| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Government of Canada published its first publicly available annual global mean temperature forecast, predicting that 2025 will be warmer than every year on record prior to 2023.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada has designated Country Island, Isle Haute, and St. Paul Island as Canada’s newest National Wildlife Areas.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that households in provinces which use the federal carbon pricing system will receive their latest quarterly Canada Carbon Rebate payment.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
On January 13, 2025, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc. was sentenced by the Court of Québec to pay fines totalling $2 million after pleading guilty to eight counts of violating the Fisheries Act and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
For the first time in Canada’s history, the Government of Canada has released an early summary of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions estimates from the National Inventory Report ahead of the full publication in the spring of 2025.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, released Powering Canada’s Future, which lays out our roadmap to build more affordable, reliable, and clean power to help meet growing demand.
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On December 12, 2024, at the Gatineau courthouse, the Commission de la capitale nationale pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Species at Risk Act. The charge stems from actions that contravened a condition of a permit issued under the Act and resulted in damage to critical habitat for the western chorus frog.
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Today in Laval, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, along with Fayçal El-Khoury, Member of Parliament for Laval–Les Îles, met with grocery store owners and families to inform them about government initiatives aimed at putting more money in people's pockets
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that Canada will aim to reduce emissions by 45–50% below 2005 levels by 2035, setting a responsible and ambitious target that maintains our path to a strong, net-zero economy.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Canada’s 10 most impactful weather stories for 2024 tells the tale of record-breaking heatwaves, destructive winds, and relentless rainfalls that prompt weather watches, warnings, and alerts.
