Committee report and pre-budget jostling reflect ongoing discord over nuclear energy’s role in Canada’s clean energy transition
‘Funding these projects doesn’t make any sense when we have cleaner, safer, and lower cost options,’ says clean air advocate Jack Gibbons of Canada’s support for nuclear energy as part of its path toward net-zero emissions.
Thirsty neighbours: Canada does have strategies, policies, and water-sharing laws in place, writes Pentland
Re: “Should we let the H20 flow,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 21). Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan contend that “Canada needs a coherent well-thought-out strategy” regarding water-sharing with the U.S., to deal with potential future pressures from that country to divert freshwater southward. Regarding policies and laws, the article has some of the history wrong, […]
We should reflect on how to achieve lasting peace, writes Wakefield, Que., reader
The unnecessary suffering of people at home and abroad is the direct result of injustices perpetrated by the rich and powerful. Upon the release of the latest doomsday clock report, we should reflect upon what it is we need to do to achieve a lasting peace, and avert an end-of-the-world scenario the Union of Concerned Scientists […]
Canada Growth Fund skeptics wary of exemption from typical oversight requirement
The $15-billion fund will be the Liberals’ latest attempt to use public money to entice pension funds and private capital to invest in the government’s priorities.
Should we let the H2O flow?
In the event a future American government comes with the request to ‘share the water, please, we’re neighbours,’ Canada needs a coherent and well-thought-out strategy. Being taken by surprise is not acceptable.
Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget
A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.
Decarbonized aircraft by 2035: a viable joint ambition
We must accelerate the pace. It is essential that public institutions and the private sector work together towards the same goals in an even more sustained way and with precise objectives.
Time to get to work on Canada’s commitments to protect nature
Will the deal to preserve nature outlined at the United Nations biodiversity conference be remembered as a point of catalyst or collapse?
A recommended approach to biodiversity conservation
Ecological ‘purists’ recoil at the thought of active management via human intervention. The problem with the purist approach is that most regions on Earth are affected/managed by people.
Federal building emissions-reduction effort hit COVID snag: report
A geo-exchange field is being installed under the Parliament Welcome Centre as part of PSPC’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the Parliamentary Precinct, drilling for which begins this month.
