Ontario Premier Doug Ford tweeted a selfie of himself with Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney criticizing a tax on pollution, as his government faced accusations from federal Liberals of restricting some public servants from speaking about climate change.
After a bombshell day for the Conservative party, many members attending the annual Tory convention in Halifax expressed quiet relief on Thursday, August 23, 2018, that the long-expected divorce of maverick MP Maxime Bernier from the party was finally out of the way.
Alberta’s ruling New Democrats are reassuring the oil and gas industry that a revamped science curriculum won’t portray them negatively, even as they move to ensure students learn that climate change is real.
A disappointed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning an intervention in Ontario after Doug Ford announced he was abandoning his province's commitment to a national climate change plan.
Asked how long he thinks it will take to fulfill a campaign trail pledge to extricate Ontario from its cap and trade system for controlling emissions and how much it will cost, Premier-designate Doug Ford instead started talking about how he thought it would be hard for him to pick out a cabinet because of the strength of his team.
Shannon Phillips made the comments at a summit near Ottawa last week on women climate leaders, in response to questions over how her government plans to deal with recent surveys showing some public skepticism over the threat of climate change and the benefits of putting a price on carbon pollution.
The leader of the Alberta opposition United Conservative Party has vowed to repeal the province’s carbon pricing regime if elected to power in the 2019 election — a move backed by his party at a convention over the weekend.
The Saskatchewan government is asking the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa can impose a carbon tax but the federal government says it is confident it will prevail.
Technologies like CarbonCure's concrete with injected carbon dioxide have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a staggering 15 per cent worldwide over the next 12 years, according to the U.S.-based Global CO2 Initiative.
Alberta politicians have passed a motion to back Premier Rachel Notley's battle for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, but division remains on how to carry the fight.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney exchanged smiles and brief waves in the Alberta legislature Monday before letting the accusations fly in their first question period together.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley explained on Monday that she was moving into some online warfare as part of her pro-oilpatch and pipeline battle against British Columbia.