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Federal budget lays foundation for a cleaner, fairer Canada

Clean Energy Canada

The federal budget also sets aside funding to strengthen Canada’s vehicle and methane emissions regulations, as well as to finalize Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard. The budget positions Canada to reduce emissions by about 36% below 2005 levels by 2030, achieving reductions beyond Canada’s current target of 30%.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

On Earth Day and during the United Nations Climate Week, it published 85 letters to the editor in local newspapers on “behalf” of cattle farmers proclaiming that beef is sustainable. Since 1990, methane emissions from agriculture have increased nearly 17 percent , largely because of the way manure is managed on large farms.

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Global Briefing: Triptych of alarming reports offer stark update on scale of climate and biodiversity crisis

Business Green

First up, the latest update from the recording station at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii confirmed concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have again hit record highs, despite a dip in emissions during the Covid pandemic. parts per million (ppm) in March, a new record high. South Africa announces strengthened 2030 emissions goal.

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10 Earth Week developments that bode well for climate tech

GreenBiz

By the time President Joe Biden articulated it officially Thursday on Earth Day, the new U.S. In remarks on the second day of the summit, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm assigned a number to that opportunity, estimating that the clean energy transition will generate $23 trillion by 2030. is allying with the U.K.

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