Official report says Ottawa must act on climate change

Posted on June 30, 2014 by admin

The report, Canada in a Changing Climate: Sector Perspectives on Impacts and Adaptation, was written by 90 authors, 115 expert reviewers, and synthesized more than 1,500 recent publications. It looks at natural resources, food production, industry, biodiversity, protected areas, human health, and water and transportation. ... [click title to continue]

NDP reintroduces Jack Layton’s climate change bill

Posted on June 24, 2014 by admin

Proposed law would require the government to establish a plan to avoid catastrophic climate change and meet the science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gases to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. ... [click title to continue]

Montreal, June 6: Social movements’ assembly on climate change

Posted on May 14, 2014 by admin

Reuniting forces from the East and the West, with Indigenous communities taking part in an extra-parliamentary alliance to save the climate ... [click title to continue]

Extreme weather will cost us billions

Posted on April 29, 2014 by admin

TD Bank says weather disasters will cost Canada up to $43 Billion a year by 2050, but GDP and other measures ignore the economic impact ... [click title to continue]

Which industry is worst for the climate?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by admin

Oil and gas production is now Canada's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, passing transportation ... [click title to continue]

Canada has the world’s worst record on climate

Posted on March 14, 2014 by admin

Environmental journalist tells Toronto meeting that Canada is now "simply written off in climate discussions" ... [click title to continue]

7 Ways Canadian Environmental Groups Are Being Attacked as “Terrorists”

Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin

Big Oil and Harper have a crisis. Their response has been to hit back hard against environmental groups as “terrorists.” ... [click title to continue]

Creative accounting, not climate progress behind Kent’s ‘progress’ report

Posted on August 10, 2012 by admin

A closer read of the report reveals that it is changes in carbon accounting practices rather than actual changes in the federal government’s climate policy that explain most of the difference between this year’s and last year’s numbers ... [click title to continue]

Why Canada’s scientists need our support

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

Protests by scientists in Canada may seem like a national issue, but their funding cuts could have a global impact By Alice Bell guardian.co.uk,11 July 2012 The scientists of Canada are revolting. They marched through Ottawa in their thousands on Tuesday, a sea of white coats making its way up Parliament Hill, carrying tombstones and a coffin to symbolise the "death of evidence", chanting "What ... [click title to continue]

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