Canadian industries burning fossil fuel produced over 368 million tonnes of emissions in 2003 (see Environment Canada’s 2003 Emission Summaries). Almost all of these emissions consisted of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas. The remainder included what we call…
Clean air or greenhouse gases: where should Canada focus?
The federal Conservatives are, presumably, putting the final touches on their made-in-Canada “air” plan. It will be interesting to see what it contains. The Conservatives have indicated they want to focus on air pollution rather than greenhouse gases (GHGs)—better, they…
P-Rod bangs out huge double for federal LiberalsYou know that fall has truly arrived when the “Rods” pick up their games. Baseball fans are enjoying the matchup between the Yankees’ A-Rod (Alex Rodgriguez) and the Tigers’ I-Rod (Ivan Rodriguez) in…
Electricity as an Ontario (and a Canadian) election issueI mentioned in my October 3 post that the Ontario Liberals’ loss in Parkdale–High Park occurred for reasons other than their nuclear expansion policy. This is not to say electricity won’t be…
Why isn’t the Ontario nuclear restart a bona fide green move? In 1994, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Ontario’s electricity generating sector were nine million tonnes below Kyoto compliant. Of course Kyoto hadn’t been signed yet in 1994 but that’s…
The Kyoto numbers blame-game: eighty percent of what?
There’s a lot of play in Canada’s media about the Environment Commissioner’s assertion that the oil and gas sector contributes 80 percent of Canada’s greenhouse gases (GHGs). To tell the truth, I don’t even know if the Commissioner actually said…