Today members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia will request the Liberal government pull out of the federal National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline…
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is asking the Harper government to consider reclassifying liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals as ‘manufacturing assets’ to provide tax breaks to companies struggling…
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is asking the Harper government to consider reclassifying liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals as ‘manufacturing assets’ to provide tax breaks to companies struggling…
Sun New went dark Friday, not with a bang but a whimper. The Sun News television channel faded to black at 5am eastern time with no on-air announcement, the screen…
Kinder Morgan, the company currently seeking permission to nearly triple the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline to carry Albertan crude to the west coast, has engaged in a protracted…
In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses an ongoing investigation into hundreds of aquifers in California that may have been contaminated with fracking waste. We also discuss a letter…
The B.C. Supreme Court awarded $50,000 in damages to climate scientist Andrew Weaver in a ruling Friday that confirms articles published by the National Post defamed his character. The ruling…
Unlike the U.S., where the wellspring of cash flooding federal elections is reaching a new level of absurdity (try $5 billion), Canada has kept federal political campaigns relatively grounded by…
A letter submitted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the State Department gives new weight to concerns the proposed $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline, destined to carry crude…
In this episode of DeSmogCAST host Farron Cousins joins DeSmog cast Carol Linnitt and Justin Mikulka to discuss how recent changes in the global oil market, combined with a language…
“Forget press releases. Forget press agents, publicists. Forget advertorials and sponsored content and native content. Forget all of it. If what you want for your company, your government bureau, is…
Today marks five years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the wrong way on the Citizens United case, allowing unlimited spending by corporations in elections. Protesters in Washington spent the…
The National Energy Board ruled in favour of Kinder Morgan, Friday, allowing the company to keep its emergency response plans for the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline secret. Kinder Morgan fought…
In today’s January 15, 2015 episode DeSmogCAST host Farron Cousins joins DeSmoggers Carol Linnitt, Kyla Mandel, and Mike Gaworecki to discuss Canada’s efforts to prevent a NAFTA-led investigation into the…
The U.S. and Mexico appear to have joined Canada in its fight to prevent a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) investigation of the more than 176 square kilometres of…
In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses Obama’s recent promise to veto legislation put forward by a Republican-led Congress to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the…
In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses Obama’s recent promise to veto legislation put forward by a Republican-led Congress to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the…
A new study published today in the journal Nature finds the vast majority – 99 per cent – of Canada’s oilsands are “unburnable” if the world is to avoid a…
The White House confirmed today that President Obama will veto Congressional legislation designed to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the contentious project first proposed six years ago to…
The White House confirmed today that President Obama will veto Congressional legislation designed to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the contentious project first proposed six years ago to…
