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Canada needs to set a price on carbon, once and for all
2016-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows it. Most Canadians know it. And Ontarios Kathleen Wynne and most of the premiers know it. We need to put a serious price on carbon to do our bit to keep the Earth from getting too warm, and inflicting havoc on much of the planet in the form of melting ice caps, freakish weather, heat waves, droughts and floods. So its discouraging that Trudeau and the premiers could not agree at their get-together in Vancouver this past week on a pan-Canadian framework to...
Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio's climate speech at odds with his huge carbon footprint
2016-03-06 13:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: It appears world leaders and former prime minister Kevin Rudd have rather short memories as they race to heap praise on Leonardo DiCaprio following his plea for action to save the environment during his Oscars acceptance speech on Monday. On Tuesday, Rudd called DiCaprio the "real deal on climate change" after the actor appealed to his Hollywood peers and millions of viewers around the world, saying: "Climate change is real, it is happening right now. "It is the most urgent threat facing our...
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Liberals won't rule out imposing a national carbon price, Catherine McKenna says
2016-03-05 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Canada's environment minister says all jurisdictions in Canada need a price on carbon, and she won't rule out imposing a national price if provincial leaders drag their heels. "What is really clear is that every jurisdiction needs to have a price on carbon, and the premiers have all recognized that a price on carbon is part of the solution [to fight climate change]," Catherine McKenna said in an interview with Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House. Trudeau and the provincial premiers announced...
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Planet Earth in Carbon Budget Squeeze
2016-03-04 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Humanity must hold itself to a strict carbon budget emitting even less greenhouse gases than earlier estimated if we want to keep planetary warming to less than 2°Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, a new study finds. The 2°C target was adopted as a goal by the leaders of 196 countries at the United Nationss 2015 Paris climate conference, COP21. They view it as a safe limit to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change. Published in the current issue of the journal Nature...
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Carbon tax wrangling center stage at Canada climate change talks
2016-03-04 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Strains over stalled Canadian oil pipeline projects and Ottawa's push to impose a national carbon price hung over talks on Thursday between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's 10 provinces on how to tackle global warming. Trudeau's Liberal Party won an election last October on a pledge to do much more than the previous administration to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, which are climbing as firms exploit Canada's vast crude-rich oil sands. Behind the scenes, Trudeau officials have...
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