Pricing carbon pollution will strengthen the economy
"Pricing carbon pollution is about making it expensive for companies to burn fossil fuels, so they will choose cleaner forms of energy or use less."
"Pricing carbon pollution is about making it expensive for companies to burn fossil fuels, so they will choose cleaner forms of energy or use less."
"While [Soutar] was working on the project, the Harper government shut down the Experimental Lakes Area project in Kenora, Ont. that was studying, among other things, the effects of the Alberta oilsands on Alberta's water systems. In an unprecedented move, Canadian scientists picketed the parliament and Soutar knew she had a real hook for her stage documentary."
"Market forces are killing coal. Natural gas prices have plummeted, renewable energy production -- whether it be solar or wind -- are now cost competitive in some states, even more competitive than coal," said Amin Asadollahi, the International Institute for Sustainable Development's lead for climate change mitigation for North America. "Market forces are just working against coal."
TVO's The Water Brothers visited IISD Experimental Lakes Area to learn what we are doing to track the effect of climate change on our fresh water.
"And a recent study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment predicted that automation was likely to replace 40 to 80 percent of workers at mines."
"We need to plan strategically in this resource-rich region of our province to make intelligent and sustainable decisions that protect our water and natural resources, bolster the economy and protect people’s well-being as the North adapts to these economic and climatic uncertainties."
"Canadian cities need to take action to prepare for climate change impacts. It’s a smart investment. It’s good urban policy. And, perhaps less obviously, it’s strategic for business development."
"We're worried about it because of the potential effects [microplastics] can have on our ecosystems," said Mike Rennie, a senior author on the study and research fellow with the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development.
"Under Canadian law the polluter is supposed to pay, but if there is no polluter [because] they've gone then taxpayers have to pick up the bill for doing the cleanup," said Scott Vaughan, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and former federal commissioner of the environment.
"In an increasingly isolationist world, with governmental polices around the globe turning inward, we cannot forget that nations must work together if we are to effectively tackle our most pressing environmental crises. Climate change, pollutants, chemicals—none of these respect national borders as they travel freely between our countries, wreaking whatever havoc they may."