A new report released on Thursday by the Calgary-based National Energy Board (NEB) says that carbon taxes are efficient at reducing energy consumption, and thereby emissions, by households and businesses. The analysis examined the shift underway as the economy moves from fossil fuels to clean energy.
The four-day hearing in the Ontario Court of Appeal on the Doug Ford government's constitutional challenge of the federal carbon pricing program ended Thursday the same way it began — with Ontario and Ottawa butting heads over who had jurisdiction over the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ontario lawyers argued that Ottawa's pricing on emissions would unbalance the “constitutional architecture” in Canada, a delicate division of powers between the federal government and its constituent provinces, while a five-judge panel pushed back.
Alberta's NDP government says that sharp reductions in pollution from electricity production over the past two years prove that carbon pricing is effective.
The Trudeau government is set to announce details Thursday of its plan to regulate one of the largest sources of carbon pollution — the transportation sector.
Andrew Scheer's visit with Ontario Premier Doug Ford came one day after a visit from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Both Ford and Scheer said their only plan was "getting rid of Justin Trudeau."
Federal minister Jean-Yves Duclos praised Quebec’s leadership in fighting climate change on Tuesday, and said Quebec Premier François Legault will try to persuade reluctant fellow premiers to put a price on carbon pollution.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do.
Carbon taxes and pricing schemes could be our golden ticket out of climate change, but a new report shows just how far we have to go to put an effective price on carbon.
Transparent would not be the word to describe the Trudeau government's decision to water down its carbon tax. The changes were posted on a ministry website as a “technical backgrounder.” Oh, come on, the fate of the earth deserves better.
Canada's First Ministers should stand united in the face of a mounting trade war with the United States, New Brunswick's premier said ahead of this week's meeting of provincial premiers.
The decision to move quickly to fulfill this particular campaign pledge will likely create turmoil in the secondary market, where those that have bought credits to release pollution in the future will feel compelled to sell them at a discount since they now appear virtually worthless.
Scientist David Suzuki asks "how do we ensure the price of fossil fuels includes the costs of pollution, environmental degradation and climate disruption?" The simplest and proven way, he writes, is to put a price on carbon emissions.