Liberal MP calls out PBO for error in carbon price analysis, asks for correction

May 28, 2024 – The Canadian Press – The parliamentary secretary for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is criticizing the parliamentary budget officer for not issuing a more-public correction to its carbon price analysis after finding an error in it. The PBO published a note on its website on April 17 admitting its economic analyses of the consumer carbon price, done in both 2022 and 2023, erroneously included the impact of the industrial carbon price, too. The PBO says it plans to publish an updated analysis in the fall.

This senator wants Canadian banks to fight climate change

May 27, 2024 – CBC News – Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change. More than two years ago, the independent senator from Quebec proposed legislation that would force banks and pension funds to steer away from emissions-intensive investments, such as the oil and gas sector. It would also increase regulatory oversight to determine whether the climate plans laid out by institutions are credible, and limit the presence of fossil fuel executives on the their boards.

Half-measures not good enough

May 18, 2024 = Winnipeg Free Press – Emissions data for Manitoba were just released via the National Inventory Report, once again highlighting the reality that our province is falling behind in the global race to net zero. Manitoba and Alberta are the only Canadian provinces whose emissions have not decreased below 2005 levels — the baseline year used to track progress.

The great Canadian climate divide

May 17, 2024 – The National Observer – Western Canada has a lot of explaining to do. Canada’s recently released greenhouse gas inventory shows that every western province has increased its climate pollution since 1990, the international baseline year for measuring climate action. On the other side of the country, every eastern province has reduced its emissions.

New Report: Gas Does not Belong in A Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

May 15, 2024 – Environmental Defense – Natural Gas is not green. There is serious concern that fossil fuels like liquified natural gas (LNG) and CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) could be labeled as sustainable by the Canadian Government. A new report aims to ensure they do included into a sustainable finance taxonomy.

Canadian banks still huge fossil fuel investors

May 14, 2024 – The National Observer – Canada’s five biggest banks are among the 20 largest fossil fuel financiers in the world, according to new research, leading parliamentarians and climate advocates to warn the country is setting itself up for major risks through the energy transition.

He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.

May 13, 2024 – Corporate Knights – MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on “the lies” of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago.

Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future

May 13, 2024 – PNAS Nexus – Human development has ushered in an era of converging crises: climate change, ecological destruction, disease, pollution, and socioeconomic inequality. This review synthesizes the breadth of these interwoven emergencies and underscores the urgent need for comprehensive, integrated action.

‘It’s absolute terror’: Wildfire forces entire Manitoba community to retreat

May 13, 2024 – CBC – First detected on Thursday, fire quickly grew by Sunday to 35,000 hectares.

Getting climate action on the education agenda

May 6, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Last school year, a student of mine posed a question that reverberated through my thoughts long after the class had ended: “So, how are you advocating for climate action as an adult?” It’s the kind of question that I hope many of us are thinking about, but frankly, I think many of us are unsure about how to answer. As adults who care for the well-being of children and the environment on which we are all dependent, it’s crucial that we are able to respond to this question. One place requiring these kinds of action-oriented answers is our education system.

The uneasy intersection of oil and climate

May 7, 2024 – The Globe and Mail – Oil production – Canada’s largest export – reached another record level in 2023, at almost five million barrels a day, up nearly 30 per cent since the Liberals took office. Forecasts suggest oil output could make its biggest-ever jump this year, as many as 500,000 barrels a day, propelled by new capacity on Trans Mountain.

Climate change is an added barrier to youth physical activity, report says

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