhaus to Share Nobel Prize for Economics
Yale University carbon pricing pioneer William Nordhaus, who spent decades making the case that economic models were failing to account for the effects of ...
