Read the Globe and Mail's editorial on the reduction in emissions from oil production, despite a rise in output.
Here’s one of the biggest Canadian news stories you probably haven’t read anything about.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry peaked eight years ago. They have since fallen 7 per cent. But emissions didn’t fall because the production of oil and gas fell. It rose 16 per cent, to record levels, as emissions declined.
How could that happen? It’s the result of smart climate policy. In 2016, Canada and the United States promised to push the oil and gas industry to reduce emissions of methane, an especially potent greenhouse gas. “Venting” methane, better known as natural gas, had long been business as usual. Ottawa finalized the rules in 2018.
Canadians and people around the world need stories that can help make visions of the future of our climate real, according to an article on The Conversation.
World-renowned primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall says carbon pricing schemes like the one Canada has deployed aren't a silver bullet to solve the pressing threat of climate change, according to a CBC News article.
CBC writes that Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe claims heat pumps aren’t viable in his province because it gets too cold, but some experts say newer models work in lower temperatures even if a backup is encouraged.