Today was the first day of public hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline planned to transport tar sands product to the Pacific and thence to Asian markets. Over the next two years, the three-person federal review panel assessing the… Read More »10th January 2012. Canada is embarking on an interesting conversation about the value of environment
On 2nd December the Globe and Mail reported that “some 20 years after countries first identified the need for a treaty to limit man-made emissions of greenhouse gases, [the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is] still pursuing an… Read More »COP17 is under way and showing no signs that any progress towards combating climate change will be made.
In Canada, preparing to depart for the climate talks in Durban, the Environment Minister, Peter Kent, waffled about Canada’s position. He said, “What we need now is action, and a mandate to work on an eventual binding convention [on greenhouse… Read More »Dissonance or Harmony? Two news items on 28 November reveal the seriousness of the environmental crisis and the lack of determination of certain developed countries to act.