Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warningsfor much of southern Alberta and into southeastern Saskatchewan. The federal agency says temperatures could reach 37 C this weekend in some areas of Alberta. It says the extreme heat is expected to continue into early next week. The warnings include the cities of Calgary, Lethbridge and…

The federal government is eyeing the possibility of making this year’s COP28 climate-change conference the first ever to “acknowledge the need” for U.N. countries to completely phase out their use of unabated fossil fuels, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. “For COP28, we need to identify every possible opportunity to increase our collective ambition and update our climate and environmental…

Environment and Climate Change Canada says it does not know to what extent road salt, an all-Canadian contaminant, is causing ecological damage in Canada. Federal researchers estimate it poses a greater environmental threat than fracking, though tonnes of it are used yearly in Ontario and Québec, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “Salt application for de-icing purposes…

The federal government is committing $450 million towards the United Nations’ (UN) Green Climate Fund (GCF), which Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s department says is intended to help developing countries establish their own “clean energy transitions and climate-resilient sustainable development.” Mr. Guilbeault’s department says the funding will go toward the “second replenishment” of the GCF, which the Environment Department calls…

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the recent analysis issued by Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux on the economic impact of the federal government’s incoming Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) is “unbalanced” and “incomplete,” adding that he disputes some of the numbers Giroux outlines in his report. “While we recognize the work of the PBO, their analysis…

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the Liberal government is “bending the emission curve” through its climate policies despite the federal environment commissioner criticizing Ottawa over its lack of tracking how much current greenhouse gas regulations are actually reducing emissions. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on April 20, Guilbeault pointed to a number of environmental initiatives being carried…

The federal government’s promise to plant 2 billion trees by 2030 is unlikely to succeed, says Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco, noting that the initiative is less than 3 percent complete after its first two years in action. DeMarco’s office tabled several reports on April 20 addressing a range of environmental issues, one of which was…

Canada’s environment ministry spent nearly $80,000 on polling to see which climate change phrases Canadians prefer, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. The ministry, under Minister Steven Guilbeault, contracted Sage Research Corporation for the survey, which resulted in the report “Nature Based Solutions And Cleaner Environment Advertising Campaign Testing,” viewed by Blacklock’s. “Participants were asked which of the…

The federal government is providing bottled water to First Nations communities located in close proximity to a toxic water leak from an oil-sands site in northern Alberta, says Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu. Hajdu made the announcement at a press conference in Ottawa on March 20, where she and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault addressed the toxic, tailings-contaminated water leakage…

Imperial Oil Resources Limited, Canada’s largest petroleum refiner, is taking steps to prevent toxic, tailings-contaminated water from leaking onto Crown lands from one of its oil-sands sites located in Alberta following an order from the federal government. The leak has been ongoing for months and follows an original spill of over 5 million litres of…