No pedal to floor: Experts say no government can bring back Alberta bitumen boom
“No policy of any Alberta government can change things,” said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at B.C.’s Simon Fraser University, who has advised governments on climate policy and helps write reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Don’t count on Jason Kenney’s pipeline promise – Macleans.ca
In Alberta’s
election, Jason Kenney is promising to build a new pipeline to the west
coast and to roll back Alberta’s actions on climate change. He’ll likely
have to choose just one of those two things. The path he’s on will
likely force Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject the TransMountain
pipeline. And, if that happens, is there hope that Andrew Scheer could
still deliver a pipeline? Alberta might not like the answer.
Will Senate ‘go green’ and support stronger environmental laws? – iPolitics
The Senate has a constitutional duty to
study legislation and refer any proposed amendments to the House of
Commons for reconsideration.
But the Senate has no right to block
environmental legislation duly passed by the democratically elected
House of Commons, especially given that the Liberal Party’s electoral
mandate in October 2015 made enactment of these stronger environmental
laws a priority commitment.
Conservative and several independent
senators have aligned themselves with the oil and gas industry in
seeking to ensure that federal assessments of development projects do
not consider greenhouse gas emissions and restrict public participation
in hearings.
Three Canadians reflect on how climate change affects their livelihoods | CBC Radio
This week, a new report on climate change from the Environment and Climate Change Department shows that, on average, Canada is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. At the same time, the federal government’s carbon tax came into force in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
During a discussion about climate change and the new carbon tax on Cross Country Checkup Sunday, a farmer, a former fisherman and a firefighter detailed how climate change has altered their work.
Here’s what they said.
No Mount Polley in Manning Park!
Imperial Metals still hasn’t cleaned up the biggest mining disaster in Canadian history – despite $40 million in public subsidies. Now they want to drill for gold in the middle of provincial parkland.
You couldn’t pick a worse place if you threw a dart at a map. Imperial wants to build a mine high in the headwaters of the Skagit River. So we’ve launched a new petition, telling the B.C. government: No Mount Polley in Manning Park.