Ratchet-up climate fight: Commissioner. Environment Commissioner Johanne Gelinas issued a blistering report today, saying Canada is unprepared for climate change and calling for a “massive scale-up” in federal efforts to deal with the threat. [News Source]

Environment commissioner calls for massive scale up in climate efforts. The Conservative government faced tough questions Thursday about why its environment minister was absent the same day as a major report on the environment was delivered. [News Source]

Climate change warning. Canada's environmental auditor yesterday told the Conservative government to get tough on climate change after years of federal failure on the issue. [News Source]

Canada watchdog seeks emission cut targets. Canada's environment commissioner on Thursday urged the right-wing government to set firm targets to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, despite its dislike of the Kyoto protocol on climate change . [News Source]

Canada must slow energy firms’ emissions, audit says. Canada has devoted C$6.3 billion ($5.67 billion) since 1997 to cut pollution without tracking how the money is spent or if the programs are effective, according to a report released today in Ottawa. [News Source]

Report: Montana cities are getting warmer. Temperatures in the Electric City are rising, and a report released Thursday points the finger at climate change. The average temperature in Great Falls is up 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 2000 compared with the previous three decades, according to a report. [News Source]

Tories mum as environment report calls for push on global warming. The Conservative government was on the defensive yesterday and key ministers were out of town as the much-anticipated report from the Auditor-General's environment commissioner called for a "massive scale-up of efforts" to combat global warming. [News Source]

Global warming battle ‘troubling’. Canada's fight against global warming has been a losing battle with little accountability and could leave taxpayers on the hook for up to $1 billion in subsidies for polluting companies, according to the federal commissioner of the environment. [News Source]

EU opens probe into Danish CO2 tax exemption plans. The European Commission said on Thursday it has opened a formal investigation into plans by Denmark to grant tax exemptions to companies covered by the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme. [News Source]

Program to discuss local consequences of global warming. The Arlington League of Women Voters will take on the issue of global warming Monday with a panel discussion about grassroots efforts to decrease pollution and the consequences of inaction. [News Source]

Canada must redouble efforts to fight global warming: auditor (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada must realize "a massive scale-up of efforts" to fight global warming, its environment auditor said, noting billions of dollars spent on measures since ratifying the Kyoto Protocol had failed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]