Close X
    Saturday, November 30, 2024
    ADVT 
    National

    Canadian climate emissions outsized: analysis

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Apr, 2021 06:52 PM
    • Canadian climate emissions outsized: analysis

    New expert analysis suggests greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized chunk of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take.

    Angela Carter of the University of Waterloo says Canadian government projections suggest oil and gas production will increase until 2050.

    She says those fossil fuels will use up 16 per cent of the globe's so-called carbon budget — the amount of carbon that can be released and still keep global warming under 1.5 degrees C.

    That's a far greater percentage than Canada's share of the globe's population or economy.

    Carter's work comes a day after federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson promised 2019 was the last year Canadian greenhouse gas emissions would rise.

    Carter says that given the oil and gas projections, meeting that pledge will require "heroic" reductions from other parts of the Canadian economy.

     

    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time

    No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time
    Don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead, usually before bed Saturday night, to avoid being late for Sunday morning activities.    

    No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time

    Expert says origins of pandemic could be known in few years

    Expert says origins of pandemic could be known in few years
    In a press briefing organized by the think-tank Chatham House in London, Peter Daszak estimated that collective scientific research might be able to pin down how animals carrying COVID-19 infected the first people in Wuhan identified last December.

    Expert says origins of pandemic could be known in few years

    RCMP investigating explosions in Penticton, B.C.

    RCMP investigating explosions in Penticton, B.C.
    Const. James Grandy says in a statement that the RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit will help investigate two confirmed explosions and other potential blasts. Grandy says police are investigating explosions on March 7 at a local soccer field and on March 8 on the grounds of Carmi Elementary School.

    RCMP investigating explosions in Penticton, B.C.

    BC hits second highest COVID19 case count

    BC hits second highest COVID19 case count
    Of the active cases, 255 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 67 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.

    BC hits second highest COVID19 case count

    No injuries after vandals loosen nuts on car tires

    No injuries after vandals loosen nuts on car tires
    Const. Gary O'Brien says the teen alerted his friends and may have averted a similar incident because a 17-year-old whose pickup was parked in the same lot received the message and before driving off, he found the lug nuts on a rear tire had also been loosened.

    No injuries after vandals loosen nuts on car tires

    Committee told of Chinese interference in vaccine

    Committee told of Chinese interference in vaccine
    The partnership was originally planned to be between China's CanSino Biologics and the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. CanSino had been given a licence by the National Research Council to use a Canadian biological product as part of a COVID-19 vaccine.

    Committee told of Chinese interference in vaccine

    PrevNext