Ottawa, provinces and territories failed to meet new climate goals: report
A new climate report claims that federal, provincial and territorial governments have failed to formulate emission reduction plans that are sufficient to achieve Canada’s net zero emissions target.
The report of the Pembina Institute, an energy and climate think tank, concluded that Canada will not achieve its recently announced net zero emissions target for 2030 or 2050.
“Unfortunately, we are unable to achieve Canada’s new goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 40% to 45% by 2030 on the basis of 2005,” said Isabelle Turcotte, Director of Federal Policy at Pembina .
“The most optimistic forecast shows that we are on track to reduce emissions by 36%. So there is a big gap here.”
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Publishing date: Jul 21, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 2 minute read •
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government recently arbitrarily rejected a plan by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to reduce the impact of carbon pricing on his residents by reducing provincial fuel taxes.
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The premier’s issue is that New Brunswick and P.E.I. were permitted to do the same thing by the federal government.
As Moe tweeted in response to the federal rejection, “The Trudeau government cannot have one standard for the east and another for the west …
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The First Nation is also demanding an official apology, reparations for decades of lost traditional land-use and an agreement on the future relationship with Parks Canada.
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“Now they want our help turning the park into a tourist attraction and help developing game regulations, when we haven’t even been allowed to hunt in the park for almost a hundred years,” said Chief Allan Adam of ACFN in an interview.
Feds move ahead with reservoir west of Calgary
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By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on July 20, 2021.
Water bubbles out of a manhole along a street near the Elbow River during flooding in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, June 22, 2013. The federal government has provided the final piece of the puzzle for a controversial reservoir that could protect Calgary from future flooding to move forward. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
CALGARY – The federal government has provided the final piece of the puzzle to allow a controversial reservoir that could protect Calgary from future flooding to move forward.
Alberta Transportation proposed the $432-million off-stream reservoir near the rural community of Springbank, which is west and upstream of Calgary.
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