Apr 08, 2021 / Climate Change / Federal Climate
Here's 4 ways Canada can step it up on climate leadership
Over the last five years, the Canadian government has released two climate change plans and made important climate commitments. And yet action has repeatedly…Read More
Feb 25, 2021 / Climate Change
What was good and what was missing from the first meeting between the President and Prime Minister
President Joe Biden had his first meeting with another head of government yesterday when he met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Climate change was…Read More
Jan 26, 2021 / Climate Change / Transition
Without a transition plan, Canada is just letting oil and gas workers fend for themselves
Last week’s decision by President Biden to kill the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all raises important questions about whether and how Canada…Read More
Nov 26, 2020 / Climate Change / Federal Climate
Accountability on climate change…but not yet
It’s been said so often now. Canada has failed to achieve every international climate target it has ever set. To reach a different outcome,…Read More
Nov 12, 2020 / Climate Change / Federal Climate
What a terrible—and confusing—week for those of us who have been fighting for strong climate action. The government caved in to pressure from the…Read More
Sep 18, 2020 / Climate Change
Will reducing methane from oil and gas be another failed climate commitment?
Unless the federal government strengthens its methane regulations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to reduce oil and gas methane emissions may be Canada’s next…Read More
Sep 11, 2020 / Climate Change
The federal government needs to side with First Nations and not corporate polluters
After a ten-year wait, an investigation by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation clearly validates the charge by Environmental Defence, The Natural Resources Defence Council and…Read More
Aug 12, 2020 / Climate Change
Planting trees is no substitute for reducing fossil fuels
In the last election the federal Liberals promised to plant two billion trees, a pledge that upon re-election has become a government commitment. While…Read More
Jul 16, 2020 / Climate Change
Canada’s industrial logging sector is the big climate emitter we don’t talk about
The Canadian boreal forest is an incredible ally in the fight against climate change. In addition to being rich in its diversity of animals…Read More
Jul 09, 2020 / Climate Change
No, Alberta's oil industry isn't being unfairly targeted by protesters
Opposition to oil and gas development is a worldwide phenomenon. Some Albertans, and other Canadians, may feel like their oil is being unfairly targeted…Read More