| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of up to $1.7 million to support the Corporate Climate Plan of the city of St. John’s.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make a funding announcement for nature-based solutions and freshwater protection projects in Ontario.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will attend GLOBExCHANGE on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System provides an incentive to undertake projects in Canada that reduce greenhouse gases—either by preventing them from being emitted, or by removing them from the atmosphere—that go beyond legal requirements and business-as-usual practices, and that are not subject to carbon pollution pricing.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced a second project type eligible to generate offset credits under Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that senior officials from the Government of Canada will hold a bilingual technical briefing on new a Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System for refrigeration systems.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Canadians want concrete action to better manage plastics—to protect the environment, conserve biodiversity, and strengthen the economy. The Government of Canada is continuing to bring forward new measures to improve how plastic is made, used, and managed to move toward the goal of zero plastic waste.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | statements
Following the decision by the Government of New Brunswick to cease implementation of its provincial fuel charge, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada recognizes that lead is a highly toxic metal and is taking action to prohibit the manufacture and import of lead wheel weights. Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the publication of the Prohibition of the Manufacture and Importation of Wheel Weights Containing Lead Regulations
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Since its reintroduction in February 2022, the bill Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, also known as Bill S-5, has been carefully studied and reviewed; it first underwent a review by the Senate and is currently under review by the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
