A plan unveiled Monday by New York City's mayor would run all city operations on 100 per cent “zero-emission Canadian hydropower” within five years. Negotiations would begin “right away” with the aim of signing a deal by the end of 2020.
A report compiled by Environment Canada shows that four fossil fuel facilities in northern Alberta produced far more carbon dioxide and other pollutants than they are required to report under international guidelines.
American progressive circles are abuzz right now with the Green New Deal. But it’s hard to understand what that means for Canada without understanding what the old New Deal meant for America, it’s country of birth... and why Canadian progressives shouldn’t adopt a plan rooted in America’s past.
For Coastal Shellfish Corporation, a scallop aquaculture venture located on the rainy northwest coast of B.C., two things matter most: that their business be sustainable in an area where fishing industries have come and gone as surely as the tide comes in, and that they cause as little harm to the environment as possible.
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| April 17th 2019
While the federal government focuses on what they say is the big threat facing the 2019 election — foreign influence in politics — the real threat is domestic, writes Nora Loreto.
The oilsands golden years lasted about a decade, and they will never come back. Blaming that on a lack of pipelines just perpetuates a myth. Columnist Ross Belot examines what stopped the boom and investment trends since then.
The form of capitalism that has been allowed to go uncontested in recent decades has caused significant collateral damage, writes the CEO of Desjardins, Guy Cormier.
The number of companies actively drilling in Canada has declined by 40 per cent since the oil price crash of late 2014, according to a research report by AltaCorp, which cited consolidation as the biggest reason companies have disappeared and insolvency of several smaller companies also a factor.
