| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will make an announcement regarding carbon-pricing-proceeds going to improve energy efficiency for Ontario schools. He will be joined by the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Catherine McKenna.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
Through the Innovative Solutions Canada Challenge Stream, the Government of Canada invites small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to propose innovations that address specific government challenges.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the four winners of the latest Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges. These small and medium-sized Canadian companies will each receive up to $150,000 toward developing their solutions to address plastic waste.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
As one of the commitments in the Government of Canada’s strengthened climate plan A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, the Government is developing a Federal Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Offset System under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA).
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, today announced draft regulations to establish the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System to reduce carbon emissions and create jobs.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Phasing out unabated coal-fired power in a manner that supports workers and communities is one of the most important steps that we can take to support a healthier environment and economy. That is why following United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ call to curtail coal-fired electricity, Canada and the United Kingdom cofounded the Powering Past Coal Alliance in 2017. The Alliance brings together governments, industry, financial institutions, companies, labour, and civil society to accelerate the phase-out of unabated coal power and has put one third of coal capacity within Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries on a path to close by the end of this decade.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that senior officials from Environment and Climate Change Canada will hold a technical briefing on the Government of Canada’s proposed Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System regulations. The briefing will be on background only and is not for attribution.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
On March 3, 2021, Pacific Gateway Holding Inc. was ordered to pay a fine of $163,776 after entering a guilty plea in Vancouver court to two charges under federal wildlife legislation. These charges are related to the illegal importation of significant quantities of meat of the Anguilla anguilla, commonly known as the European eel. The company was charged with importing a CITES-listed species without a permit from the country of export, in contravention of subsection 6(2) of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will hold a virtual press conference following the Powering Past Coal Alliance Global Summit, which was co-hosted by Canada and the United Kingdom.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced an investment of approximately $530,000 from the Low Carbon Economy Fund to support a project that converts municipal waste into biomass energy in Banff, Alberta.
