The last plan called for amendments to the Ontario Building Code, toughening up Northern Ontario’s winter road network and conducting “infrastructure vulnerability assessments.” ...
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Ontario moving closer to municipal targets for carbon emissions
The province’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change currently has a contract out for bids right now that seeks the “Development of a Draft Guideline to Support the Completion of Municipal Greenhouse Gas (GHG) I ...
National carbon price to start cheaper, rise faster than that of Ontario’s cap-and-trade system
Cost isn’t everything, though; the federal government says provinces who use cap-and-trade systems must have 2030 emissions targets equal to or greater than Canada’s, which is 30 per cent below 2005 GHG levels. ...
Purchase: Ontario’s long-term energy plan and radical agendas
Columnist Bryne Purchase is looking for a little more transparency in Ontario's energy planning. ...
Wynne calls climate change ‘the most pressing global issue of our time’ in Mexico speech
Wynne is in Mexico on a mission to promote economic and climate ties. Mexico is also working on a cap-and-trade system, starting with a pilot project that will launch in November, the first step towards a national carbon ...
Could Ontario, someday, link its cap-and-trade system with Mexico?
Mexico announced earlier this month that it plans to start a voluntary emissions trading system, also known as cap and trade, to help it combat climate change. Ontario has noticed. ...
Liberals take heat over details of climate-change-action-plan-that-must-not-be-confirmed-or-denied
Despite the Globe and Mail obtaining a copy of the government's climate change action plan, the Liberal government is keeping quiet about its contents. ...
Liberals take heat over details of climate-change-action-plan-that-must-not-be-confirmed-or-denied
Despite the Globe and Mail obtaining a copy of the government's climate change action plan, the Liberal government is keeping quiet about its contents. ...
Approximately 200 amendments proposed to government’s cap-and-trade bill
Bill 172, the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act, was back before the general government committee on Monday for clause-by-clause consideration. ...
Will the government take an exit ramp on ‘Natural Gas Superhighway’ bill?
PC MPP Bob Bailey’s Natural Gas Superhighway Act, otherwise known as Bill 76, is currently being considered by the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly. ...