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So, Um, He Didn't Like Them? Canadian government's eco-strategies not working, says audit		31 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:44 PM on 31 Oct 2007 Sustainable development strategies introduced regularly by the Canadian government since the mid-1990s have largely failed to produce results, according to a new audit. A report by Environment Commissioner Ron Thompson notes that officials seem to just go through the motions, that there is no accountability, and that there has been no provision of "baselines or targets ...
Topics: Canada, news, politics (all these topics)

Shifting on the tax shift B.C. considers a carbon tax	Alan Durning	28 Oct 2007	Gristmill
In 1998, shortly after Sightline (then Northwest Environment Watch) published Tax Shift (PDF), Gordon Campbell, then BC's opposition leader, invited me for a sit-down to discuss the book. He had read it and said he loved it. At the time, the New Democratic BC government was gearing up to do a pilot tax shift, inspired by the book. It was also about to be routed in provincial elections, to be replaced by Campbell's Liberals. Campbell said, "In our first term, we're ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax (all these topics)

Superior Complex Canada announces protections for Lake Superior		26 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:17 AM on 26 Oct 2007 Canada will protect nearly 4,000 square miles of Lake Superior and its northern shores, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday. The announcement creates the world's largest freshwater marine protected area; no word on how the shrinkage of Lake Superior will affect that record. sources: Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press From the Archives Reports of the W ...
Topics: Canada, news (all these topics)

Woo-hoo, caribou! How chainsaw toting underwear models helped save America's most endangered large mammal	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The world's 1,700 mountain caribou can chomp their lichens in peace -- Forest Ethics and a coalition of Canadian environmental groups announced an agreement with the British Columbia government to protect more than 5 million acres of their home habitat in British Columbia's forests. The victory came after a five-year campaign targeting corporations and the regional government that either logged mountain caribou habitat or used paper from the mountainous, old gro ...
Topics: Canada, endangered species, grassroots activism, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

The tar sands Canada's version of liquid coal	Joseph Romm	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Canada has about as much recoverable oil in its tar sands as Saudi Arabia has conventional oil. They should leave most of it in the ground. Tar sands are pretty much the heavy gunk they sound like, and making liquid fuels from them requires huge amounts of energy for steam injection and refining. Canada is currently producing about one million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands, and that is projected to triple over the next two decades. The tar sands a ...
Topics: Canada, energy, oil, oil sands (all these topics)

You Gotta Fight for the Right's Right to Party Right whales get safe haven off east coast of Canada, baby orcas high in PBDEs		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:36 PM on 11 Oct 2007 The International Maritime Organization has approved a proposal to designate a 695-square-mile zone off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, an official Area to Be Avoided, hoping to lower the risk of ship collisions with endangered right whales that tend to congregate there from June through December. However, avoiding the zone is voluntary ...
Topics: Canada, news, oceans, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Quebec and Call Quebec introduces carbon tax		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:13 PM on 02 Oct 2007 Determined not to let British Columbia hog the green spotlight, the province of Quebec has introduced Canada's first carbon tax. The tax, to be levied on gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and coal, is expected to raise $200 million a year to fund the province's emissions-reduction plans. Apparently Quebec never got the memo that taxes are communist plots developed by the French ... hey, wait a minute! source: Reuters, A ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Be careful what you wish for Conservative candidate in Ontario will expand nuclear power industry, if elected	John McGrath	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Me, a month ago: What the Ontario election needs is for the parties to talk more about energy issues! Me, a few days ago: Crud. Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory said Saturday that environmental approval for energy projects is operating at a snail's pace, and if his party comes to power, he will revitalize the province's nuclear sector. I would so love for the expansion of nuclear power to not be the one point of agreement between the two biggest par ...
Topics: Canada, elections, energy, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Short-sighted government chronicles Ontario has higher capacity for renewable energy projects than the government estimates	John McGrath	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The Toronto Star has been doing some excellent work on the environment and energy issues in Ontario lately -- I pointed to some not too long ago. Many of those stories come from the Roberts-endorsed Tyler Hamilton. Yesterday, Hamilton had an excellent piece in the front of the business section. It's on the alternatives to nuclear construction that the province is ignoring; it tallies up all the missed opportunities. The conclusion is that Ontario could build ten time ...
Topics: business, Canada, energy, renewable energy (all these topics)

O Canada, what are you doing? Tar sands are the enemy of the planet	Jon Rynn	14 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Our civilization's addiction to oil is being displayed in all its nefarious glory in the tar sands of Canada. According to Chris Nelder: What we have here is arguably the most environmentally destructive activity man has ever attempted, with a compliant government, insatiable demand, and an endless supply of capital turning it into 'a speeding car with a gas pedal and no brakes.' It sucks down critical and rapidly diminishing amounts of both natural gas and water, paying ...
Topics: Canada, energy, oil, oil sands (all these topics)

Silence up north The coming nuclear expansion in Ontario is absent from election debate	John McGrath	26 Aug 2007	Gristmill
There's a bit of a, whatchamacallit, an election coming down in Ontario. So far a number of issues have come up (e.g. schools), but the governing Liberals' plan to increase nuclear power construction in Toronto isn't one of them. It's a shame, because a number of recent articles in the Toronto Star show how this plan is being undermined before it's even gotten off the ground. First of all, there's the problem that the existing reactors are delivering su ...
Topics: Canada, elections, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact		23 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact Yesterday, the leaders of six Western states and two Canadian provinces agreed to their own regional climate pact, aiming to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The Western Climate Initiative ...
Topics: Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, Utah, Washington (all these topics)

