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Catch Us If You Canada
Canada announces new fuel-economy regs to match or exceed U.S. standards |
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17 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:41 AM on 17 Jan 2008 At the Montreal International Auto Show, Canada's transport minister announced the country will be setting new fuel-economy regulations that will match or exceed the U.S. fuel-economy standards signed into law in late December. The Canadian standards will be phased in starting in 2011 and by 2020, cars and light trucks sold in the Great White North will have to averag ... |
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| Topics: Canada, cars, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Tax On, Tax Off
Canadian government rejects panel's advice to implement carbon tax |
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08 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:02 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Regarding an expert panel's solicited advice that Canada strongly consider implementing a carbon tax: The Conservative government is just not that into it. From the Archives To Have and to Put on Hold. EPA launches cell-phone recycling campaign. Mission of Mars. Reclusive candy billionaire opposes drilling near his Montana land. Let Your Commission Be You ... |
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| Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Canuck the Trend
Canada should consider adopting carbon tax, says panel |
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07 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:53 PM on 07 Jan 2008 Canada should strongly consider adopting a carbon tax along with an emissions cap-and-trade system, a panel of experts advised the government today. The panel had been asked for advice on how Canada could meet its goal of reducing emissions by 45 to 65 percent of 2003 levels by 2050. Environment Minister John Baird put the kibosh on a country-wide carbon tax last year, but the province of Qu ... |
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| Topics: Canada, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor
Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document |
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11 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document This week's hottest eco-scandal comes from Canada. For real! Where else would Mounties descend on a federal office to arrest an anarchist-leaning, punk-drumming bureaucrat for allegedly leaking a climate document to activists and the press? We swear on our stack of Celine CDs: this happened Wedn ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, dirty hippies, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Keeping Up With the Bushes
Conservative Canadian politico vows to back out of Kyoto agreement |
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18 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Keeping Up With the Bushes Conservative Canadian politico vows to back out of Kyoto agreement As Canada's federal election looms -- yes, Canada is having an election -- Conservative leader Stephen Harper is campaigning on virtually abandoning the Kyoto accord on climate change. Harper, who proclaimed in 2004 that the treaty would never become international law (oops), says victorious Conservatives would jettison mandatory ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Against Montreal Odds
Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins |
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28 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Against Montreal Odds Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins Some 10,000 officials, activists, and scientists from more than 180 countries are gathering in Montreal today for a U.N. climate-change summit. It was supposed to be Canada's moment to shine: Its influential and persuasive environment minister Stephane Dion, a strong Kyoto advocate, is chairing the summit and intends to lead negot ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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