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Canada’s “Net-Zero Emissions by 2050” Promise

Posted on March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

It is now more than a full year since the Liberal Government on November 19, 2020, announced its new “net-zero” goal for 2050. Greenhouse gas emissions in all seven sectors of the Canadian economy in 2019 totalled 730 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2eq. Canada’s commitment under the 2015 Paris Agreement…

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Warming to 1.5°C and Canada’s Oil and Gas Production

Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

The government of our country must be held to account by our Members of Parliament. On the most important issues, our Members of Parliament must speak with absolute candour and be guided by conscience.  On the grave issue of climate change, now become the rapidly unfolding peril of climate breakdown…

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Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body refuses to talk about Canada’s increasing oil production

Posted on February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

During the past year, a series of major reports about oil production, dealing with both global production and Canada’s own oil industry, have highlighted our predicament: the incompatibility between ambitions by Canada and other major oil producing countries to continue increasing their own oil production, and…

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Canada’s planned expansion of oil production is incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Posted on February 26, 2022February 27, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

On December 9, 2021, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) released its Canada’s Energy Future 2021 (CER 2021) report, showing the expected trajectory of Canada’s future oil and gas production up to 2050. The CER has published two new scenarios…

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