Is Canada’s Minister of the Environment position cursed?

Ever since the Tories have come to power in Canada, our country has lost its environmental lustre. It first started with Minister Ambrose who got lambasted first by the opposition for cutting Liberal climate change programs, then by environmentalists over the weak emission intensity targets under the Clean Air Act, and finally for retracting on [...]

95% decline in Emperor penguins population by 2100

A new study by Hal Caswell of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and his colleagues, to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that only 600 breeding pairs of Emperor penguins, or 5%, will be alive in 2100. The 95% decline in the population is mostly due to retreating [...]

Canada an embarrasment at Poznan

Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party Canada, said it was an “embarrassment” to be Canadian at the climate talks in Poznan. Canada ranked second last out of 57 most polluting countries, winning several Fossil of the Day Awards, announced by Climate Action Network International. According to May, the talks did not make a [...]

The 20/20/20 deal

EU leaders have reached a climate change deal in Brussels today. The 27 members countries agree to cut emissions by 20% relative to 1990 levels by 2020. Also part of the package is a 20% reduction in energy use and 20% increase in energy production form renewable sources. More from BBC here

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UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan Poland

The 14th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC and the 4th meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol kicks off today in Poznan, Poland, and will run until December 12th. The event is intended to draw together the work of a year long negotiations leading to an effective international climate change deal to be [...]

Al Gore meddles into Canada’s plans

Al Gore did it again! Being on the road non-stop, regurgitating the same PowerPoint presentation and making millions off of it doesn’t seem to be enough for the once aspiring US president. To make it fair, he has increased awareness to the climate change issue bringing it into mainstream media, something that environmentalists and academics [...]