Canada's biggest emitters

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Canada's biggest emitters

A Canada's National Observer series exploring the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the country: who they are, where their emissions are coming from and what Canada must do to bring down its carbon pollution.

5 Articles

Aviation’s nasty unclaimed carbon emissions baggage

How greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector are flying under the radar.

Canada's biggest emitters

John Woodside

News

January 27th 2022

Are Canada’s carbon capture plans a ‘pipe dream’?

Experts are calling on the federal government to abandon a proposed tax credit that gives big polluters a break for investing in carbon capture technology.

Canada's biggest emitters

John Woodside

January 20th 2022

Atlantic Loop key to New Brunswick coal phaseout

With the phaseout of coal set to take effect in 2030, Ottawa has plans to create an Atlantic Loop, linking power grids in the East to make them more resilient.

Canada's biggest emitters

John Woodside

December 7th 2021

Fossil fuel industry dominates Canada’s 100 largest emitters

If Canada wants to make a meaningful dent in its industrial carbon emissions, the data makes clear that the name of the game is fossil fuels.

Canada's biggest emitters

John Woodside

October 28th 2021

Canada’s 100 dirtiest emitters

Canada's National Observer maps the 100 heaviest greenhouse gas emitters in Canada which were responsible for more than 25 per cent of the entire country's emissions.

Canada's biggest emitters

John Woodside

October 21st 2021