Environment

— Nov 23, 2023
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Can Metal Mining Match the Speed of the Planned Electric Vehicle Transition? finds that, to meet international government mandates for electric vehicles (EV), 388 new mines must be built to produce the metals required for EV production.

— Oct 31, 2023
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A Review of Electric Vehicle Consumer Subsidies in Canada finds that government subsidies for electric vehicle purchases are an extremely costly way to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.

— Sep 12, 2023
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Wrong Move at the Wrong Time: Economic Impacts of the New Federal Building Energy Efficiency Mandates is a new study that finds the cost of a newly constructed home in Canada will increase by $55,000, on average, by 2030 as a result of the federal government’s proposed energy efficiency regulations for buildings. Crucially, the stricter building regulations will only reduce Canada’s total emissions by 0.9 per cent.

— Jun 22, 2023
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Models or Measures of Climate Change: Why Does It Matter?

Models or Measures of Climate Change: Why Does It Matter? is a new study that finds predictive climate models, in which speculative scenarios of future social and economic trends are used to estimate future greenhouse-gas emissions, over-estimate both atmospheric warming and greenhouse gas emissions.

— Jun 1, 2023
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Canada’s GHG Cap on the Oil and Gas Industry Is All Pain With No Gain

Canada’s GHG Cap on the Oil and Gas Industry Is All Pain With No Gain finds that the federal government’s planned cap on greenhouse gas emissions, which will inevitably reduce oil and gas production in Canada, will cost the Canadian economy at least $44.8 billion in 2030—without any substantive effect on global emissions.

— Apr 20, 2023
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Environmental Ranking for Canada and the OECD: Third Edition finds that Canada’s environmental record outperforms a majority of comparable high-income countries worldwide.

— Sep 13, 2022
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The Hand of Government in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Hand of Government in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a new essay that documents how the IPCC was created by and is controlled by governments of countries that perceive political benefits from international regulatory action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, despite misperceptions, the IPCC has never produced a full and fair assessment of what is known and not known regarding the causes and consequences of global climate change, and its structure and processes ensure that it never will.

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