Feds begin setting a path to net-zero by 2050
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
The government of Canada will bind itself to a process intended to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. That doesn’t mean Canada must reach the 2050 objective. It means only that, between now and then, governments must take certain...
11/20/2020 | Full Story
Quebec's new green plan bets heavily on electrification of transport
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Quebec isn’t putting all of its eggs into one basket, but it is putting most of them, unveiling a 2030 Plan for a Green Economy that relies heavily on electrification, particularly of the transportation sector, to get the province to...
11/20/2020 | Full Story
Racial Injustice in Environment Policy Becomes White House Focus
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President-elect Joe Biden has signaled he wants to power up a small White House office, transforming the Council on Environmental Quality into a muscular policy shop to help move his environmental justice agenda. Read more.
11/20/2020 | Full Story
Ottawa agrees to methane equivalency with Alberta, Saskatchewan
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Alberta and Saskatchewan have concluded equivalency agreements with the federal government under which Ottawa will stand down enforcement of its Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas...
11/13/2020 | Full Story
Feds turn on the taps
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Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan has launched the $750-million Emissions Reduction Fund to help oil and gas companies invest in green technologies to reduce methane emissions. Methane accounts for 43% of all greenhouse gases...
11/6/2020 | Full Story
$50 million in TIER money will support renewable energy innovation
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Alberta Innovates, a provincial corporation that reports to the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, is getting $50 million from the province’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund to spark further investment in...
10/30/2020 | Full Story
SASKATCHEWAN - environment legislation
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The Fisheries (Saskatchewan) Act, 2020. New Act. In force July 3, 2020.
10/28/2020 | Full Story
COLUMN: Natural gas may not be environmentally better than coal in generating electricity
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
For the last 35 years, and continuing today, natural gas has been promoted as a more environmentally appropriate fuel for electricity generation than coal. As recently as the current 2020 U.S. Presidential campaign, candidate Joe Biden has...
10/15/2020 | Full Story
The 2020 Speech from the Throne
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The tradition for Speeches from the Throne is that they are only gently seasoned with specific commitments. Their role is to describe the general direction of the next session of Parliament, not itemize upcoming legislation.
9/25/2020 | Full Story
Ont, NB output-based pricing earn a grudging nod from Ottawa
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Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson is holding his nose and approving the carbon emissions programs for large final emitters in Ontario and New Brunswick. It’s a concession from Ottawa, which is clearly...
9/25/2020 | Full Story
