In Toronto, executives from some of Canada’s biggest oil companies were sitting across the table from environmental leaders, academics, Indigenous leaders and government officials, hoping to find a way to bridge the Grand Canyon-sized divide.
It’s no magic bullet, but aluminum sulphate can significantly reduce toxic algal blooms in lakes, American scientist John Holz told conservationists at a Winnipeg conference on December 3.
When it came to negotiating a climate deal at COP25 in Madrid last week, there was no agreement on the main issue — but that’s not why Ta’Kaiya Blaney was disappointed.
The prime minister has tasked Finance Minister Bill Morneau to finish a report on a list of federal fossil fuel subsidies, although environmentalists worry that efforts to eventually phase out such measures are hitting roadblocks.