Globe and Mail, May 31, 2011
The meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power station unleashed a wave that threatens to swamp the nuclear industry’s much-hyped global renaissance, although many governments insist …
The federal government has acknowledged that it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on …
The federal government has explored hiring a professional public relations firm and organizing trips for international leaders to promote Canada’s oilsands industry, while fighting back against foreign climate change policies …
April, 2011
In response to Jack Layton’s announcement that the NDP will end subsidies to oil and gas and invest in renewable energy, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action …
April 3, 2011
“Ramping up investments in clean energy and efficiency, putting a cap on industrial greenhouse gas pollution, enforcing the west-coast oil tanker ban, and a faster phase-out of …
April, 2011
In response to the climate change and clean energy aspects of the Green Party of Canada’s election platform, Graham Saul, Executive director of Climate Action Network Canada said …
April 8th, 2011
Ottawa – The Canadian government should stop lobbying the European Parliament and European Commission to weaken a popular EU climate measure aimed at reducing the carbon content of transportation …
April 8th, 2011
In response to the Conservative Party Platform released this morning, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, responded as follows:
“The Platform confirms where the …
April 10, 2011
In response to the climate change and energy aspects of the New Democratic Party Platform, Graham Saul, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as …
The following is the text of a 2002 letter written by then Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper to members of his party. In the letter, the future Prime Minister outlines …
First Nation and Environmental Leaders in Washington to Discuss New Reality of Canadian Majority Government with U.S. Tar Sands Decision-Makers
Delegation to discuss concerns with Obama administration and Congress; continue …
The Council of the Federation meeting this summer in Winnipeg allows us to take a look back and offer a snapshot of significant provincial and territorial actions over the past …
A remarkable shift in global climate change politics and policy has occurred in Canada over the past two years. When the David Suzuki Foundation first assessed provincial and territorial action …
In October 2005, the David Suzuki Foundation released a report, called All Over the Map, which assessed the climate change plans, programs and performance of Canada’sprovinces and territories. Most provinces …
This report by EcoEquity, SEI, and the Heinrich Boll Foundation, looks at Canada’s role in climate justice. In Canada, climate change policy has been dominated by short-term approaches that have systematically …
The David Suzuki Foundation gives a brief overview of all of the international Conference of the Parties (COP) negotiations, and other important climate change meetings.…
The Pembina Institute outlines its reaction to the federal government’s 2011 budget, including the home retrofit program and a lack of support for clean energy.
Read more here.…
Governments in Canada, as well as elsewhere, subsidize a number of socially beneficialservices. These include, for example, health care, education and energy services. To the extentthat subsidies provided to the …
The Canadian Government hands out around a billion dollars a year in tax breaks to oil, coal and gas companies. These tax breaks go to some of the richest companies …
Facts and statistics about the Canadian Government’s fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks.…
Public understanding of the gravity of the threat of climate change, and of the need for government policies to cut emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), has been driven by scientificresearch …
Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, would set a national, science-based emissionreduction target that represents Canada’s fair share of the global effort to reduce greenhousegas (GHG) pollution. The target …
The Canadian government has been carrying out a secret plan in Europe to boost investment and keep world markets open for the Alberta tar sands, collaborating with major oil companies …
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