Xcel Energy has been increasing its solar and wind power generation but said reaching zero carbon emissions could require the company to continue operating its nuclear power plants and using carbon sequestration
A delegation of B.C. chiefs went to Ottawa this week to lobby senators to pass Bill C-48, which would enact into law a voluntary moratorium on major oil tankers that has been in place since the 1980s
The B.C. government’s climate plan will be designed to meet legislated targets, cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent by 2030
A report released at the U.N. climate summit in Poland says that the savings on health expenditure will far outweigh the cost of tackling global warming
The specifics on curbing global warming will be left to ministers when they return to the southern Polish city of Katowice next week
The Tory election platform budgeted $30-million for a carbon tax court challenge
The province will spend $400 million over four years on a fund which aims to entice companies to invest in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is in lieu of a price on carbon
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is reviewing fisheries groups’ requests for an independent panel review and also awaiting a final pipeline route and proposed project from Northern Pulp
Environment Minister Rod Phillips will lay out the province’s goals. Ontario is one of several provinces refusing to put a price on carbon.
Bernard McNamee compared renewable sources like solar and wind unfavourably to climate-changing fossil fuels when it came to powering electrical grids
