Fortunately, the federal government has all the jurisdiction that’s needed to do what’s required. But the actions of Jason Kenney, Doug Ford, Scott Moe
… fail what’s required of responsible leadership, but then again at the
federal level, despite good words … our target is the same target left
under Stephen Harper.
Tag Archives: environment
Canadians Are World’s Biggest Gas Guzzlers: Report
Canada’s drivers emit the most carbon per kilometre driven in the world, and it’s due to our taste for SUVs and pickup trucks, according to research from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
An IEA study released earlier this spring found that the passenger vehicles on Canada’s roads emit 206 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven, higher than the second-place U.S., at 198 grams per kilometre, and about 50 per cent higher than many Western European countries.
The press conference was was called to launch of the vanishing call of the right whale, a
powerful short documentary on the effect of seismic testing on whales
who spend time in the Gulf. The documentary, by Eliza Knockwood, is
narrated by actor and director Ethan Hawke, who summers on the shores of
the Gulf.
The last time levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide
were this high came during the Pliocene Epoch, which extended from
about 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago. During that period, average
sea levels were about 50 feet higher than they are today and forests
grew as far north as the Arctic, said Rob Jackson, a professor of earth
system science at Stanford University. “Earth was a very different
place,” he said. “You would hardly recognize the land surface, and my
gosh, we don’t want to go there.”
Why is the RCMP watching community opposition to a quarry in New Brunswick?
“A very opaque police bureaucracy has expanded over the past few decades and the ‘extremists’ or targets of national security are those opposing resource extraction such as those participating in protests against pipelines, mines, fracking and hydro projects. These protests are being interpreted as threats to national security and infrastructure,” says Monaghan.
Blenis said the Project Mountain Upham group has: “drawn attention to how the project’s environmental assessment stated there are no regulated wetlands in the project site; indeed there is, and a full assessment of surrounding wetlands has not been completed.” She asks: “We are not happy with this, but does that warrant RCMP monitoring?”