Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the Canadian government remains committed to the Paris Accord amid concerns that the U.S. will walk away from the global climate agreement.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an impassioned appeal on May 30, 2017 for the world to intensify action to combat climate change and implement the Paris Agreement to limit carbon emissions.
“People look at Saskatchewan generally and think that it’s a bunch of climate deniers...really it’s more, ‘How do we do it in a way that makes more sense?’”
"This is a concern because methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period," said Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Atlantic Canadian premiers pledged co-operation to grow the region's clean energy sector, following a meeting today, April 12, 2017, in Saint John, N.B.
The panel's recommendations appear to align with interim measures introduced by the government last year that it would apply five guiding principles to its changes in the review process.
Environmental groups to go to court to fight an executive order from President Donald Trump that eliminates many restrictions on fossil fuel production and would roll back plans to curb global warming
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on March 28 that will suspend, rescind, or flag for review measures that were part of former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming.
The premier of the Northwest Territories is blasting federal policies, including promises to restrict greenhouse gas emissions, that he says will stifle a viable energy sector in the North.