Green Party leader, James Beddome, speaks during a press conference, while David Nickarzn looks on.

Manitoba needs a carbon tax: Beddome

Another voice is added to the debate over farming and greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba

The word “agriculture” may not have made it into the text of the Paris climate agreement, but in Manitoba, climate change and agriculture have been appearing together a lot in recent days. Only a few weeks ago the Manitoba government released its Climate Change and Green Economy Action Plan, and now Manitoba’s Green Party has

Editorial: The green world’s breadbasket?

Editorial: The green world’s breadbasket?

Jeff Rubin, the former chief economist for CIBC World Markets turned bestselling author, knows all about adaptation. His first book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller grabbed international attention with predictions that world oil prices would climb to more than $200 a barrel by 2012, forcing a rethink of almost


smokestacks emitting CO2 emissions

Editorial: Canada’s GHG stance tarnishes our brand

Things aren’t going too well in the international trade agreement department. At the World Trade Organization (WTO) round, which has been dragging along since 1991, it’s come to the point where the director general is actually being honest about its prospects. “Taking an overview of all of these consultations it is hard to see a

cattle in a pasture

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions from cattle

Economic incentives are needed to get producers on board, according to ruminant research scientist

There would be both winners and losers if the world followed Tim McAllister’s advice on how to lower greenhouse gas emissions from methane-belching bovines. “If we really wanted to reduce emissions we should be looking at identifying which areas in the world can produce ruminant products with the least amount of emissions and focusing production


Australia’s Landmark Carbon Price Laws To Take Effect In 2012

Australia passed landmark laws Nov. 8 to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade. The vote in the upper house Senate made Australia the second major economy behind the European Union to pass carbon-limiting legislation. Tiny New Zealand has a similar scheme. Its impact will be

Making Money From Muck

Nearly 700 Australian piggeries could benefit from the new rules that set out how farmers can capture, measure and destroy methane from pig waste. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is 21 times more effective in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Under the domestic offset scheme called the Carbon Farming Initiative,


Kill A Camel, Save The Planet

Killing camels to earn carbon credits might seem an extreme way to fight climate change, but the Australian government issued detailed rules June 2 that will help investors do just that. Adelaide-based Northwest Carbon, a carbon project developer, has developed the rules, or methodology, governing a strict camel-culling program that would also cut greenhouse gas

Belching Bovines More Climate Friendly Than Thought

Australia’s huge cattle herd in the north might be burping less planet-warming methane emissions than thought, said a study released on May 27, suggesting the cows are more climate friendly. Cattle, sheep and other ruminant livestock produce large amounts of methane, which is about 20 times more powerful at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. One


New Diets For Cows, Sheep Could Cut Emissions

New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the British government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows. Feeding the animals maize silage, naked oats and higher-sugar grasses could reduce the amount of methane they produce, the study by Reading University and the Institute of Biological,

Mexican Gangs Go After New Target: High-Priced Corn

Organized crime gangs equipped with automatic weapons and tractor trailers are branching out into raids on huge grain silos, in a sign of growing lawlessness in parts of Mexico’s north. Attacks on warehouses and cargo trucks have multiplied into a near-weekly affair in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, where one of the worst cold snaps