Question: When is a Carbon Tax just a Tax? Answer: When coal-fired power plants are almost completely exempt. NB Power’s Belledune generating station burns a combination of coal and petroleum coke. Trudeau just gave Belledune an exemption to produce 800 tonnes of GHGs for free. So, Belledune will pay only $0.91 per tonne of greenhouse […]
The PEI PC Environmental Legacy
The PEI PC Party has a strong history of taking action to protect the environment. It is because of the policy of the PC Party, and the actions that PC governments have taken, that no carbon tax is needed on PEI. We need to continue in the footsteps of past PEI PC governments, especially when […]
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Without A Carbon Tax – James Aylward
James Aylward has announced that a PC government under his leadership will oppose a carbon tax, and use a variety of other initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on PEI. Why is a carbon tax a bad idea? A carbon tax most likely will not result in a significant decrease in GHG emissions. Will […]
Lowering the Bar on PEI GHG Emission Reduction Targets
The PEI Government just announced their Climate Change Action Plan for our Island. I’m glad action is finally being taken after more than a decade of mostly talk. However, my main criticism is that MacLauchlan’s Liberal government appears to be actually setting the bar lower when it comes to reducing carbon emissions! The old target was to […]
Water Discussion – Native Council of PEI
On the afternoon of February 25, 2018 the Native Council of PEI directors invited me to their quarterly meeting to discuss various issues surrounding water on PEI in my role as official opposition critic for Communities, Land & Environment. We discussed several topics. Below is a short summary including links to various resources that we […]
Northern Pulp Effluent vs Niagra Falls
Northern Pulp Treated Effluenct Discharge ~65,000 cubic meters per day http://northernpulp.ca/environment/key-performance-indicators/water/ Niagra Falls Average Flow Rate ~2400 cubic meters per second = 207,360,000 cubic meters per day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls COMPARISON – Niagra Falls vs Northern Pulp Effluent Discharge It takes 3,190 days, or about 9 years, for Northern Pulp to discharge the amount of effluent […]
Sea Level Rise on PEI
It is an unfortunate fact. Our Island is shrinking because of erosion and sea level rise on PEI. Dr. Adam Fenech and researchers from the UPEI Climate Change Lab will be at The Eagle Nest in North Rustico on February 20th at 6:30pm to discuss “Our Incredible Shrinking Island”. It will be both an information […]
Geothermal Energy on PEI
Brad, you said, “I believe that in the very near future with advances in power storage it will be feasible for communities to generate all of their own electricity through clean renewable means – like wind, solar and hydro. Government needs to plan for and proactively work towards a future of inexpensive locally produced clean […]
It’s Unanimous – Release the Water Act
During public consultations, environment Minister Robert Mitchell committed to bringing the Water Act to the floor of the legislature in the spring 2017 sitting unless “political reasons” did not allow. Unfortunately, the Water Act was not brought to the floor for review and debate in Spring 2017. Presumably the “final” version of the Water Act […]
Give Carbon Tax Back To Islanders
Any carbon tax money must be given directly back to Islanders – via an increase in the Basic Personal Tax Amount and/or by eliminating HST on electricity and other heating sources.