I've recently returned from the final round of meetings before the COP 15 climate change conference in Copenhagen next month. As one of just 31 Environment Ministers that attended by invitation of the chair of the conference, I can report that this session was a constructive one and further established the sense of mutual respect, frankness and rapport among core participants. That said, there seems...
A group of "climate justice activists" occupied the Calgary office of Environment Minister Jim Prentice on Monday, "to demand Canada take an active role in mitigating the effects of change." I'm guessing they meant "climate change" as opposed to change in general. Even "climate change activists" can't be opposed to all change, since another label activists like...
Shorter Jim Prentice : It's preposterous to suggest there's any connection between domestic greenhouse gas emission policies and the international negotiations which we've used repeatedly as an excuse for not developing domestic greenhouse gas emission policies. (And by the way, our years of promising a "Made in Canada solution" never happened.)
Well. Steve is going to Copenhagen! I know I am totally jumping the gun here, but based on this report.... A White House official says President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen next month for a global climate conference. Recall Steve's whining just a few short weeks ago? Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aides say he will attend a key climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, but...
Great little video here, just a straight up interview but this protester is disarmingly candid and pretty effective. He conveys frustration from youth on the environment issue quite clearly here. And he's got his facts and figures all lined up and he's ready to quote them! Swats back Solomon's characterization of him and his protest band as engaging in "radical" action. A little idealistic...
Lawrence Solomon was interviewed by a believer of the church of kyoto and it shows. She also interviewed a chicken little. Listen here. You can hear the bias and the kid gloves she saved for preferred side of the debate. I guess it is good that she even allowed a climate realist on her show. Solomon wrote an account of his ordeal in the FP. You probably missed my heated on-air debate Thursday morning...
An interesting study on Canada's climate change policy, that passes the sniff test: On the eve of major UN climate change talks next month in Copenhagen, a major survey of Canadians has found that more than three quarters of the public feel embarrassed that the country hasn't been taking a leadership role on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The finding that most Canadians are dismayed over the country's...
CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and the Minister responsible for Parks Canada, invites Canadians to cheer on the Olympic Flame as it arrives in Prince Edward Island. To support the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay celebrations, the Government of Canada is offering free admission at Parks Canada's national parks and national...
Now : Charlie Angus wants MPs banned from Twitter just “to save politicians from looking like idiots.” The Northern Ontario New Democrat is serious: “I have nothing against the technology, nothing,” he said this morning. “But it really exposes the absolute banality of this place. … There is something about it that turns otherwise intelligent professionals into Grade...
WHITEHORSE, YUKON (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians today announced funding to the Government of Yukon to help the territory adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Let us Canadians be proud of the Harper government and, especially, of our current Environment Minister, Jim Prentice (emphasis added):Climate change laws years away: PrenticeThe federal environment minister says it may be a few years before Canada tables regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.Jim Prentice said the world has to first negotiate a new climate change treaty and Canada and the
Environment Minister Jim Prentice’s remarks today to the effect that it will be years—years!—before the Canadian government implements regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions have to be crushingly discouraging for anyone who regards climate change as an urgent problem. “The international policies, the North American policies, and Canada’s own policies, have to all...
BC: Mount Washington opens two weeks early “We usually see some decent snowfall in November,” Curtain explains. “But what we’re seeing so far is unbelievable! The snow we’ve received is forming an excellent early-season base and we’re stoked to see our fourth November opening in the last seventeen years.” Snow Causes Chaos in Central & Eastern China According...
Congratulations are in order to Con Environment Minister Jim Prentice. I didn't think anybody would be able to make his party's legacy of "wait 'til next year" for greenhouse gas emission regulations look good in comparison, but his "wait 'til global unanimity (which we're preventing)" definitely does the job.
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