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Ontario waives PST on bikes, helmetsNov 30, 2007 — CBC News TORONTO - Ontarians looking to buy a bicycle or helmet as a Christmas present will get a break on the provincial sales tax effective Saturday. |
Quebec to stand up for Kyoto even if Ottawa won'tNov 28, 2007 — CBC News QUEBEC CITY - Quebec has distanced itself from the Harper government's anti-Kyoto stance and will voice its dissent at an international climate-change summit next week, the government said. Members of all three Quebec political parties represented in the National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion dissociating the provincial legislature from the Conservative government's position on the Kyoto Protocol. |
Deforestation on the agenda at climate meeting?Nov 28, 2007 — NatureNews CAMBRIDGE, MA - Deforestation issues must be included in global talks on carbon-emissions control, experts say. European companies seeking to offset their greenhouse-gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol are pumping billions of dollars into clean-energy projects in the developing world. But the protocol does not include funding initiatives to prevent deforestation, which is responsible for some 20% of global carbon emissions. |
World must fix climate in less than 10 years: UNDPNov 27, 2007 — Reuters BRASILIA - Unless the international community agrees to cut carbon emissions by half over the next generation, climate change is likely to cause large-scale human and economic setbacks and irreversible ecological catastrophes, a United Nations report says on Tuesday. |
Carbon price seen vital but inadequateNov 26, 2007 — Reuters LONDON - Achieving a high and stable price for carbon is vital but inadequate on its own in the bid to beat climate change, British business leaders said in a far reaching report on Monday. |
New Australian PM will sign Kyoto AccordNov 25, 2007 — BBC News SYDNEY - Australia's prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd has outlined his priorities after winning a sweeping general election victory over outgoing PM John Howard. Mr Rudd signalled a swift break with his predecessor's policies by promising to sign the Kyoto Protocol and pull troops out of Iraq. |
Manitoba throne speech targets training, environmental goalsNov 20, 2007 — CBC News WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP government outlined its throne speech, read by Lt.-Gov. John Harvard Tuesday afternoon. On climate change, the province revealed plans to introduce new legislation to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba below 2000 levels. |
UK ready to make deeper emissions cutsNov 19, 2007 — Guardian LONDON - Gordon Brown today promised to make Britain a world leader in the new "technological revolution" required to beat global warming as he pledged to raise the bar on cutting carbon emissions by 2050. |
New IPCC report challenges states on warmingNov 17, 2007 — BBC News VALENCIA, Spain - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has challenged governments to act on the findings of a major new report on climate change. Launching the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he said real and affordable ways to deal with the problem existed. |
U.N. climate change talks close to clinching dealNov 16, 2007 — Reuters VALENCIA, Spain - Delegates at U.N. climate change talks have reached provisional agreement on a document that could shape environmental policies for decades, sources close to the talks said on Friday. |
Sceptics invited to put their cards on the tableNov 16, 2007 — Richard Black - BBC News Of all the accusations made by the vociferous community of climate sceptics, surely the most damaging is that science itself is biased against them. That was a view I put forward nearly a year ago now in another article for the BBC News website, and nothing has changed my mind since. |
U.S., others at odds on new IPCC committee reportNov 15, 2007 — MSNBC VALENCIA, Spain - Delegates at a U.N. climate change conference struggled Thursday to hammer out the text of a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies. One dispute involving the U.S. delegation centered on whether human activity could lead to "abrupt or irreversible" effects on the Earth's climate, said participants in the meeting. |
Midwest governors sign climate change accordNov 15, 2007 — Reuters MILWAUKEE - Midwest U.S. states signed agreements on Thursday designed to cut greenhouse gases, promote energy conservation and fight global warming. The third such pact between U.S. states means that nearly half of Americans will be living in areas covered by agreements designed to combat global warming, according to the Washington-based World Resources Institute. |
Climate change panel too slow to react?Nov 14, 2007 — MSNBC VALENCIA, Spain - They are seen as the gurus of global warming, and their reports are accepted almost as the gospel of climate science. Esteem for the panel of scientists was immortalized when it shared this year's Nobel Peace prize. But experts and the scientists themselves acknowledge the reports are conservative and have a poor track record of predictions. |
Island nations plan for rising seas, mass migrationNov 14, 2007 — Reuters MALE, Maldives - Countries usually evacuate their citizens because of war or a sudden and catastrophic natural disaster. For the Pacific island state of Kiribati, the climate change disaster facing the nation is no less dramatic but on a slower time scale and means preparing its 100,000 inhabitants for lives in nations less vulnerable to wild weather and rising seas. |
Most would pay higher bills to help climate: pollNov 5, 2007 — Reuters LONDON - Millions of people around the world are willing to make personal sacrifices, including paying higher bills, to help redress climate change, a global survey said on Monday. |
Manitoba commits to meeting protocol; here's howNov 4, 2007 — Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - On Nov. 20, the provincial government will commit in the speech from the throne to meeting its targets under the Kyoto Protocol. That means in just over four years, we have to find a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 3.3 megatonnes. No longer available |
NY Mayor Calls for Tax on Carbon EmissionsNov 2, 2007 — NY Times NEW YORK - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans today to announce his support for a national carbon tax. In what his aides are calling one of the most significant policy addresses of his second and final term, the mayor will argue that directly taxing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change will slow global warming, promote economic growth and stimulate technological innovation — even if it results in higher gasoline prices in the short term. |
Bill Clinton: "Green" economy offers great rewardsNov 1, 2007 — Reuters SEATTLE - The shift to a green economy is the biggest economic opportunity facing the United States since the military buildup to World War Two, former President Bill Clinton said on Thursday. |
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