Insights and Stories on Emissions

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

Oct. 24, 2021 at 5:59 am CDT

A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in […]

White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax

Oct. 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Jeff Mason Timothy Gardner Trevor Hunnicutt

Mandated cuts in fertilizer use could be costly for Canada, report warns

Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:36 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canada’s second-largest pension fund reveals new climate targets

Sep. 28, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Maiya Keidan

Dreyfus, others shut soy crushers in China on power curbs

Sep. 24, 2021 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Reuters

EU parliament committee approves farm subsidy reforms

Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Parliament’s agriculture committee on Thursday approved a deal to overhaul the European Union’s huge farming subsidies, including new measures aimed at making agriculture greener. The committee approved three pieces of legislation, which from 2023 will govern spending from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) […]

By Kate Abnett

Maersk signs first green methanol deal toward dropping fossil fuels

Aug. 18, 2021 at 4:51 pm CDT

Copenhagen | Reuters — A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the world’s largest shipping firm gears up to operate its first carbon-neutral ship in 2023. With about 90 per cent of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly three […]

By Reuters

U.S. appeals court rules for environmental groups in biofuel case

Jul. 16, 2021 at 5:15 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday in favour of environmental groups who argued against the U.S. government’s conclusion that biofuel blending obligations posed no danger to species’ habitats. The Environmental Protection Agency decides on the amount of […]

By Stephanie Kelly

Sale of new fuel-powered cars, light trucks to be banned from 2035

Jun. 29, 2021 at 2:36 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will ban the sale of fuel-burning new cars and light-duty trucks from 2035 in an effort to reach net-zero emissions across the country by 2050, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government said on Tuesday. Only zero-emissions cars and trucks can be sold from 2035, according to […]

By Steve Scherer

EU countries approve deal to overhaul farming subsidies

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:46 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries on Monday gave the green light to reforms of the bloc’s huge farming subsidy program, after a three-year battle over rules to make it greener and support smaller farms. Negotiators representing the EU’s 27 countries and European Parliament struck the deal on Friday […]