carbon
Bitcoin’s carbon footprint equal to Las Vegas
Researchers study power consumption of computers and conclude they generated 22-22.9 megatons of CO2 in 2018.
Enerkem a finalist for green aviation fuel challenge
The Sky’s the Limit Challenge offers $5 million prize in federal government competition.
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Climate change strategy offers Sheer a way to win election
How does a Liberal government that can’t campaign on its abysmal record go about gaining re-election?
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Carbon pricing offers cold comfort
Business comes up short on the rebates and the policy will likely come up short on emissions reduction.
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Trudeau will hike carbon tax if he wins 2019 vote: Scheer
Says the federal environment department is planning for a carbon tax of $300 per tonne.
BC to introduce clean climate plan as carbon emitting LNG grows
Even with $40 billion LNG export terminal at Kitimat, Horgan claims government would still meet its emissions reduction targets.
Quebec pact to reduce carbon footprint greeted with populist backlash
Elite decried for an ecological guilt trip when their own lifestyles were far from sustainable.
Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up: US report
A new US report says to plant more trees and manage forests better, conserve soils, and capture carbon.
Citing competitiveness pressures, feds ease carbon tax thresholds
Any plan has to be done looking at the environment and the economy together: McKenna.
California revives 100% carbon free energy bill
Alternative resources would include wind, solar, geothermal, small dams and others that don’t produce climate changing gases.
Carbon tax could pose costly drain on Saskatchewan economy: study
Even the most conservative scenario shows a $50 per tonne tax would reduce provincial GDP by 2.43%.
Canada focusing on existing climate plan, has no current plan to raise targets
European Union calls on the rest of the world to follow its lead and increase emissions cuts over current plans.
NS boosts oil with $11.8M for research, environmentalists criticize move
Program collects core samples and makes maps of the ocean bottom and sub-bottom.
Global warming cooks up ‘a different world’ over 3 decades
World’s annual temperature has warmed nearly 1 degree F, temperature in the US has gone up nearly 1.6 degrees.
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Ford determined to scrap Ontario’s ‘disastrous’ cap-and-trade system
His pledge is causing concern in Quebec, which shares a carbon market with Ontario and California.
