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Trucking industry says technology doesn’t exist for it to meet B.C.’s zero-emissions goal
Trucks line up to get into the Port Of Metro Vancouver October 15, 2014. The Port Metro Vancouver is reducing the number of licences for transport drivers conducting business there by at least 25 per cent. There are currently 2,000 trucks registered with the Port. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Emissions from wildfires hit record high in 2021 as climate change drives fire threat
Smoke from wildfires burning in Western Canada can be seen in a Wednesday, May 17, 2023, satellite handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-NASA Worldview **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.8 per cent in 2021
A Suncor plant is shown in the oilsands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday, June 13, 2017. The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Alberta has the right to control the amount and destination of oil and other fuels flowing through its pipelines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
energy and resources
Two investor advisers recommend BP shareholders oppose activist climate resolution
FILE PHOTO: Logo of BP is seen at a petrol station in Pienkow, Poland, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
energy and resources
Investors join activists in pressing TotalEnergies on climate targets
FILE PHOTO: TotalEnergies logos are seen at a fuel station in Nice, France, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
international business
Split delays carbon accounting plan on banks’ capital market deals, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Activists protest against carbon dioxide emissions trading in front of the World Congress Centre Bonn, the site of the COP23 U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Bonn, Germany, November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Shell recommends shareholders reject climate activist resolution
FILE PHOTO: A Shell logo is seen on a pump at a petrol station in London April 28, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville
canada
Canada will take a ‘hard long look’ at UN call to speed emissions reduction, minister says
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault arrives for a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Guilbeault says Canada will take a "hard long look" at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
globe investor
Why responsible investors need to dig deeper than just emissions
international business
JPMorgan sets 2030 emissions targets for polluting industries
FILE PHOTO: A JPMorgan logo is seen in New York City, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
canada
COVID-19 pandemic helped Quebec surpass its emissions target: environment minister
A person jogs next to a backdrop of the Montreal skyline as ice fog rises off the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. The Quebec government is crediting the COVID-19 pandemic for helping the province surpass its climate change targets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
property report
Canada’s construction industry striving to build on sustainable solutions
A construction site is seen in Ottawa, Ont on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
opinion
Why does Canada keep missing its climate targets?
David Knight Legg
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Government to decide between emissions cap and carbon pricing by spring, environment minister says at COP27
Canada's carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to normal has accelerated. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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UN advisory panel calls on governments to force companies to develop serious net-zero plans
Catherine McKenna, chair of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments, speaks in an interview during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 8, 2022. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Every fraction of a degree counts, UN says, as 2.8C warming looms
FILE - Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. In a victory for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court Thursday, April 14, 2022 refused to revisit its March decision reviving administration plans to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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EVs start with a bigger carbon footprint. But that doesn’t last long
An electric vehicle is plugged into a charger in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. California plans to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035 under a policy approved Thursday by regulators that seeks a dramatic cut in carbon emissions and an eventual end to gasoline-powered vehicles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
property report
New downtown Toronto building razes the roof to add new floors
canada
Carbon emissions from forestry masked by government accounting: report
Fresh cut sawdust is seen from a tree cut from a cut block near the "heli camp" in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. A new analysis suggests Canada is underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from forestry, which it says equal those from Alberta's oilsands in some years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Canada releases draft guidance on new oil and gas project emissions
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Canada Post processing centre makes mark for sustainability – and history
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european business
EU greenhouse gas emissions on the rise, but still below pre-pandemic level
FILE PHOTO: The lignite (brown coal) power plant complex of German energy supplier and utility RWE is reflected in a puddle in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
energy and resources
Proposed emissions cap on oil and gas sector overly ambitious’: CNRL
An oil well service rig and storage tanks are seen surrounded by farm land near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
politics
Energy sector fears higher costs under new carbon pricing system
An oil well service rig and storage tanks are seen surrounded by farm land near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada launches consultations on oil and gas emissions cap
Suncor's base plant with upgraders is seen in Fort McMurray, Alta. on June 13, 2017. The officially disclosed carbon footprints of Canada's largest oil companies could balloon in size if tough new climate rules proposed earlier this year by a U.S. regulator come into effect. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
Federal government proposes to cap oil, gas emissions using industry-specific carbon pricing system
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
energy and resources
Germany sets climate emergency plans in transport, construction sectors after missing emission targets
Cars and trucks drive on a highway on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
canada
Premiers pressure federal government to carry half the health-care load, Horgan says
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks in Calgary on May 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
opinion
Ottawa’s oil and gas emissions targets hinge on hopes and miracles
Konrad Yakabuski
politics
Alberta, energy sector press Ottawa to clarify how climate targets will be reached
A Suncor plant is shown in the oilsands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday, June 13, 2017. The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Alberta has the right to control the amount and destination of oil and other fuels flowing through its pipelines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
international business
Fiat Chrysler U.S. unit pleads guilty, will pay US$300M in diesel emissions probe
FILE PHOTO: Stellantis logo is seen on the company's headquarters in Poissy near Paris, France, February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
alberta
U.S. SEC proposal could change the way oil companies report their carbon footprint
Suncor's base plant with upgraders is seen in Fort McMurray, Alta. on June 13, 2017. The officially disclosed carbon footprints of Canada's largest oil companies could balloon in size if tough new climate rules proposed earlier this year by a U.S. regulator come into effect. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
household finances
These apps can help you track and offset your carbon footprint
Traffic on TorontoÕs Don ValleyParkway is photographed on Nov 12 2020. Southbound traffic heading into the core, is left lanes, and northbound is at right.
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How to play the bull case for agriculture stocks
FILE PHOTO: John Deere combines harvest wheat in a field of the Oktyabrskoe farming company in Akmola region, Kazakhstan, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
world
New Zealand targets EVs, industry with new $3.6-billion climate response fund
FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures during a press conference at parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on March 23, 2022. Ardern on Saturday, May 14, 2022 posted a photo of her positive test result on Instagram and said she was disappointed to miss several important political announcements over the coming week, including the release of the government's annual budget and a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP, File)