Resources

Prentice-Renner: Sign-off Letter

19 December 2008

Over 60 organizations participating in the United Nations climate change talks in Poznan, Poland (December 1-12, 2008) and other groups around the world called on Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice and Alberta’s Environment Minister Rob Renner to stop promoting the Canadian tar sands - the world’s dirtiest oil.

McAllister Opinion Research Poll on Canadians' Opinions on Global Warming

02 December 2008

The new poll, commissioned by Greenpeace and three other Canadian groups, shows that a solid majority of Canadians want the federal government to fight global warming. Canadians support taking action even during the economic crisis, according to the poll.

Risks of Operating Candu 6 Nuclear Power Plants

01 December 2008

The new report commissioned by Greenpeace warns that Canada’s CANDU-6 nuclear reactor, designed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in the 1970s, is unsafe and too dangerous to build according to modern regulatory standards.

Carbon Capture and Storage - Key Messages for Ministers - FOIP

24 November 2008

Better Never than Late: The Climate Fall-Out of Ontario’s Nuclear Electricity Plan

05 November 2008

Unless the McGuinty government changes its electricity strategy to one of prioritizing quick-to-deploy green energy, Ontario may fall short of meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets and drive up the risk of nuclear accidents.

Ontario's climate plan is built on a faulty foundation: the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) proposed long-term electricity plan—which assumes the province's ageing nuclear stations will operate better than they ever have historically and that a massive nuclear construction programme will be on time and on budget.

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Energy [R]evolution

27 October 2008

This report provides a blueprint showing how to apply existing technologies to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050, whilst allowing for an increase in energy consumption.

Energy [R]evolution - Executive Summary

27 October 2008

This is a 16 page summary of the report that provides a blueprint showing how to apply existing technologies to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050, whilst allowing for an increase in energy consumption. The report is divided into 10 regional reports, with a global summary. It demonstrates how a 'business as usual' scenario is not an option if we are to attain a secure and stable energy supply.

Preserve Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)

09 May 2008

Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council and 26 other U.S. and Canadian environmental groups sent a letter to the Senate and House urging preservation of Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Section 526 prohibits the Federal purchase of dirty fuels (such as liquid coal, tar sands and oil shale) whose lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions are higher than conventional fuels.