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GLOBAL WARMING HARMING CANADA
Environment Canada says that global warming is harming Canada now. As a result the federal department is seeking a mix of voluntary, regulatory and economic measures to meet Canada's international greenhouse gas reduction commitments. Environment Canada's advocacy may help realise the benefits ...
Canada tests credit trading exchange
. There is no legal ceiling on CO2 yet and no guarantee that Canada's federal government will recognise any ... is given only for actions that are additional to business-as-usual. Otherwise, "Canada's no better off ...
Canada supports legally binding CO2 targets
that Canada, like most other industrialised countries, will fail to meet its target to stabilise greenhouse gas (CHG) emissions at 1990 levels by 2000. Instead, Canada's output is expected to be at least 8 ...
Solutions to bat death mystery -- Breakthrough in Canada
Hundreds of bats found dead each year around wind turbines have suffered internal trauma from a sudden drop in air pressure at the turbine blades, says a new study from a University of Calgary researc...
Canadian farmer files for judicial review over wind farm development
CANADA: An Ontario farmer has launched a legal challenge against the province's wind power plans.
CanWEA buoyed by Ontario resident poll
CANADA: The Canadian Wind Energy Association is pushing back against industry opponents in Ontario ... has the most aggressive renewable energy strategy in Canada, but it also has some of the country ...
Environmental group jumps aboard renewable lobby bandwagon
Foundation says Canada needs to take its "first step" in the development of a sustainable energy strategy ... ," the foundation says. By following their lead, it argues, Canada can meet its Kyoto climate change commitments ... 's installed capacity. Canada should also shift support away from fossil fuels and introduce a carbon tax. ...
International panel of experts conclude sound from wind turbines
, environmental and public health from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Denmark "The panel ... supports the responsible and sustainable development of wind energy in Canada," said CanWEA president ... their questions about the effects of wind turbines. Canada's wind energy industry will continue to take a ...
HIDDEN SUBSIDIES STIRRED UP
In Canada a conference of G7 environment ministers has called for a formal OECD study of direct ... available in Canada. This is despite a claim by the national branch of Greenpeace that the Canadian fossil ... fuel to the controversy by shocking the Hamilton conference with a claim that Canada subsidised its ...
Two reports shame Canadian ministers
Canada needs to make renewable energy development a priority or risk becoming a bit player ... Institute for Appropriate Development's new report, "Lost Opportunities: Canada and Renewable Energy ... . It points out that Canada supplies only about 4% of its total energy from non-hydro renewable sources ...
No bird deaths
Resources Canada (NRCan) funded study could ultimately contribute to a new wind farm in the area. ...
Goverment orders green power supplies, in a major step in the right direction the Canadian government announced at last month's Ottawa renewables conference that it will be ordering green power for a
of its kind in Canada, CCES was chosen to acquire and distribute green power to certain federal buildings ... buildings, while up to 3.1 GWh will go to Environment Canada buildings in Alberta. The announcement was made ... the trade show and the conference theme was Renewable energy: Releasing Canada's stranded opportunities ...
Federal guidance issued for assessing impact of projects on birds
Canada's wind industry is hoping a new federal guidance document for assessing the potential impact ... requirements. The document, developed by Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), includes a guide ... and other factors are going to have a potentially huge impact on wildlife," says Environment Canada ...
Black marks
The province of Alberta is Canada's leading contributor to carbon dioxide emissions and it is likely that Canada will not meet its international commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The wind plant project proposed by York WindPower, Enercon and Wind Power Inc ...
Ontario community changes its mind -- Vision Quest project victory
, which is Canada's largest power market. Ontario has only 3 MW of wind, with another 10 MW under ... filed by companies applying for Canada's new wind power production incentive -- a price subsidy ... plans to develop more than 2400 MW of wind power across Canada had been filed with Natural Resources ...
Noise complaint not supported
was commissioned by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) after Daniel d'Entremont complained infrasound from ... is the only province in Canada with noise assessment guidelines specific to wind turbines. "The sound ...
New angle on coal replacement
, Canada, for $554 million. The sale is waiting approval from state regulators, giving the NW Energy ...
Greening Galapagos Islands with 1.8 MW wind project
Generation from Canada, Germany's RWE and Scottish Power. The e7 Fund for Sustainable Development signed a ...
Toronto waterfront wind project deemed okay for environment
of its assessment, however, Environment Canada has placed some conditions on the project. Because ...
Fossil of the Day embarrassment to green image
of Australia (the worst in the world), the US and Canada. This is despite the significant credit the country ...
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