Elizabeth MayOTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, said current low oil prices should be a…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, last month, in Lima, at the climate negotiations, Canada signed on to a decision in which all nations are invited to submit their intended…
OTTAWA – As the other federal party leaders waver on their commitments to regulate carbon emissions, Elizabeth May remains the only leader to lay out an up-to-date and…
On Sunday, December 14 at 3:30 AM the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru limped across the finish line. The deadline for the acceptance of…
It’s crunch time. The science of the climate crisis is clear. We are running out of time to reduce global emissions. This year Canadian policymakers must accomplish two…
OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, described yesterday’s Supreme Court decision not to hear…
OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, today expressed her complete disappointment regarding the British Columbia Government’s decision…
Walking through the streets of Lima on Wednesday in that nation’s largest-ever march for climate action, I turned to a friend and said: “If you had told me…
OTTAWA – The 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) session to address the threat of climate change came to a close early Sunday morning in Lima, Peru. The two-weeks’…
(LIMA) – As you likely have heard, the COP20 talks wrapped earlier this morning at around 3:30 AM. The deal was done in seconds following the break for…
(LIMA) – Okay, I know that sounds like a Bruce Willis movie and my apologies… but this COP has achieved that dreamlike-nightmarish quality that obscures what day it…
The COP20 talks are taking place in an unlikely venue – a military base outside of town. Despite the reporting of its carbon footprint, being built from scratch…
With the challenges plaguing global treaties to stabilize greenhouses gases in the atmosphere, to avert levels of climate change that would exceed humanity’s ability to adapt, it has…
Leona Aglukkaq has been in Lima at COP20 arriving on the same flight I took to Peru. She was in first class so I didn’t see her, but…
Sorry. That has to be my least inspired blog title ever. Chalk it up to being immersed in UN-speak all day. The morning plenary dealt with two newly…
By the time you read this, I will be in Lima, Peru at the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change…
Unlike our current prime minister’s attack on climate policy and push for every pipeline and tanker in sight, this one is flying under the radar. In fact, Conservative…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question that I asked earlier, in September of this year.…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to pursue a question that I initially asked on October 10. The Minister of the Environment responded to my question.…
As the debate rages south of the border about the Keystone pipeline, there are some key facts to bear in mind. Every pipeline currently being promoted – whether…
Efforts to boost protection for the Rouge National Urban Park were rejected last night, as Conservative members of the Environment Committee voted to reject every single one of…
The Green Party of Canada supports the key findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report confirms that human influence on the climate, if left…