Focus on Legislation
Premier of Canada’s largest province ties Trudeau’s future to carbon price
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an emergency meeting with Canada's premiers on the federal carbon price.
Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change
Vermont is advancing legislation that would require fossil fuel companies to pay into a program for climate change adaption projects in the U.S....
Carbon pricing 101: What the new increase could mean for Canadian consumers
Canada's national price on carbon rose by $15 per tonne on April 1. Here are some questions answered about what this could mean...
Stakes could not be higher as Canada sets 2035 emissions target
Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Toronto Metropolitan University The Government of Canada is in the midst of a public engagement on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions...
Canada’s Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax
Polluters should pay up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists. But pressure is mounting to scrap his signature climate policy, a federal levy...
Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding
BUENOS AIRES – Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physics sent a letter on Wednesday to Argentine President Javier Milei voicing...
Italy’s green transition efforts held back by lack of solar projects
MILAN/ROME – Italy’s energy transition is building on myriad of solar panels mounted on roofs, but the country has installed far fewer large...
Thailand asks Australia to slow down on car emissions standards
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY – Thailand has called on Australia to slow down a plan to introduce emissions standards that would penalise imports...
Analysis: Biden’s scaled-back power rule raises doubts over US climate target
The Biden administration’s decision to exclude the existing U.S. fleet of natural gas power plants from upcoming carbon emissions regulations raises questions over...
EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after November election
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules to curb emissions from existing natural gas plants that release...
