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What Carney’s win means for environment and climate issues in Canada
Apr. 28, 2025 – The Narwhal – Canada’s 2025 federal election campaign started on the heels of a prime minister stepping down and a tariff war brewing across the border. The dramatic twists upended what was an assumed Conservative win to instead keep the Liberals in power for their fourth consecutive term.
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The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
Apr. 23, 22025 – Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been.
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Global Warming of 1.6C Now Best Case Scenario, New Research Shows
Aug. 19, 2024 – New Scientist -Humanity’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which has been totemic in climate policy for the past decade, is now almost certainly out of reach.
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Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax
Apr. 1, 2024 – The Conversation Canada – The federal carbon tax increase is now in effect, and will raise gas prices by three cents per litre in most Canadian provinces. The hike prompted complaints from seven premiers and a recent parliamentary showdown, culminating in a failed vote of non-confidence in the Liberal government. Yet this ongoing debate overlooks a far costlier carbon tax: fossil fuel subsidies.