Wildrose leader Smith admits climate change real, human-caused
RED DEER, Alta. – Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, under fire by critics as a weak leader and climate change denier, announced Friday she now believes climate change exists and…
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Residents remain out of homes after CN oil train derailment
Alberta firefighters on the scene of a burning oil train wreck (Dan Reidlhuber/Reuters) STONY PLAIN, Alta. – Residents of a tiny Alberta community near the site of a train derailment…
NB group questions RCMP tactics in breaking up fracking protest
MONCTON, N.B. – A group opposed to shale gas development in New Brunswick is raising questions about the RCMP’s enforcement of an injunction against protesters last week in the province.…
Elsipogtog First Nation vows to continue fracking battle
Elsipogtog First Nation Chief Arren Sock with supporters (Miles Howe/Halifax Media Coop) REXTON, N.B. – The chief of the Elsipogtog (ell-see-book-took) First Nation in New Brunswick is criticizing the RCMP…
Final day of Enbridge Line 9 hearings cancelled for ‘security concerns’
Protestors at Line 9 hearing in Montreal last week (photo: Erin Sparks) TORONTO – The final day of hearings on a proposal to reverse the flow of a pipeline that…
Elsipogtog community meets over fracking protest
Members of the Elsipogtog Nation and RCMP clash at a recent protest over fracking in New Brunswick REXTON, N.B. – Hundreds of people gathered at a community hall in New…
Explosion, flames as CN oil train derails in Alberta
Alberta firefighters on the scene of a burning oil train wreck (Dan Reidlhuber/Reuters) GAINFORD, Alta. – Firefighters who were battling a major blaze Saturday after a CN tanker train derailed…
Greenpeace activists block oil pump at Kinder Morgan terminal
BURNABY, B.C. – Greenpeace protesters have set up a blockade at the Kinder Morgan oil pumping facility in Burnaby, B.C. Spokesman Peter Louwe says two protesters have climbed onto the…
Clark, Redford getting closer on Enbridge, energy export plans?
B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford (photo: Dan Riedhuber/Reuters) VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford have appointed a team of senior bureaucrats to…
Merkel took BMW money before putting brakes on EU emissions cuts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets a tour of new BWW designs at a recent auto show BERLIN – Germany blocked the introduction of tougher European Union emissions rules for cars…
Ontario Liberals gut environmental protections for Ring of Fire
Ontario Legislature TORONTO – Ontario’s governing Liberals have “snuck in” changes that are dismantling environmental protections and could have “disastrous results” for the province, environmental commissioner Gord Miller said Thursday.…
Alberta court protects regulator from Ernst’s fracking lawsuit
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) ROSEBUD, Alta. – An Alberta woman has lost a round in her legal battle against the contentious process…
‘Alarming’ sea star die-off on West Coast
A dead morning sun star (photo courtesy of Jonathan Martin) VANCOUVER – Last month, a diver alerted Vancouver Aquarium staff that he had found a number of dead and decaying…
Malaysian PM pledges $36 Billion for Petronas’ BC LNG plant
Malaysian PM Mohd Najib and Stephen Harper (AP/Lai Seng Sin) by Bruce Cheadle – Canadian Press NUSA DUA, INDONESIA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Bali for an Asia-Pacific…
Billionaire Tom Steyer blasts Harper’s agressive Keystone lobbying
Billionaire Keystone XL pipeline opponent Tom Steyer (photo: Getty Images) OTTAWA – An anti-Keystone XL pipeline crusader has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, suggesting Canada’s aggressive lobbying for the…
BC to study air pollution impacts from proposed LNG plants
Proposed LNG plant in Kitimat – artist’s rendering VICTORIA – The B.C. government will spend $650,000 to study potential air pollution impacts of proposed industrial developments — including liquefied natural…
Judge blasts Alberta government for silencing oilsands critics
Oilsands infrastructure near Fort McMurray (photo: Kris Krüg) EDMONTON – Alberta’s Environment Department has been rebuked by a judge for working behind the scenes to silence groups that question the…
Obey law, minister tells New Brunswick fracking protesters
Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) HALIFAX – New Brunswick’s minister of energy is urging people participating in a demonstration against exploration for shale gas fracking to obey…
Climate Change will hit Canada harder: international report
OTTAWA – The latest international report on climate change confirms that global warming is amplified in Canada and the trend is going to continue, the David Suzuki Foundation said Monday.…
With LNG emissions, BC will fail to meet climate targets
VICTORIA – A report presented to the United Nations indicates British Columbia is meeting its legislated targets to cut greenhouse gas pollution, but environmental leaders say that won’t last much…