Video: This is Geothermal
Canada is the only country on the Pacific Ring of Fire that doesn't use geothermal energy on a commercial scale. More than 30 years ago, B.C. was instructed to investigate…
Emma Gilchrist
Video: This is Geothermal
Canada is the only country on the Pacific Ring of Fire that doesn't use geothermal energy on a commercial scale. More than 30 years ago, B.C. was instructed to investigate…
‘It’s the Last Place We Have for Our People’: Doig River’s Last Stand Amidst Fracking Boom
In the heart of one of the continent’s biggest fracking booms stands a place the people of the Doig River First Nation have revered for generations. Elders remember visiting this…
Province Orders Enbridge to Seek New B.C. Environment Certificate for Northern Gateway
Enbridge will have to secure an environmental assessment certificate from the B.C. government if it wants to proceed with its Northern Gateway oil pipeline according to an order issued by…
‘It’s No Longer About Saying No’: How B.C.’s First Nations Are Taking Charge With Tribal Parks
As the crow flies, the territory of the Tsilhqot’in Nation lies just 300 kilometres north of Vancouver— but, cut off by the coastal mountains, it feels like a world away.…
Want To Reduce Suicide in Native Communities? Step 1: Stop Destroying Native Land
For the past couple weeks, Canadians have been wringing their hands about the suicide epidemic in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Cross Lake, Manitoba. In the community of 6,000, six…
Want To Reduce Suicide in Native Communities? Step 1: Stop Destroying Native Land
For the past couple weeks, Canadians have been wringing their hands about the suicide epidemic in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Cross Lake, Manitoba. In the community of 6,000, six…
Site C Dam Permits Quietly Issued During Federal Election
Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s government issued 14 permits for work on the $9 billion Site C dam during the writ period of the last election — a move that…
Site C Dam Permits Quietly Issued During Federal Election
Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s government issued 14 permits for work on the $9 billion Site C dam during the writ period of the last election — a move that…
That Time We Agreed with Ezra Levant
Ezra Levant is at it again. Only this time we aren’t rolling our eyes and quickly closing the Internet browser. No, this time we actually agree with him. Hear us…
That Time We Agreed with Ezra Levant
Ezra Levant is at it again. Only this time we aren’t rolling our eyes and quickly closing the Internet browser. No, this time we actually agree with him. Hear us…
Why Alberta’s Climate Plan Won’t Stop the Battle Over Oil Pipelines
An article published last week in the National Post that claims a “secret” deal was struck between oil companies and environmentalists has ruffled many feathers — from corporate big wigs…
DeSmog Canada Named as Finalist for Canadian Online Publishing Award
DeSmog Canada has been named as a finalist for “Best News Coverage” by the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The awards recognize the best of the country’s online publishing and are…
‘It’s a New Day’: Why Environmentalists Need to Change Their Strategy Under Trudeau Government
Nine and a half years. That’s how long Stephen Harper was prime minister of Canada — a long haul for environmentalists, who were all but shut out of Ottawa and…
Canada Now Has a Minister of Environment AND Climate Change
Leaders in Canada’s environmental community are expressing optimism about the appointment of lawyer Catherine McKenna as Minister of Environment and Climate Change at a swearing in ceremony in Ottawa Wednesday…
Is the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Finally Dead?
In August 2014, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau made the trek to the tiny Gitga’at community of Hartley Bay, located along Enbridge’s proposed oil tanker route in northwestern B.C. There, in…
Job Growth in Canada’s Booming Clean Energy Sector Outpaced Every Other Sector in 2013: Report
A new report from Clean Energy Canada finds that in 2014, the value of clean energy projects approached $11 billion, an increase of 88 per cent from 2013. “Here’s a…
Job Growth in Canada’s Booming Clean Energy Sector Outpaced Every Other Sector in 2013: Report
A new report from Clean Energy Canada finds that in 2014, the value of clean energy projects approached $11 billion, an increase of 88 per cent from 2013. “Here’s a…
Young Canadians Aren’t Apathetic, They’re Ignored By Political Parties: New Study
A report released today by Samara Canada — a charity dedicated to reconnecting citizens to politics — calls into question the idea that Canadian youth are apathetic and stresses the…
Prime Minister Harper’s Inaction on Climate Killed the Keystone XL Oilsands Pipeline
With U.S. President Barack Obama expected to deny a permit to the Keystone XL pipeline this fall, Canada’s oil industry is looking for someone to blame. The National Post’s Claudia…