Etiket: transition
Energy transition | For a France/Quebec framework agreement
With the exception of the period devoted to rebuilding countries devastated by the last world war, government policies for industrial development and innovation have mainly aimed at the creation of…
The PMAD, a tool to accelerate the ecological transition
This text is part of the special Greater Montreal booklet Several targets of the Metropolitan Land Use and Development Plan (PMAD) have been achieved, but the challenges remain significant to…
France must prepare for +4°C by 2100, according to the National Council for Ecological Transition
This body, made up of elected officials and members of civil society, gave its opinion on the reference trajectory for developing France’s climate policies. France must prepare for global warming…
Florida | Elected officials ban gender transition treatments for minors
(Miami) Florida elected officials passed a law on Thursday that prohibits doctors from administering hormonal treatments and gender transition surgery to minors, an initiative supported by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.…
[Opinion] For an energy transition that respects the last wild rivers
We are deeply concerned to learn that Hydro-Québec intends to launch preliminary studies to assess the hydroelectric potential of the Petit Mécatina River, on the North Shore, especially following the…
the mayor of Estevelles announces her gender transition during her mandate
Published on 04/14/2023 16:15 Update on 04/14/2023 16:27 Video length: 2 min. FRANCE 2 Article written by A.Rougerie, A.MOUCHARD, V.BIVILLE – France 2 France Televisions At 63, Estelle Szabo, mayor…
Deputies and senators reject the nomination of the candidate proposed by the Elysée at the head of the Ecological Transition Agency
This is the first time that a candidate proposed by the Elysée at the head of a public body has been challenged since this procedure was introduced in 2008 in…
“The feeling of digital relegation is reflected in particularly high abstention rates”, analyzes the Minister for the Digital Transition
For Jean-Noël Barrot, the situation has not improved in three years with a “digital divide which has tended to progress rather than decline since 2020”. “The digital divide is a…
“We are working on the possibility of setting up mechanisms that are less dependent on the flow of rivers”, says the Minister for Energy Transition
Posted on 05/04/2023 11:45 Article written by On franceinfo, Wednesday, the Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher assures that the government is working to “adapt nuclear power plants to climate…
Quebec could take on more debt to accelerate the transition, suggests the PLQ
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Quebec) Quebec could take on more debt to accelerate the energy transition, the official opposition to the Legault government suggested on Wednesday. Updated…
Federal Budget 2023 | An ecological transition that is not going in the right direction
Chrystia Freeland tabled her third budget as Canada’s finance minister on Tuesday in Ottawa. Despite its progressive veneer, Justin Trudeau’s government is adopting a counter-productive approach to ecological transition in…
Quebec must go into more debt to accelerate the transition, asks the PLQ
(Quebec) Quebec must go into debt to accelerate the energy transition, suggested the official opposition to the Legault government on Wednesday. Posted at 3:34 p.m. Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press…
PSP will manage a fund for the energy transition
The asset manager of the pension fund for federal public servants, PSP Investments, whose main office is located in Montreal, inherits the mandate to manage the $15 billion envelope devoted…
The true from the false. Will the “mega-basins” have “positive effects” on groundwater, as assured by the Minister for Ecological Transition?
The argument comes up regularly in the mouth of the Minister for Ecological Transition: the future basins of Deux-Sèvres will have “positive effects” on groundwater and waterways, according to Christophe…
In Lebanon, the government creates confusion by postponing the transition to summer time for a month
The authorities explain that this postponement should allow people doing Ramadan to be able to break the fast earlier. But it faces opposition from some universities or the aviation sector.…
In Lebanon, the government creates confusion by postponing the transition to summer time for a month
The authorities explain that this postponement should allow people doing Ramadan to be able to break the fast earlier. But it faces opposition from some universities or the aviation sector.…
In Lebanon, the government creates confusion by postponing the transition to summer time for a month
The authorities explain that this postponement should allow people doing Ramadan to be able to break the fast earlier. But it faces opposition from some universities or the aviation sector.…
The urgency of winning the bet of the green transition in Quebec
It’s no secret that the climate emergency is such that we need to shift gears now. The study unveiled by EnviroCompétences, a sector-based environmental labor committee, is clear: to electrify…
[Opinion] Ignorance of an inevitable energy transition
The most recent summary report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published a few days ago. The observation: our ability to limit global warming to a viable…
Indigenous communities increasingly involved in the green transition
Indigenous communities are engaging in the transition to green energy in Canada, being involved in hundreds of projects. A 2020 report by the non-profit organization Indigenous Clean Energy identified 197…