Steven Guilbeault

Electric vehicle sales grew almost 60 per cent last year but they need to pick up the pace even more to hit the new federal sales mandates expected by the end of this year.

If Conservatives truly hate virtue signalling as much as they say, they shouldn’t be arguing for a tax exemption on their own flavour of it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

If perfect is the enemy of good, that’s especially true when it comes to climate policy in Canada. Just ask Steven Guilbeault, our environment minister, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Big industrial plants in provinces covered by the national carbon pricing system paid more than $161 million for their greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, but some critics say the system is designed to ensure the biggest emitters pay the smallest price on pollution.

Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction.

Although the operation of Bay du Nord will emit less carbon than its oilsands counterparts during production, once that oil is burned, the emissions are all the same.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has written a letter to his Alberta counterpart to correct what he calls errors in Jason Nixon's recent newspaper column.

"I am of the opinion that the project, as currently proposed, would likely cause unacceptable environmental effects within federal jurisdiction," Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault wrote.

Experience from Australia shows the CCUS technology was not designed to contribute meaningfully to emissions reductions. 

It should be clear by now that anyone expecting North America’s oil companies to fund or finance the energy transition are going to be sorely disappointed, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new report from the United Nations' climate agency shows the oil and gas sector "cannot do business as usual" even as the government is still considering approving a massive new offshore oil production project.

A small group of student climate activists challenged the federal environment minister to reject the proposed Bay du Nord offshore oil exploration project at an event in Montreal on Friday before joining a larger climate march.

The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today, April 1, 2022, in most provinces.

The federal government is looking to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road.

The value of carbon-price rebate cheques from the federal government will jump more than 66 per cent in Ontario and Manitoba this year, to make up for too-small rebates the last two years.