Etiket: GHGs
Environment | “Drastic measures” required to reduce GHGs in Canada, warns SNC-Lavalin
“Drastic measures” to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are required in Canada to reach the targets set in 2030, warns the engineering firm SNC-Lavalin in the update of its annual…
A coalition calls for a cap on GHGs from hydrocarbon exports
A student coalition calls on the federal government to cap and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Canada’s hydrocarbon exports. The Student Climate Action Front (FEDAC), which brings together 330,000…
Oil and gas exported from Canada generated more than 4 billion tonnes of GHGs in five years
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use of oil, natural gas and coal exported from Canada totaled more than four billion tonnes between 2016 and 2020, according to an estimate…
Nuclear power, a way to limit GHGs according to Ottawa
Despite the fears raised by nuclear energy, the Trudeau government believes that the development of a new generation of reactors represents “a promising way” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
Quebecers emit four times too many GHGs to limit global warming
If all humans emitted as much greenhouse gas (GHG) as the average Quebecer, the planet would be headed for a veritable climate shipwreck. This is demonstrated by an estimate of…
The Legault government is considering burying GHGs in Quebec’s subsoil
Faced with a serious delay in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Legault government wishes to study “innovative solutions”, such as the capture and storage of CO2 in the basement of…
Business Forum | Towards a new “transport cocktail” to reduce our GHGs
The most recent Quebec data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are worrying. Quebec shows a decrease in its emissions of 2.7% compared to 1990. While the COP26 has just been…
Another explosion in Quebec’s GHGs
Instead of improving, the greenhouse gas emissions record increased significantly in Quebec in 2019, which upsets and complicates the reduction plan. of the government. • Read also: More tornadoes to…
Environment: act on supply or demand for GHGs
To fight climate change, we are told that we must change our behavior by reducing our consumption of fossil fuels. This is fine, but the most intense efforts of governments,…
Report: The rich emit 20 times more GHGs per person than the poorest half of Canadians
The individual climate footprint of half of the poorest Canadians is already below the country’s 2030 target, experts say. The average for the richest 1% is 20 times higher. Wealth…
Congress: QS aims for a 55% reduction in GHGs
Gathered in convention, the delegates of Québec solidaire raised their greenhouse gas reduction target to 55% compared to the 1990 level by 2030. The current target of the Caquist government…
The CDPQ and the withdrawal of oil investment, a minimal impact on GHGs
At the end of September, the CEO of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Mr. Charles Emond, announced the withdrawal of his institution from investments in oil…