ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA


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Empowering key regional environmental groups to protect habitats and species at risk in Quebec and across Canada

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Monday, March 4, 2024

This funding will support 56 conservation projects across Canada, led by communities, individuals, and non-government organizations taking action to recover species at risk in their communities.

Key Points: 
  • This funding will support 56 conservation projects across Canada, led by communities, individuals, and non-government organizations taking action to recover species at risk in their communities.
  • The Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk plays an important role in the implementation of the Species at Risk Act through the conservation of land-based species at risk.
  • That is why, across the country, individuals, organizations, and communities are doing their part to protect nature, biodiversity, species at risk, and their habitats.
  • The Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk contributes to Canada's biodiversity and conservation goals by protecting and restoring habitats of species at risk.

Media advisory - Minister Guilbeault to make a funding announcement to support species at risk and their habitats

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Friday, March 1, 2024

MONTRÉAL, March 1, 2024 /CNW/ - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make a funding announcement to support species at risk and their habitats.

Key Points: 
  • MONTRÉAL, March 1, 2024 /CNW/ - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make a funding announcement to support species at risk and their habitats.
  • He will be joined by Pascal Bigras, Executive Director, Nature-Action Québec, and Renée Gagnon, Executive Director, Centre d'interprétation du milieu écologique (CIME) du Haut-Richelieu.
  • Following the announcement, Minister Guilbeault will hold a media availability.

Minister Guilbeault calls for an ambitious plastics treaty at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya

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Friday, March 1, 2024

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, wrapped up Canada's participation in the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Key Points: 
  • The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, wrapped up Canada's participation in the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Minister Guilbeault held meetings with environment ministers in Africa, as well as civil society, business leaders, and youth on advancing progress on climate, biodiversity, and the elimination of plastic pollution.
  • I'm encouraged by the collaboration demonstrated at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, especially toward developing the global agreement on plastic pollution.
  • – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development
    At the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Minister Guilbeault, on behalf of the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, announced the allocation of $107 million to Canada's Partnering for Nature initiative.

Government of Canada announces draft rules to cut pollutants that cause smog in communities across Canada

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Friday, February 23, 2024

Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada announced the draft regulations to further reduce emissions from the petroleum sector of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are airborne pollutants that contribute to smog.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada announced the draft regulations to further reduce emissions from the petroleum sector of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are airborne pollutants that contribute to smog.
  • These changes would improve air quality in neighbourhoods and communities across the country that are close to oil and gas facilities.
  • The draft regulations reflect an on-going commitment to environmental justice and the need to address disproportionate environmental harms on communities near industrial sites.
  • Exposure levels are higher in communities near large emission sources, including Indigenous and low-income communities already facing increased health burdens.

Federal-provincial agreement allows Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to switch from heating homes with oil to heat pumps and other electric home heating systems

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Friday, February 23, 2024

The agreement supports the recently announced strengthened Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program.

Key Points: 
  • The agreement supports the recently announced strengthened Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program.
  • This program allows eligible Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to receive up to $22,000 in support for switching to a heat pump, electric furnace, or electric boiler.
  • On average, homeowners who switch from oil to cold-climate heat pumps to heat their homes save between $1,500 and $4,700 per year on home energy bills.
  • The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program has received 9,400 applications to date nationally.

Town of Trenton fined $100,000 for violating the Fisheries Act in Nova Scotia

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Friday, February 16, 2024

On February 15, 2024, the Town of Trenton was ordered to pay a total of $100,000, after pleading guilty to one count of violating the Fisheries Act at the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia in Pictou County.

Key Points: 
  • On February 15, 2024, the Town of Trenton was ordered to pay a total of $100,000, after pleading guilty to one count of violating the Fisheries Act at the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia in Pictou County.
  • Some of the conditions include: training on the Fisheries Act and its requirements; training on proper effluent sampling protocols for Town of Trenton employees and contractors; completing routine sampling; and publishing emergency contact information and information about the incident and sentencing on the Town of Trenton website.
  • On November 13, 2019, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers received a complaint of a strong sewage smell around Lowden Brook along North Main Street in Trenton, Nova Scotia.
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada administers and enforces the pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act.

Minister Guilbeault provides update with new design options for the Clean Electricity Regulations

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Friday, February 16, 2024

Finalizing the Clean Electricity Regulations later this year will support this commitment.

Key Points: 
  • Finalizing the Clean Electricity Regulations later this year will support this commitment.
  • Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, released an update on the consultations and on the design options being considered for the final Clean Electricity Regulations.
  • Before finalizing the Clean Electricity Regulations later this year, the Government of Canada will continue to engage on these options under consideration with interested stakeholders, including provinces and utilities.
  • Continued collaboration is essential to ensure that the Clean Electricity Regulations deliver significant emissions reductions while supporting reliability and affordability.

Government of Canada invests $3 million in citizen science and open data for birds and biodiversity

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of $3 million to Birds Canada over five years.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of $3 million to Birds Canada over five years.
  • The funding will support citizen science programs and open data, providing access to hundreds of millions of data records gathered by volunteers and professional biologists on the distribution, abundance, and population trends for birds in Canada.
  • These citizen science programs, and the dedicated people who contribute to them, form the backbone of bird conservation in Canada.
  • Birds Canada is a national non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the protection of wild birds and their habitats.

Creating a healthy, clean, and sustainable environment for all: Canada consulting on the right to a healthy environment in federal legislation and engaging on environmental justice and racism

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

For the first time ever, the Government of Canada recognizes that every individual in Canada has a right to a healthy environment under the modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

Key Points: 
  • For the first time ever, the Government of Canada recognizes that every individual in Canada has a right to a healthy environment under the modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).
  • Today, the Government of Canada begins its public consultation on the development of a right to a healthy environment implementation framework under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
  • The Government is also engaging Canadians on environmental justice and racism to address the fact that certain communities have been disproportionately affected by environmental hazards, like pollution, toxic waste, landfills, and dumps.
  • Comments on the right to a healthy environment will be accepted until April 8.

Government of Canada launches public engagement on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada launched a public engagement process to hear the opinions of Canadians and Indigenous peoples across the country to inform setting Canada's 2035 national greenhouse gas emissions target.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada launched a public engagement process to hear the opinions of Canadians and Indigenous peoples across the country to inform setting Canada's 2035 national greenhouse gas emissions target.
  • I look forward to working with everyone and receiving input to set Canada's 2035 emissions reduction target and build Canada's sustainable future together."
  • Under the Act, the government must set an emissions reduction target for 2035 by December 1, 2024.
  • The 2035 target is another milestone in the Government of Canada's transparent and accountable approach to charting the course to net-zero emissions by 2050.