Steven Guilbeault

The economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly five times higher than previously thought, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday. The minister told attendees at a climate change conference in Ottawa that the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 17, 2023 11:45 am…

Environment and energy ministers from G7 countries wrapped two days of talks in northern Japan on Sunday without acting on Canada’s push to set a timeline for phasing out coal-fired power plants. In their 36-page communique after the…

Canada will take a “hard long look” at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday. But he wouldn’t…

Alberta’s nine-month silence over two releases of toxic oilsands tailings water is “worrisome,” said federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. “It is very worrisome that for over half a year, the Alberta regulator did not…

The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault’s comments come after the Ontario…

The federal environment minister is calling out Canada’s oil companies for failing to put cash behind their promises to tackle climate change. Steven Guilbeault says the country’s major oil players have promised to do something about…