carbon capture

Canada plans to cut its overall greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2050 — but climate change is a problem that requires many solutions. Here's how we could get there.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal Liberal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson about critical issues in the upcoming election, and how his party would respond to the climate crisis.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal NDP environment and climate change critic Laurel Collins about key issues in the upcoming federal election, and how Canada can respond to the climate crisis.

Climate change will almost certainly be top of mind in the upcoming election after a summer of intense heat waves has left apartment dwellers roasting with no relief and wildfires are sweeping through Ontario and B.C.’s rural communities.

To their credit, Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives have stopped pretending climate change isn’t a real issue, but you can forgive Canadians for not taking them seriously on the matter just yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Investment in carbon capture technology will hinder Canada’s transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbate the effects of climate change, says a new letter co-signed by hundreds of organizations.

Shell Canada Ltd. has announced plans to build a large-scale carbon capture and storage project at its Scotford Complex near Edmonton, part of its strategy to become a net-zero emissions company by 2050.

Alberta's oil and gas industry is committing to net-zero with the hope carbon capture technology pays off. But will it?

Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions in the here and now, a dose of skepticism is in order, writes Damian Carrington, environment editor with the Guardian.

What’s missing from the federal government's plan to lower greenhouse gas emissions is an overarching strategy that would position Canada for success and chart a course toward net-zero emissions by 2050, writes Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada.

Budget 2021 leaves billions of subsidies to fossil fuels and the construction of Trans Mountain as a publicly owned pipeline, plus approvals for new exploration for oil and gas, in place, writes MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

Many of the common hurdles for large-scale carbon capture and storage can be addressed when projects share knowledge and do not start from ground zero in their development, writes Beth (Hardy) Valiaho of International CCS Knowledge Centre.

A forthcoming major UN report will show that nations need to accelerate methane cuts in order to avoid more extreme climate change.

"We aren’t the U.S., and implementing their solutions doesn’t get us as far," writes energy-worker-turned-environmental-poet Ross Belot.

Canada’s new greenhouse gas reduction target under the Paris Agreement will be 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.