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MEDIA RELEASE: Climate Change and the Ontario Election – One of These Parties is Not Like the Others
Read moreThe Liberals, Greens and NDP all have detailed carbon pricing policies and mechanisms for protecting the poor and middle class as the carbon price ramps up. The PCs has not been forthcoming with their plans for combating climate change.
CCL CANADA EDUCATION: Shell’s Sky Scenario, Dr. David Maenz Tuesday, May 29, 2018,
Read moreDr. David Maenz, author of The Price of Carbon was our guest and he gave a presentation on Shell’s Sky Scenario. Shell’s Sky Scenario includes government carbon pricing.
LASER TALK: Big Oil in the USA Wants a Carbon Price
Read moreBP, ExxonMobil, and Shell are founding corporate members of the Climate Leadership Council (CLC). The CLC is a policy institute that is actively lobbying Congress in the US to pass legislation for immediate implementation of a $40 per tonne carbon fee that would be applied to fossil fuels that rises predictably. What industry wants and indeed requires for long-term business planning is clarity of purpose as to the future direction of climate policies.
ONLINE EVENT – Climate Action Counts Ontario Election
Read moreOn Thursday, May 3, 2018, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada, held a special online conference to help us prepare for the Ontario election. Here was the agenda: Part I: Mark T. Cameron, Canadians for Clean Prosperity (30 minutes – audio only). Part II: Keith Brooks, Environmental Defence (19 minutes, technical issues at the beginning our apologies). Part III: CCL Discussions
MEDIA RELEASE: Youth Art Project Metaphor for Soft Landing on the Climate Crisis
Read moreParachutes for the Planet was initiated by 14-year-old Kallan Benson in Maryland to raise awareness of people living sustainable lives and affected by climate change. The Mother Earth Project is encouraging individuals, schools, and communities around the world to create Parachutes for the Planet™. To date, 89 parachutes have been sent to the Mother Earth Project. Their goal is 200 parachutes.