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“While the target is stronger than its predecessor, Canada’s
‘Insufficient’ CAT rating would only change if the country ditched the
less ambitious end of its target range,” the Tracker states.
“Moreover, Canada’s climate plan to cut emissions, updated last
December, will not reduce emissions enough to meet these new targets,
nor will the further measures outlined in the 2021 Budget, released
earlier this month, so further policy action is needed.”
‘Insufficient’ CAT rating would only change if the country ditched the
less ambitious end of its target range,” the Tracker states.
“Moreover, Canada’s climate plan to cut emissions, updated last
December, will not reduce emissions enough to meet these new targets,
nor will the further measures outlined in the 2021 Budget, released
earlier this month, so further policy action is needed.”
Climate campaigners have been calling on the federal government to
commit to a 60% “fair share” target for emission reductions by 2030.
While this week’s assessment gives Canada points for committing to a
stronger, fixed target that spans the entire economy and aims toward
net-zero emissions, it concludes that the country’s official Nationally
Determined Contribution (NDC) under the 2015 Paris Agreement is not
aligned with a net-zero target, and lacks additional supporting targets
that would bring it closer to Paris compliance.
Line 5 Pipeline Battle Intensifies as May 12 Closure Date Looms – The Energy Mix
Canada has been threatening to invoke a treaty that was signed in 1977 but has never before been used, barring actions that “would have the effect of impeding, diverting, redirecting or interfering” with “hydrocarbon in transit,” except in case of a natural disaster or operating emergency, the Washington Post reports. For years, Michigan has been saying a natural disaster is precisely what it’s trying to avert by taking action on the Line 5 pipeline.
“The clash over Calgary-based Enbridge’s Line 5, which carries up to 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids across Michigan and under the Great Lakes each day, is placing stress on U.S.-Canada ties—and raising questions about how the close allies, which have expressed a desire to work together to fight climate change, can balance energy security with the transition to a clean energy economy,” The Post writes. But Whitmer spokesperson Bobby Leddy said the governor is standing by her position that continuing to operate the pipeline past next Wednesday would be unlawful.
“These oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac are a ticking time bomb,” he told the Post. “Their continued presence violates the public trust and poses a grave threat to Michigan’s environment and economy.”
Canada’s Climate Plan: Fossil First or Climate First? – Below 2C
Carbon pricing won’t achieve its emission targets, Moore and
Robertson state. And the introduction of complicated rules about
emission intensity rather than emissions reductions along with complex
carbon credits and offsets make it possible for big emitters to “game
the system.”
Robertson state. And the introduction of complicated rules about
emission intensity rather than emissions reductions along with complex
carbon credits and offsets make it possible for big emitters to “game
the system.”
The Liberals are also relying on “future-tense” technologies,
including their national strategy to become a natural-gas (rather than
green) hydrogen superpower, with its accompanying need to spend public
money to capture, transport, and safely store millions of tonnes of
carbon underground.
Then, incredibly, there’s nuclear. The Liberals have a small modular
reactor (SMR) action plan. They seem to have forgotten safety concerns
and long-term, radioactive-waste storage problems. Again, write Moore
and Robertson, the government will use our tax dollars to fund a
questionable technology.
Why warnings of a deadly 3rd wave in Canada may have gone unheeded | CBC News
“We’ve been saying all along that if we ease measures too soon,
the epidemic will resurge even stronger. But with highly contagious
variants in our midst, the threat of uncontrolled epidemic growth is
significantly elevated,” Canada’s chief public health officer said.
the epidemic will resurge even stronger. But with highly contagious
variants in our midst, the threat of uncontrolled epidemic growth is
significantly elevated,” Canada’s chief public health officer said.
“These variants have been smouldering in the background and now threaten to flare up.”