The Canadian province of Alberta announced Thursday it would pull out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s flagship climate change initiative in protest against a court ruling against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. “With the Trans Mountain halted and the work on it halted until the federal government gets its act together, Alberta is pulling out of the federal climate plan,” Premier Rachel Notley told reporters in a live address Thursday evening. —AFP, 31 August 2018
In addition to Alberta, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario in mid-July announced an alliance against the carbon tax, which they believe is harmful to the economy. Ontario — Canada’s richest and most populous province — elected a climate-skeptic prime minister in June, who is working to dismantle climate change policies. —AFP, 31 August 2018
In a move to help alleviate some financial strain from both families and small businesses across Ontario, the Ford government announced that it will be eliminating the carbon tax from natural gas rates, but critics of the announcement say it’s “short-sighted” that will harm the environment in the long-run. —Toronto City News, 30 August 2018
This summer’s data shows a different truth. Although more wind turbines and solar plants were installed in Germany than in the previous year, the amount of green electricity generated fell. Lignite and, above all, coal-fired power plants had to step in to meet the demand for electricity. —Andreas Mihm, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 29 August 2018
Early progress on the Energiewende, however, has given way to backsliding as a variety of snowballing issues undermine German efforts to cut emissions. Germany has yet to develop a concrete plan to deal with the inevitable economic effects of a coal phase-out, while its power grid is desperately insufficient to handle the added influx of renewable power it’s committed to.
Throwing another wrench in the works, a report this week indicated that if Germany pulls away from coal, its neighbors in Europe won’t be able to help make up for power supply shortages. Without convincing alternatives, coal is here to stay. —Henry St George, EU Reporter, 30 August 2018
Science is a human enterprise full of the imperfections of humanity. It’s more competitive than it’s ever been and there are more scientists than ever. So many want to communicate their science and this is wonderful. But the media, especially social media, can bring out a nasty streak in some, especially when they take the moral high ground: ‘Some people should not be debated.’ ‘We are too right to be challenged.’ ‘Excommunicate!’ Not debating people you don’t agree with is the antithesis not only of science but of civilization. —Dr. David Whitehouse, GWPF Science Editor, 30 August 2018
TELL TRUDEAU’ HE HAS TO GO’ HIS IS A DIRTY SCMOE,WITH OBAMA IN TOW,KICK HIM TO VENUS, KICK HIM TO MARS OR JUST KICK HIM TO THE STARS
DGSCHRODER . absolutely correct . She was more angry knowing this was the final nail in the left of center(NDP) experiment in Alberta . What she did was try to bind other Alberta governments to Mr. Dress UP’s carbon tax rip off knowing the Federal carbon tax increases won’t catch up to Alberta’s for 2 years, long after she is collecting her pension .
Mr Dress Up is waiting for a costume change to go smoke the pipeline peace pipe and write some whopping big hurt feelings cheques which really has been the show stopper all along . Lawyer yacht sales are about to explode .
How much is this boondoggle going to cost tax payers ? One thing is for sure we will never know . Just roll it into those $20 billion deficits that balance themselves on future generations backs .
The next election can’t come fast enough .
Our idiot far left premier is very angry, and she announces that Alberta will pull out of the National Climate Change Plan. This is NOT the same as opposing it. Saskatchewan, and tentatively Ontario are opposing it. What Rachel Notley is proposing is a huge non-consequence. We will keep our carbon tax and all our other green job-killing. All that changes, is that in the future, Alberta’s carbon tax will not automatically increase annually on the schedule that Trudeau dictates. It will increase on Notley’s terms. If the premier actually wanted to stand up for Alberta I can suggest many things she could do that are real consequences and would show real leadership.
Pictured is Justin Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, in the witless protection program.
Alberta tells Trudeau and imperial judge to GO SOAK YOUR HEADS well drill and Greenpeace can go out in the garden and eat worms