When the Harper government announced deep funding cuts to science programs across the country, the Institute of Ocean Sciences, one of Canada’s largest marine institutes located in Sidney, B.C., was…
Dr. David Schindler, the scientist who sounded the alarm on tar sands contamination back in 2010, has suddenly found his research backed by an Environment Canada study recently published in…
According to a document obtained by Greenpeace Canada through an Access to Information request, the current overhaul of Canada’s environmental protections doesn’t just look like a gift to the oil…
The oil and gas industry has just been handed an opportunity to walk the walk when it comes to ‘best practices‘ for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking for unconventional gas. BaseTrace…
“There is no amount of regulation that can overcome human error,” said Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) spokesman Darin Barter. ERCB released an investigation report that cites inadequate management…
Shell Canada announced that the company will immediately abandon plans to frack for natural gas in an area of British Columbia known as the Sacred Headwaters on Tahltan Nation traditional…
The China Investment Corporation (ICI), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, is set to become a powerful landowner in British Columbia if a $100 million deal with Island…
Last week Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada announced Canada had “officially joined the latest round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations” after more than two and a half years…
It looks like islands aren’t the only thing Enbridge overlooks these days. A report released today by ForestEthics Advocacy summarizes all of the information missing from Enbridge evidence brought before…
A pipeline safety review conducted by the Alberta government last summer was done with the oil and gas industry’s interests in mind, according to recent documents released to Greenpeace through…
Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the approval of two major acquisitions of Canadian energy companies by foreign state-owned enterprises. The Chinese National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) will commence the…
While international cooperation to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions has never been a greater imperative, climate progress has never been more stymied, more corrupted by those who stand to gain…
Oil industry lobbyists in Canada have taken the country by the reins. At least, that’s the implication of the Polaris Institute‘s new report released today. The report, “Big Oil’s Oily…
Canada’s leadership is failing to uphold international commitments to reduce the country’s emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This failure on the global stage is…
Stikine Gold Mining Corp. will provide unconventional gas producers with British Columbian silica sand for fracking operations if the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations approves the company's…
British Columbian filmmakers Nicolas Teichrob and Anthony Bonello are leading a grassroots campaign to protect BC's waters from Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. In an effort to bring awareness to…
Enbridge was forced to shut down one of its pipelines last week after 900 barrels of crude oil leaked at the Mokena tank farm near Chicago. The leak was discovered…
Two separate incidents involving container ships off the coast of British Columbia have local First Nations questioning the prudence of transporting tar sands crude in the region's hazardous waterways. The…
If you ask an Environment Canada media spokesperson about contamination resulting from tar sands operations, they will not tell you the federal government has failed to adequately monitor the mega-project's…
Today federal scientists from Environment Canada presented research at an international toxicology conference in the U.S. that indicates contaminants from the Alberta tar sands are polluting the landscape on a…
