IPCC Chief Calls Canada a Climate "Opportunist"

onDec 7, 2007 @ 07:15 PST

Canada is being “opportunistic” in its stance on carbon emissions reductions, the head of the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC said Thursday.

Canada has said emissions reductions targets should apply to all major emitters, including China and India, although past negotiations have agreed that industrialised countries bear greater responsibility for climate change.

It is really an opportunistic position that they are taking,” said Rajendra K. Pachauri,. “This particular government has been a government of skeptics. They do not want to do anything on climate change,” Pachauri said.

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Alberta Is Making It Even Harder to Develop Renewable Energy

ByMitch Anderson

onJun 20, 2025 @ 07:15 PDT

The province released new burdensome reclamation requirements for wind and solar projects — the latest performance in an elaborate political troll.

uk/Rachel Reeves Promised Oil Industry ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Over Windfall Tax in Private Meeting

BySam Bright

onJun 19, 2025 @ 04:01 PDT

The government has been accused of making a “secret exchange deal” with fossil fuel firms to compensate for the tax hike.

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Pioneers of Europe's Citizen-led Solar Revolution Sound Alarm Over 'Corporate Capture'

ByAna Muñoz and Jairo Marcos

onJun 19, 2025 @ 00:24 PDT

A third of energy communities receiving subsidies from the Spanish government are managed by subsidiaries of oil giant Repsol, DeSmog review of official data finds.