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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Canada is far from meeting its obligations under Kyoto, and has been telegraphing since 2006 that it might withdraw. We are committed to working together to address climate change in a way that is, for countries big and small, rich or poor, fair, effective and comprehensive and allows us to continue to create jobs and growth in Canada.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

The report’s best estimate of direct climate influence by black carbon is about a factor of two higher than most previous work. This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. Canada is currently completing a mid-term review of its light duty vehicle regulations.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 One compliance option is to pay into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund at $15/tonne. Plasco) is a waste conversion and energy generation company based in Ottawa, Canada. million (US$36.6

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Billions of tons of carbon trapped in high-latitude permafrost may be released into the atmosphere by the end of this century as the Earth’s climate changes, further accelerating global warming, a new computer modeling study indicates. The control simulation on the left did not include permafrost processes. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Canada Nickel Company Inc. The Company has applied for trademarks for the terms NetZero Nickel, NetZero Cobalt, and NetZero Iron in the US, Canada, and other jurisdictions related to zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt, and iron products. —,Mark Selby, Chair & CEO of Canada Nickel.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Canada can succeed economically while meeting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an economic modelling study commissioned by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation. The study indicates that Canada can implement much stronger climate policies than the US and still prosper economically.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The Government of Canada has proposed a pan-Canadian approach to pricing carbon emissions; under the new plan, all Canadian jurisdictions will have carbon pricing in place by 2018. To accomplish this, Canada will set a benchmark for pricing carbon emissions—set at a level that will help Canada meet its greenhouse gas emission targets.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Canada Nickel Company announced that its latest test work results support the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into the Crawford Project.The company’s In-Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation process is a novel method for accelerated carbon capture and storage. —Mark Selby, Chair and CEO of Canada Nickel.

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MARCH 2, 2012

This pilot will be supported by funds from Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC). Shareholder companies participating in COSIA: BP Canada Energy Company. ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. Devon Canada Corporation. Shell Canada Energy. Statoil Canada Ltd.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Purolator has added 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to its fleet throughout Canada—nearly doubling the company’s hybrid electric vehicle fleet, which is the largest fleet of hybrid electric vehicles for a logistics company in North America.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

BASF is launching the pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to plastic waste. According to a report produced by Deloitte for Environment and Climate Change Canada , Canada disposed of nearly 3.3 —Marcelo Lu, President, BASF Canada.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

The two leaders discussed practical ways the United States and Canada could encourage the development of clean energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change. US and Canadian officials will meet in the coming weeks to launch the clean energy dialogue.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Ola Borten Moe, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, signed a joint statement on cooperation in the energy sector. The statement outlines four main priorities for cooperation between Norway and Canada in the energy sector: General. Renewable energy.

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APRIL 13, 2012

The Government of Canada has proposed regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines. The Government of Canada estimates that as the result of implementing the proposed standards, greenhouse gas emissions from 2018 heavy-duty vehicles will be reduced by up to 23% from those sold in 2010.

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MARCH 13, 2025

IEEE continues to raise its visibility as a trusted voice on mitigating the effects of climate change. Climate Change Conference (COP29). Then in December, IEEE and the International Telecommunication Union held a symposium on achieving climate resilience.

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JULY 6, 2021

Originally published on Transport Canada. To build a cleaner, more prosperous economy that fights climate change and creates good jobs, the Government of Canada is taking action to cut pollution from all sectors of the economy — including from the transportation sector, which accounts for one-quarter of our greenhouse gas emissions.

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JULY 1, 2009

Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The study will be part of a larger report in December that will stress the importance of implementing long-term monitoring of traffic related air pollution in Canada, and indicating that targeting high-emitting vehicles such as old trucks can provide a path towards improving near-road air quality. Jonathan M.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The Government of Canada will introduce new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Transportation accounts for approximately one quarter of Canada’s total GHG emissions. Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement on Wednesday.

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

Canada’s First Ministers (The Prime Minister of Canada and the provincial and territorial premiers) issued a joint communiqué and released the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change following the First Ministers’ Meeting.

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MAY 24, 2009

A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)— The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs Climate Change — claims that prudent greenhouse gas regulations can limit emissions from Canadian oil sands while still enabling robust development of the energy resource.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. The United States buys power from Canada.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

The company anticipates entry into commercial service in 2025 with a certified retrofit conversion kit for existing ATR 72 and De Havilland Canada Dash-8 regional airliners and a green hydrogen fuel services offering. Full-scale prototype of Universal Hydrogen's gaseous hydrogen module, with one capsule removed.

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JUNE 20, 2010

Ontario, Canada individuals, businesses, and organizations that purchase or lease a new plug-in hybrid electric or battery electric vehicle after 1 July 2010 may be eligible for a rebate between C$5,000 and C$8,500 (US$4,900-8,300). Rebates will only be made available to the first 10,000 applicants who qualify.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Transport Canada has awarded a contract to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels.

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JULY 30, 2023

The Government of Canada’s commitment to eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies signals both greater support for clean technology as well as emission reductions across the economy from traditional sectors. Canada is also committed to phasing out public financing of the fossil fuel sector.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The parties proposing to develop the Mackenzie Gas Project are: Imperial Oil Resources Limited (IORL); Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL); Shell Canada Limited as managing partner of Shell Canada Energy; ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited and ConocoPhillips Northern Partnership; ExxonMobil Canada Properties; and.

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MAY 26, 2022

JMBM Canada) for approximately C$10.25 JMBM Canada includes a team with more than 360 years of collective experience, including R&D, pilot to commercial scale cathode production and product qualification and quality assurance systems qualified for tier 1 automotive lithium-ion cell manufacturers. million (US$8 million).

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JULY 25, 2011

A new study by researchers from Canada, Norway and China indicates that warming in the Arctic is revolatilizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have accumulated in sinks such as water and ice. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1167.

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MAY 15, 2015

Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada formally submitted its target, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Keystone XL is a new pipeline designed to move oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Gulf of Mexico.hoping to destroy the boreal forests of Canada and the Gulf at the same time, I guess, because environmental devastation and climate change weren't moving fast enough already. We need to stop this.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Almost every time we broached the idea of driving our 2019 Kona EV across Canada, we got these responses in return. You’re really worried about climate change, and you. continued] The post Cross-Canada Road Trip in 2019 Hyundai Kona EV appeared first on CleanTechnica. “What are you going to do if you get stranded?”

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MAY 5, 2022

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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JUNE 2, 2014

In their study, the Environment Canada/MECA team used an aethalometer—an instrument that provides a real-time readout of the concentration of black carbon aerosol particles in an air stream—to measure real-time BC emissions; solid particles were measured using a European Union Particle Measurement Program compliant system.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Federal Cabinet of the Government of Canada approved the $11-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG Project following completion of a federal environmental assessment. The facility would liquefy and export natural gas produced by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. in northeast British Columbia.

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