Emissions & Impacts
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Transportation
- This overview piece explores the GHG's emitted
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Policy
Actions to Remove Barriers
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Quick
Facts: Linking
Transportation Choices to Climate Change
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Agriculture
- This overview article addresses the GHG
emissions from this sector as well as work being undertaken to make
our agricultural practices more climate-friendly.
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FACTS: Agriculture
Sector
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Cooking
Oil and Climate Change
Scientists from Environment Canada's Environmental
Technology Centre in Ottawa are working with CanAmera Foods and
BC Research to increase the efficiency of the oil extraction process,
and to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. full
story Reproduced with the permission
of
the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2002
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Energy
Production (coming soon)
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QUICK
FACTS: Energy
Use/Efficiency
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Harnessing
the Power of Landfill Gas
Landfill sites generate over a quarter of the
methane emissions caused by human activity in Canada, sending 1.2
million tonnes of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere
each year. full
story
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Forests
- Explores how important forests are to us and wildlife,
as well as potential impacts of a changing climate. |
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For information
about a forest research project near Thompson click
here
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Municipalities
(Content coming soon, please surf back.)
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Business
& Industry (Content coming soon, please
surf back.)
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GHG Inventories, Action
Planning
and Emissions Trading Scenarios (coming
soon)
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