Who's in Barge Here? Barge spills diesel near Vancouver Island orca habitat		22 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Who's in Barge Here? Barge spills diesel near Vancouver Island orca habitat A barge has tipped over off the coast of Canada's Vancouver Island, creating a diesel slick over a mile long that is threatening orca habitat. The barge, which was carrying logging equipment, including a fuel truck, was just outside the boundary of an ecological reserve when it flipped. Diesel fuel dissipates and evaporates in the sun, so poses less of a thr ...
Topics: Canada, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Who's in barge here? Barge spills diesel near Vancouver Island orca habitat	Grist	21 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A barge tipped over off the coast of Canada's Vancouver Island yesterday, creating a diesel slick over a mile long that is threatening orca whale habitat. The barge, which was carrying logging equipment including a fuel truck, was just outside the boundary of an ecological reserve when it flipped. Diesel fuel dissipates and evaporates in the sun, so poses less of a threat than crude oil à la Exxon Valdez -- but it still doesn't make a very good whale dinner. sources: CBC Ne ...
Topics: Canada, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows		14 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year study that c ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, United States (all these topics)

Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust		09 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust Now for some wheely good news (sorry, it had to be done): officials around the globe are moving forward on innovative eco-transportation schemes. Last week, the city council of Reykjavik, Iceland, enacted a rule that gives free parking to those who drive fuel-efficient vehicles. In Ontario, Cana ...
Topics: bikes, Canada, cars, energy, France, Iceland, innovation, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Just Call Us the Rainmakers Study confirms connection between human activity and increased rainfall		24 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Just Call Us the Rainmakers Study confirms connection between human activity and increased rainfall A study led by Canadian scientists shows that peeps have an effect on precip: "For the first time, climate scientists have clearly detected the human fingerprint on changing global precipitation patterns over the past century," the team says. Comparing rainfall records from 1925 to 1 ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news (all these topics)

Viva Zap Canada, U.S., Mexico sign five-year energy pact		24 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Viva Zap Canada, U.S., Mexico sign five-year energy pact Will an energy pact between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico pave the way for alternative fuels or grease the skids for business as usual? Maybe a little of both. The five-year agreement, signed yesterday by Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and Mexican Secretary of Ener ...
Topics: Canada, climate, energy, international treaties, Mexico, news, United States (all these topics)

Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption What's a Friday without some toilet talk? The mayors of 29 Canadian and U.S. cities in the Great Lakes region have agreed to cut water consumption 15 percent from 2000 levels by 2015, and one of their solutions is banning inefficient potties. "We need provincial legislation about low-flow toi ...
Topics: Canada, local politics, news, politics, United States, urban planning, water crisis (all these topics)

Cheap biofuels, or dear pasta? Globalization of the fuel vs. fuel debate	Ron Steenblik	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Last Thursday, Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced substantial subsidies to boost Canada's production of biofuels. Under its 'ecoENERGY for Biofuels' program, the government will provide up to C$ 1.5 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) in the form of incentives over nine years to producers of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. 'With leading-edge technology and abundant supplies of grains, oilseeds, and other feedstocks, Canada is uniquely pos ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, Canada, energy, food, Italy (all these topics)

Shocked, shocked to discover that politicians are sometimes dishonest! Even in Canada	John McGrath	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
So, about a year ago I wrote briefly about Marc Jaccard, a Canadian economist whose book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, has been exceedingly popular in Canadian policy-making circles. No surprise there -- any book that says we can have our cheesecake and eat it too is going to find a wide audience among politicians averse to making any tough decision, ever. I was, you could say, less than charitable to Jaccard's ideas. But the latest news from Canada's Conservative do-no ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change skepticism, energy, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Ceci n'est pas une carbon tax Color me unimpressed	Eric de Place	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
You can color me unimpressed by the big news today in the Globe and Mail: Quebec just became the first Canadian province to pass a carbon tax. For one thing, the tax is tiny, just 0.8 cents per liter of gasoline, and at comparably low levels on natural gas and diesel. (For non-metricized Americans, that's 3 cents per gallon.) So that makes Quebec's new approach not quite as aggressive as -- to pick just one example at random -- Idaho's 5 cent per gallon increase circa ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

O Canada! Imagine a politician leveling with citizens about something	JMG	30 May 2007	Gristmill
This is a great column from a former Winnipeg mayor: 'Higher oil prices or carbon tax: Take your pick.' Imagine if all politicians were as frank. Why, we might even have the kind of discourse Al Gore mourns losing in The Assault on Reason.
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, oil (all these topics)

I'll Be Back, Eh Schwarzenegger visits Canada to talk tough on emissions		30 May 2007	Daily Grist
I'll Be Back, Eh Schwarzenegger visits Canada to talk tough on emissions It's hard to believe any country could be worse on climate than the U.S., but Canada seems to be making a run for it. Yesterday, Friends of the Earth Canada and Sierra Legal filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that their government is shirking its Kyoto Protocol pledge. "This government is not fre ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Canada, climate, Kyoto Protocol, litigation, news (all these topics)

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