Climate

“It’s part of our coexistence with wildlife and meeting our climate change goals and priorities to be better handle and better deal with food waste… helps us go a long way in making sure we’re not part of the problem and we’re contributing to the solution."

“It was an awesome October for weather and folks chose to come to the mountains and take advantage of that."

“Compliance has been amazingly strong and I do want to give a big shout-out to the business community for being so diligent in keeping their doors closed,” said Michael Hay, manager of environment and sustainability for the Town of Banff.

“I had the expectation that the numbers were probably stable, so I was pretty surprised when we realized how bad it is."

“This is an affordable way that residents and businesses can afford to take out loans and to try to retrograde and upgrade their houses and businesses. They may not be able to do this otherwise.”

The stakes for any changes are high, because if adjustments aren’t made appropriately, the sensitive carbon market could be pushed “out of whack” from 2023 to 2030.

Carbon market 'sort of a simple extension' of Alberta's years of practice with the creation and regulation of its oil and gas industry

Trees trap two to three times more carbon than crops

They are convenient, inexpensive and versatile but plastics are harming our health and our planet. Recognizing the damaging effects of plastic pollution, the federal government recently announced regulations limiting single-use plastics. But they do not go far enough to protect human health or ensure environmental sustainability.