Gerry Ritz on global warming: “This cold weather can’t last forever”

Published February 14, 2014

Conservative Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sounded just like a Fox News commentator this week when he joked in the House of Commons about the cold weather and global warming. “This cold weather can’t last forever. This global warming has to stop some time, and when that does break,” Ritz said, the grain transportation system will be running […]

7 climate change offenders in Warsaw

Published November 25, 2013

The goal heading into the annual UN climate change talks in Warsaw was clear: to establish commitments for developing countries and the world’s major economies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, laying the groundwork for talks in Paris in 2015 for an agreement to come into effect in 2020. After 36 hours of marathon negotiations over the […]

Canada knocked down during UN climate talks

Published November 19, 2013

Wednesday is a big day at the United Nations climate change conference in Warsaw. That’s when environment ministers sit down and get down to business to see if countries can emerge on Friday with an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to come into force in 2020. The world’s major economies made commitments in 2009 […]

Ms. Aglukkaq goes to Warsaw

Published November 18, 2013

Leona Aglukkaq, the latest environment minister in Stephen Harper’s government, arrived on Monday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) in Warsaw. Forgive us for not feeling great about how the next week will play out. Here’s why. “Colossal Fossils” by the numbers At each UN climate change summit, a coalition of environmental groups […]

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Gerry Ritz on global warming: “This cold weather can’t last forever”

7 climate change offenders in Warsaw

Canada knocked down during UN climate talks

Ms. Aglukkaq goes to Warsaw