Author: Indra Das

The Alberta government has barred the Oilsands Environmental Coalition from hearings on a proposed new oilsands development by Southern Pacific Resource Corp., even after a similar decision last fall was overturned by a judge. Conservationists say the decision only makes clearer the Alberta government’s tendency to shut down public dialogue

Former TransCanada employee and engineer Evan Vokes, who released thousands of pages of records after he was dismissed by the corporation in 2012, believes that a newly acquired internal email shows his managers tried to discredit him for raising the alarm on their safety practices. Vokes obtained the email in Feburary

Former TransCanada employee and engineer Evan Vokes, who released thousands of pages of records after he was dismissed by the corporation in 2012, believes that a newly acquired internal email shows his managers tried to discredit him for raising the alarm on their safety practices. Vokes obtained the email in Feburary

A new poll released Thursday finds that more than three quarters of British Columbia residents want the province to shift away from producing, using and exporting fossil fuels and to embrace cleaner sources of energy. The online survey, conducted by Strategic Communications Inc., found that 78 per cent of British Columbians

More than 100 scientists and economists “concerned about climate change and its impacts” signed an open letter Monday calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would transport oilsands crude from Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast,

More than 100 scientists and economists “concerned about climate change and its impacts” signed an open letter Monday calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would transport oilsands crude from Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast,

Last week the Alberta government responded to the U.S. State Department’s final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) on the Keystone XL project by emphasizing the province’s responsibility, transparency, and confidence that the pipeline is in the “national interest” of both Canada and the U.S. In a statement, Alberta Premier Alison

Last week the Alberta government responded to the U.S. State Department’s final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) on the Keystone XL project by emphasizing the province’s responsibility, transparency, and confidence that the pipeline is in the “national interest” of both Canada and the U.S. In a statement, Alberta Premier Alison

The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) rejected a request this month from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the deadline to apply as a participant in the public hearings on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. The EPA was unaware of a February 12 deadline to apply

The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) rejected a request this month from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the deadline to apply as a participant in the public hearings on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. The EPA was unaware of a February 12 deadline to apply

A new report from Pembina Institute says that the proposed TransCanada Energy East pipeline could generate up to 32 million tonnes (Mt) of additional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the crude oil production required to fill it. Thirty-two million tonnes of carbon emissions is the equivalent of adding 7 million

According to a recent poll commissioned by four environmental groups, nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of residents in British Columbia oppose Enbridge’s plan to transport crude oil through B.C. using the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and oil tankers. The hybrid telephone-online poll, conducted by Justason Market Intelligence, found that 50

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto has found that air pollution emissions released by oilsands operations in Alberta are likely two to three times higher than previously estimated. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed U.S. journal, modeled levels of

It seems that the start of the Harper Government’s $16.5 million advertising campaign to push the US to turn to Canadian energy, specifically by supporting the Keystone XL pipeline and tar sands oil production, isn’t quite having the impact that the Conservatives were hoping for. Lee-Anne Goodman writes for the

After using Detroit as a toxic waste dumping ground, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers are now piling their petroleum coke from tar sands oil refineries in Chicago. Kiley Kroh of ThinkProgress writes that petroleum coke, or petcoke, “is building up along Chicago’s Calumet River and alarming residents.” The Chicago petcoke piles

This week, under questioning from opposition MPs, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver confirmed that his department intends to spend up to 16.5 million dollars on advertising in the upcoming year. Further details on how this taxpayer-funded PR campaign for Canada’s natural resources will be run were lacking. Mike De Souza