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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 25, 2023 6:09 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Ontario Premier Doug Ford opened nearby protected …
Read More »Canada plans to finalize emissions cap by mid-2024: Guilbeault – National
Canada will likely publish the final regulations of a plan to cap and cut greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector by mid-2024, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday. The government will table draft regulations on the plan by October and expects to publish the final regulations by …
Read More »Ontario Greenbelt development plan faces new threat from federal government
The federal government may have the ammunition it needs to derail Premier Doug Ford’s controversial plan to develop portions of Ontario’s Greenbelt, Global News can reveal. A briefing note prepared in March for Canada’s minister of the environment and climate change lists 29 at-risk species that live — or are …
Read More »Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns
The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider intervening in Ford’s plans to develop parts of the protected lands. The province announced in November that it is removing about 7,400 acres from 15 different areas in the protected Greenbelt …
Read More »COP15 talks to focus on role of financial sector in global biodiversity – National
The role of private money and industry in preserving enough natural ecosystems to keep the planet functioning will be the focus of talks Wednesday at an international conference on biodiversity in Montreal. While negotiators continue to try to hammer an overall conservation deal, discussions are also scheduled on how global …
Read More »COP15: Progress slow but some agreements made at biodiversity talks, Guilbeault says
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation …
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