Author: Derek Leahy

Montreal Mayor Denise Coderre announced Thursday the city’s formal opposition to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline. The 4,600-kilometer west-to-east oil pipeline project would see 1,600 kilometres of new pipe built along the St. Lawrence Ri…

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has reiterated the federal government’s pledge to overhaul the National Energy Board in order to restore public confidence in Canada’s pipeline review process. But the promised legislative changes will not come …

For the second time in two days Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been called on to suspend the regulatory review process for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project in British Columbia. Final hearings for the project begin next week.
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Three prominent First Nations organizations are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the regulatory reviews of three major oilsands pipelines as a step towards reconciliation between Canada and First Nations.
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The National Energy Board (NEB) ordered high-pressure testing of a segment of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline before the line, a west-to-east oil pipeline, can begin operating according to a press release issued Thursday. “Before Line 9B becomes operational, hydrostatic testing results of three segments of the pipeline must be provided to

Despite the federal Conservative government’s seven-year attack on carbon pricing as a “job-killing carbon tax,” Canada is actually making progress provincially on pricing carbon pollution. Without any direction from the federal government, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and recently Ontario have all introduced systems that require polluters to pay for the greenhouse

Residential school survivors, their families, indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians alike packed the ballroom of the Delta Ottawa hotel on Tuesday for the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) monumental report on 130 years of ‘Indian’ residential schools in Canada.  “The eyes of the world and the gaze of history

Environmental and citizen groups in Quebec are demanding the National Energy Board (NEB) explain why it refuses to order a hydrostatic safety test of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline, a west-to-east oil pipeline that could come online as early as next month. A hydrostatic test or hydrotest is a commonly used method

Drinking water for more than 60 per cent of Manitoba’s population will be put at risk by TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline, according to a report released Monday by the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition.  “The entire length of the Winnipeg aqueduct is in danger of contamination from the nearby pipeline,” the

B.C.’s carbon tax has been called both elegant and a template for the rest of the world. Because it increases taxes on things we don’t want (emissions), reduces taxes on things we do want (income), is popular with the public and has actually worked to reduce the province’s carbon footprint, it’s

The Council of Canadians called on the federal government Tuesday to implement regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Canada. The process, widely used for unconventional oil and gas recovery in western Canada, is linked to numerous human and environmental health threats and currently faces bans or moratoria in Quebec, New

Cap and trade is in the new kid in town as far as carbon pricing goes in Canada. In April, just before the Premiers’ Climate Summit, Ontario made headlines by announcing it will join Quebec’s cap and trade system, which is linked to cap and trade in California. So just how does it

Three Manitoba-based environmental groups — Manitoba Wildlands, Wilderness Committee, and Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition — held a press conference Thursday in Winnipeg demanding the Manitoba government “acknowledge the magnitude” of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project, which would see oilsands (also called tar sands) bitumen shipped through the province.  “Does the Manitoba government

A Quebec citizen group is applauding a resolution by the Greater Montreal Area’s governing body asking the National Energy Board for a hydrostatic safety test of the Line 9 oil pipeline before it goes back into operation this summer. “We would like to thank the CMM (Greater Montreal Area) and its

It may come as a surprise to some that Alberta pioneered carbon pricing — not just in Canada, but for all of North America. That’s right: the province with the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada was the first place on the continent to put “polluter pays” legislation into place

For the first time in several years, carbon pricing in Canada is back on the national radar. Recently a group of more than 60 Canadian experts published a report, Acting on Climate Change, that outlined Canada’s path to a low-carbon future. Their first recommendation? Put a price on carbon. The idea

For the first time in several years, carbon pricing in Canada is back on the national radar. Recently a group of more than 60 Canadian experts published a report, Acting on Climate Change, that outlined Canada’s path to a low-carbon future. Their first recommendation? Put a price on carbon. The idea

An estimated 25,000 took to the streets of Quebec City Saturday to protest the federal government’s lack of leadership on climate change and unfaltering support for increased production in the Alberta oilsands. “Our message is simple — yes to climate equals no to the tar sands,” Christian Simard, executive direct of

An estimated 25 thousand took to the streets of Quebec City Saturday to protest the federal government’s lack of leadership on climate change and unfaltering support for increased production in the Alberta oilsands. “Our message is simple — yes to climate equals no to the tar sands,” Christian Simard, executive direct

TransCanada announced Thursday the company no longer plans to build an oil tanker terminal at the controversial site of Cacouna, Quebec, as part of its 1.1 million barrel-a-day Energy East oil pipeline project. “TransCanada will be advising the NEB (National Energy Board) that the company will not be proceeding with a