| Canadian Greenhouse Gases On the Rise | 29 April 08 |
 Statistics Canada has released its 2007-2008 Human Activity and the Environment, which highlights human influence on climate change in Canada. The report shows Canada is among the highest per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the world.In 2005 just over 23 tonnes of GHGs were emitted for each person in Canada, comparable the United States at 24.4 tonnes. Canada has about 0.5 percent of the world's population, but contributes 2 percent of the total global GHG emissions. GHG emissions rose 25 percent between 1990 and 2005. Investments in new environmental processes and technologies reduced GHGs per unit of economic activity by 18 percent during this 15-year period. However, in 2008, producers intend to invest $19.7 billion in the Alberta oil sands. In 2005 energy production and consumption accounted for 80 percent of emissions in Canada. Since 1990 Canada's GHG emissions from production of exported energy have jumped 146%. In 2005, Canadians released an astonishing 747 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. View April 22, 2008 Exchange Magazine article View April 22, 2008 CBC article View April 22, 2008 Statistics Canada Report, Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics 2007 and 2008 Sources: CBC, Statistics Canada, Exchange Magazine |
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