Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push
If personal stories of loss ‘can’t resonate with political leaders, I really don’t know what is going to,’ said the Sierra Club’s Conor Curtis.
Trump’s climate ignorance won’t derail global efforts
It’s unlikely a Donald Trump presidency could completely counter the Inflation Reduction Act’s achievements or federal spending on energy and climate-related issues.
Put nature first, not politics
Partisan bickering is increasing the odds that the parliamentary clock will wind down before Bill C-73 is enacted.
Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away
The enemy without—climate change, of course—is scratching at the window, unheard and ignored. In one way or another it’s coming for us all.
Tripling of boreal wildfire emissions since 2001 show ‘growing vulnerability’ of Canada’s northern forests: new U.K. study
Meanwhile, firefighters and wildfire survivors gather in Ottawa to call for stopping ‘the problem at the source’ by moving to clean energy and better forest management.
Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away
As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But not bending the curve early enough will mean doing the right thing will happen far too late.
The Liberals’ greatest communication failure
How poor messaging on carbon pricing undermined Justin Trudeau’s climate agenda.
Carbon price whiff an ‘occupational hazard,’ but PBO still ‘batting 0.999:’ finance policy expert Ian Lee
Canada’s first budget watchdog says the PBO is still needed, but is calling for an ‘independent external review’ to improve analyses before the next election.
Government’s ambition on newly updated environmental law falls flat
The feds need to go back to the drawing board on the implementation of Bill S-5 changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
