Etiket: emissions
Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda | Arsenic emissions on the rise and exceeding the legal standard
Arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda increased in 2021 compared to 2020 and continue to greatly exceed the legal standard, Quebec government data shows. Posted at 5:00 p.m.…
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Rise in arsenic emissions from the Horne Smelter
Arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda increased in 2021 compared to 2020 and continue to greatly exceed the legal standard, Quebec government data shows. Posted at 5:00 p.m.…
Pollution: researchers chase methane emissions
Posted on 03/11/2022 23:58 Article written by S. Feydel, M. Anglade, S. Ripaud, B. de Saint-Jore – France 3 France Televisions On the eve of a great day of mobilization…
Pollution: researchers chase methane emissions
Posted on 03/11/2022 23:58 Article written by S. Feydel, M. Anglade, S. Ripaud, B. de Saint-Jore – France 3 France Televisions On the eve of a great day of mobilization…
Reduction of GHG emissions | The oil industry must “do more”
To meet its target, Ottawa must increase its requirements, according to a government assessment Posted at 5:00 a.m. Joel-Denis Bellavance The Press (Ottawa) The Trudeau government will have to significantly…
Energy sector CO₂ emissions at record high in 2021
Climate signals may be more and more alarming, but dependence on fossil fuels is not abating. As a result, global emissions from the energy sector hit a record high in…
Refrigerant gases | Quebec “increases emissions” by wanting to reduce them
The allocation by Quebec of offset credits for the destruction of halocarbons within the framework of the carbon market is inefficient and counter-productive, deplores a very critical report by the…
GHG emissions | QS wants to advance the end of the sale of gasoline vehicles
(Montréal) Québec solidaire (QS) is asking the Government of Québec to bring forward by five years, that is from 2035 to 2030, the end of the sale of gasoline vehicles.…
Emissions of toxic substances | Biden government wants to reimpose limits on power plants
(Washington) The government of Joe Biden announced on Monday that it wanted to revive a regulation limiting the emissions of mercury and other toxic substances into the air by coal…
Have CO2 emissions in energy production fallen by 38% since 2017, as Barbara Pompili claims?
Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, “that’s 38% less CO2 emissions in energy production since 2017 … 38% less!”, hammered the Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, interviewed Tuesday, January 11, on…
Methane emissions | Ottawa reassesses its business grants
(Ottawa) Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is reassessing a subsidy program for businesses to reduce their methane emissions – a program the environment commissioner called ill-conceived last fall. Posted…
Climate crisis | Quebec’s GHG emissions are still increasing
Quebec emitted 84.3 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2), in 2019, continuing to increase its emissions, which must nevertheless drop significantly to limit global warming. Posted on December…
Quebec is still moving away from its greenhouse gas emissions targets
Quebec is still moving backwards in achieving its climate objectives. Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.5% in 2019, Minister Benoit Charette confirmed on Wednesday. “The news is not good,” said…
sailing freighters to limit carbon emissions
Posted the 04/12/2021 16:29 Update the 04/12/2021 16:51 France 2 Article written by Maritime transport is one of the sectors which pollutes the most. To decarbonize as much as possible,…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada | Dooming report by the Commissioner of the environment
(Ottawa) The Commissioner of the Environment laments in his analysis three decades of “missed opportunities” in the fight against climate change in Canada. Posted on November 25, 2021 at 4:17…
Québec solidaire’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets do not hold water, according to Minister Benoit Charette
Québec solidaire misses the target by raising its greenhouse gas reduction objectives in a context where it will even be demanding to reach the current thresholds, affirms the Minister of…
“Rich countries, historically responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, must do more”, calls for the Climate Action Network
“Rich countries, historically responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, must do more”, estimates Sunday, November 14 on franceinfo Aurore Mathieu, International Policy Manager of the Climate Action Network. She regrets that…
CO2 emissions | The effects of teleworking and returning to the office under the microscope
The map of professional practices and mobility has been turned upside down by the pandemic. What consequences does this reconfiguration have on our carbon emissions? Are there any more judicious…
COP26 | Aid, emissions and fossil fuels at the center of the final discussions
(Glasgow) Bitter discussions continued at COP26 on Friday on a new draft final declaration calling for accelerating the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, helping poor countries in the face of…
sailing freighters to limit carbon emissions generated by maritime transport
Maritime transport is one of the sectors which pollutes the most. Indeed, freighters, container ships or bulk carriers account for 3% of carbon emissions worldwide. On the occasion of the…