New Brunswick imposes carbon tax, but softens blow to consumers
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
New Brunswick has passed two pieces of legislation, one cutting the provincial tax on gasoline and motive fuel, the other imposing a $30 per tonne carbon tax on fuel, both effective April 1, 2020. The net result? New Brunswickers will see a...
3/20/2020 | Full Story
Good news on electricity, bad news on oil
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Finally, Canadians can pat themselves on the back for their successful efforts at greenhouse gas reduction. In a February 13, 2020 blog post from economist Dave Sawyer, the Smart Prosperity Institute reports that Canada is on track to meet or...
2/21/2020 | Full Story
SASKATCHEWAN - environment legislation
Source: Print Archives
The Environmental Management and Protection (General) Regulations. Part III.1, dealing with transportation of sewage, is added. Effective December 15, 2019.
1/29/2020 | Full Story
CANADA - environment legislation
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Order Declaring that the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations Do Not Apply in Saskatchewan. New Order under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Effective January 1, 2020.
1/29/2020 | Full Story
ALBERTA - environment legislation
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Agricultural Operation Practices Act. Clauses 1(b.71)-(b.75) and Part 0.1 are added. Subsections 5(1), (2) and 8(2) are replaced. In force January 31, 2020.
1/29/2020 | Full Story
Tougher clean fuel standards will be in place by spring 2020, Manitoba premier promises
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has promised that Manitoba will implement the cleanest fuel standards in Canada. The premier made the announcement on January 21, 2020 at a speech to the annual Manitoba Ag Days exhibition. If the plan goes...
1/24/2020 | Full Story
Proposed NB iron plant could become one of province's largest GHG emitters
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Though environmental protection and economic growth are not necessarily mutually exclusive propositions, as many environmentalists and policy-makers like to repeat, they do sometimes collide. Nova Scotia’s decision to require Northern...
1/24/2020 | Full Story
Miami Unveils Climate Plan to Defend Against Flooding, Heat
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Miami is focused on staying above water in the face of climate change, according to a new strategy the city released Thursday. Read more.
1/24/2020 | Full Story
Is this the future of the oil and gas sector?
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Calgary-based oil and gas company, Cenovus Energy Inc., has set ambitious environmental, social and governance targets to guide performance in four focus areas: climate and greenhouse gas emissions, Indigenous engagement, land and wildlife, and...
1/17/2020 | Full Story
Red meat: bad for the environment, but it sure tastes good
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Canadians appear to understand the environmental impact of eating red meat. They just don’t seem to care that much — not if it means pulling that steak off the barbecue and replacing it with a slice of eggplant.
1/17/2020 | Full Story
