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Net Zero: Trudeau pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45% by 2030
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Net Zero: Trudeau promises to lower GHG emissions by up to 45% by 2030
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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 21, 2021 12:23pm
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U.S. President Joe Biden is set to virtually host a global climate summit on Thursday and Friday, where he will announce significant changes to current climate policies. Biden is expected reveal his goal of cutting American greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, according to the New York Times.
Biden’s target nearly doubles the pledge made by the Obama administration, which promised to cut emissions 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025. Biden administration officials noted that his announcement will not include detailed modelling regarding how the U.S. plans to satisfy this pledge.
Net Zero: $17.6B pledged in Budget 2021 for transition to low-carbon economy By iPolitics. Published on Apr 20, 2021 12:23pm
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“When people look back on 2021, they’re going to say this is the year when the world pivoted to a green economy, and Canada has to be there. We have to be in the lead of that transformation,” Freeland told reporters. The Toronto Star has more.
Natural Resources Canada is set to receive $319 million over seven years for research and development of carbon capture technology, as well as $1.5 billion over five years to create a Clean Fuels Fund “to foster the production and distribution of fuels like hydrogen.” Meanwhile, Environment and Climate Change Canada would receive $67.2 million over seven years to implement the federal Clean Fuel Standard, “which is meant to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels,” the National Observer reports.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 19, 2021 11:43am
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The U.S. and China have committed to fight climate change together “with the seriousness and urgency that it demands.” The announcement came on Saturday night after U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, visited China for three days of meetings, Reuters reports.
“Climate is a life-or-death issue in so many different parts of the world,” Kerry said in an interview Sunday morning in Seoul, where he met with South Korean officials to discuss global warming. “What we need to do is prove we can actually get together, sit down and work on some things constructively.”
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