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Courts aren't the way to go on climate change. Politicians are the real target - The Star (Mar 29, 2019) |
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Mar 29, 2019 · Going after companies to recoup what the public purse pays for their unhealthy products holds a lot of popular appeal.
It's been done with tobacco companies and the drug manufacturers that push deadly opioids. And now oil companies are increasingly being sued by governments over the mounting costs of climate change.
City councillor Mike Layton followed the trend this week when he proposed that Toronto think about joining the ranks of American cities that have taken big oil to court over the rising infrastructure costs of floods and storms. | By Star Editorial Board Read more ...
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Ottawa to assess impact of climate change on Nova Scotia's Chignecto Isthmus trade corridor The Star - The Star (May 15, 2018) |
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May 15, 2018 · AMHERST, N.S.--Ottawa says it will study ways to protect the 275-year-old dikes that connect Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada from being washed away by rising sea levels, storm surges and other effects of climate change.
The $350,000 study will look at how rising water levels could affect key infrastructure in the Chignecto Isthmus trade corridor, including the Trans-Canada Highway, the Canadian National rail line and electricity transmission lines, Nova Scotia MP Bill Casey said in a statement Monday.
The study will involve an engineering assessment of existing infrastructure, consultation and options to protect the corridor, which carries an estimated $50 million ... Read more ...
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US fighting against mention of 'climate change' in new chapter of NAFTA, sources say - The Star (Dec 15, 2017) |
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Dec 15, 2017 · The U.S. is fighting against any mention of "climate change" in a potential new environmental chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), according to two people familiar with talks.
The latest NAFTA talks were set to wrap Friday in Washington with no new agreement to finalize individual subjects or chapters. While mention of climate change in a trade agreement would be largely symbolic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pushed for the inclusion of such "progressive" elements to help boost public support for trade.
In a list of NAFTA negotiating objectives, the U.S. called for the countries to bring environmental provisions, along with labour, from side ... Read more ...
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Paul Wells - The Star (Sep 21, 2016) |
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Sep 21, 2016 · 1st month for 99¢ + tax
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Everyone suspected the return of Parliament would provide a bumpy ride for a Liberal government still enjoying sustained popularity nearly a year after the election. The surprise is that the turbulence has set in so quickly.
Let-s look at two strengths the Trudeau Liberals thought ... Read more ...
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Ontario won’t reveal climate change charges on gas bills - The Star (Aug 05, 2016) |
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Aug 05, 2016 · 1st month for 99¢ + tax
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Consumers don-t need to know to the penny how much Ontario-s $8.3-billion plan to fight climate change will add to their natural gas bills, Premier Kathleen Wynne says.
The premier and her new Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault said Thursday they stand behind last week-s decision by ... Read more ...
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Charging stations for electric cars should give climate plan a boost - The Star (Jul 18, 2016) |
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Anyone who-s ever been trapped in a traffic jam on a highway with the gas gauge on empty knows well the fear of running out of fuel.
For electric car drivers that fear factor, dubbed 'range anxiety,' is much more acute. They can-t just cruise into any gas station to fuel up their ... Read more ...
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Ontario’s climate plan strikes the right balance - The Star (Jun 13, 2016) |
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The greatest challenge humankind has ever faced: That-s how Kathleen Wynne described climate change on Tuesday, a day before her government unveiled its sweeping new plan to confront it. It-s the sort of dramatic language we hear with increasing frequency from those politicians and ... Read more ...
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Paying a price for global warming and local politics - The Star (Jun 10, 2016) |
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Times change — and the politics of climate change along with it.
Remember when global warming took the world by storm a decade ago? Back then, Ontario-s Liberal government promised to phase out coal-fired power plants and phase in renewable energy.
The momentum for ... | By Martin Regg Cohn Read more ...
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Ontario’s 'climate change action plan - The Star (Jun 07, 2016) |
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Queen-s Park will start a 'cash-for-clunkers' program to encourage motorists to switch to electric cars, subsidize free overnight electrical charging at home, and make garage plugs mandatory in all new houses and condos, the Star has learned.
Those are some of the 28 key measures ... Read more ...
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Don’t let trade deals hamper climate progress - The Star (Jan 12, 2016) |
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Jan 12, 2016 · Dr. David R. Boyd is an environmental lawyer and adjunct professor of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.
There is no reason free trade and climate progress can-t coexist; yet the way Canada currently approaches the former poses a distinct threat to the latter. Take TransCanada-s $US15 billion NAFTA lawsuit against the U.S. for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline: an eye-popping illustration of the potentially costly contradiction between Canada-s climate change agenda and our continued acceptance of investor-state arbitration provisions in free trade deals.
On one hand, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to dramatically reduce greenhouse ... | By David R Boyd Read more ...
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How the world can keep the promise it made in Paris - The Star (Jan 08, 2016) |
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Jan 08, 2016 · Lloyd Axworthy is a former foreign minister of Canada, former president of the University of Winnipeg and now Chair of CUSO International. Allan Rock is the President of the University of Ottawa, a former Attorney-General of Canada and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations.
The landmark Paris Climate Accord has been hailed as a breakthrough, and with good reason. For the first time, all of the world-s nations have acknowledged the existential threat posed by the warming planet, and each has pledged to do its part to slow or reverse the deadly trend.
But the agreement is not enforceable. And if the past is any indication, it will prove easier for governments to ... | By Lloyd Axworthy Allan Rock Read more ...
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Why 2016 could be the year of green energy - The Star (Jan 08, 2016) |
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Jan 08, 2016 · The sun could be starting to set on the fossil-fuel era as it rises on the age of clean energy. Decades from now, as historians attempt to draw a clear line between the two periods, 2015 may prove the most obvious point of demarcation.
The past 12 months saw the fossil-fuel divestment movement reach critical mass, witnessed a U.S. president put his political capital behind climate action, and marked the first time a sitting pope released an encyclical devoted to the issue of climate change — in effect, turning climate action into a moral obligation for the world-s billion-plus Roman Catholics.
Without question, the defining moment was the Paris climate summit in ... | By Tyler Hamilton Read more ...
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