Opposition energy spokesman Ted O'Brien and the Coalition the 43% by 2030 is unachievable and see to be saying they would just ignore the target.
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., on April 1, 2024.
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We must resist the temptation to go for a weak 2035 target and use the public consultation process to think creatively about how the net-zero transition can be both transformational and fair for all.
A man uses an Electrify America electric vehicle charger, Feb. 2, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta.
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While barriers still remain, the benefits of electrifying the transport sector are clear for both society and individual firms.
An aerial view of pools of brine that slowly evaporate, leaving behind lithium and other minerals, in the SQM mine in the San Pedro de Atacama desert, in northern Chile, on April 18, 2023.
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The temptation to justify critical minerals mining at all costs is a dangerous fallacy. The social and environmental impacts of poorly mined critical minerals are dire.
Flares burn at the Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex in 2021, in Norco, La. Plants like this produce not only greenhouse gas emissions, but also excess heat.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australian passenger cars on average use 20% more fuel than passenger in the US – which has had efficiency standards in place since 1975.
U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif. on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
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The Sunnylands Statement has set a powerful signal for COP28, however, it also highlights that more must be done in Dubai to define what it means to achieve ‘net zero.’
A view of the cooling towers of a conventional nuclear power plant in Burke County near Waynesboro, Ga.,
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In this podcast, former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet joins The Conversation to discuss net-zero, and Australia's future as a "renewable energy superpower".
People stand on frozen Ghost Lake outside a hydro-electric dam near Cochrane, Alta., in December 2020. Renewables and e-fuels could be instrumental in Canada’s green transition.
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E-fuels are materials that reliably and efficiently store energy until we need to use it and can readily be moved from place to place. They could be a major player in Canada’s green transition.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, October 25 2023.
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The power of storytelling to help inform our decisions is underappreciated and of vital importance in envisioning a better future, and the steps to take to get us there.
Chronic issues in methane emissions enforcement and measuring threatens the prospects of a net-zero future.
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Regulating greenhouse gas emissions is an important part of Canada’s strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, a newly published study illustrates why enforcing regulation is key.
In Reykjavik, Iceland, a Climeworks factory located at the back of a power plant draws in ambient air and releases it as largely purified CO2 through ventilators.
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New research suggests it will be next to impossible to limit global warming to safe levels without relying on technologies to directly remove carbon from the air.
Redwood forests like this one in California can store large amounts of carbon, but not if they’re being cut down.
Shane Coffield
Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
Climate marches, like this one in Glasgow during the COP26 climate conference in November 2021, can help people move from worry to action.
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