Why the ‘We’re All Responsible’ Line is a Climate Change Cop-Out
To no one’s surprise, there’s been an awfully wide range of responses to what caused the catastrophic Fort McMurray wildfires. Some blame climate change. Others peg it on the El…
To no one’s surprise, there’s been an awfully wide range of responses to what caused the catastrophic Fort McMurray wildfires. Some blame climate change. Others peg it on the El…
Canadian mining companies are desperate. That’s about the only possible conclusion to be drawn after monitoring the federal lobbying database for more than eight months. Since the election in October,…
In April and May alone, Lone Pine Resources Inc. — the oil and gas company that’s currently suing the government of Canada for $118.9 million in alleged damages — lobbied…
In April and May alone, Lone Pine Resources Inc. — the oil and gas company that’s currently suing the government of Canada for $118.9 million in alleged damages — lobbied…
It might not have packed quite the same visual punch as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s behaviour in the House of Commons on Wednesday, but the Saskatchewan government’s throne speech —…
It might not have packed quite the same visual punch as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s behaviour in the House of Commons on Wednesday, but the Saskatchewan government’s throne speech —…
We’re only a minute into watching a brief low-budget video — one that begins by alleging U.S. President Barack Obama is a bully because he suggests that climate change deniers…
We’ve all seen a chart like it: logos of corporations connected by thin lines to other logos, linking dozens of subsidiaries to spin-offs of even larger companies. But such diagrams…
It’s been a month of mostly good news for Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, the two companies pushing to build major pipeline projects from Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s coast.Tags: Enbridge…
Exactly a year has passed since the centre-left New Democratic Party (NDP) rolled to a stunning win in Alberta.Yet it’s still deeply surreal to think about that victory on May…
With news of the Port of Vancouver ruffling the feathers of the federal government by issuing a permit for a jet fuel pipeline without so much as a heads up,…
The speech Alberta Premier Rachel Notley gave to over 1,000 federal NDP delegates on Saturday in Edmonton’s Shaw Convention Centre was a stunning thing to behold.In a mere half-hour, she…
A complaint filed with Alberta’s Office of the Ethics Commissioner on Tuesday argues that the president of the Coal Association of Canada contravened the Conflict of Interest Act by lobbying…
It’s been a rough start to 2016 for many companies hoping to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals in Canada, with the price for the product continuing its freefall…
Canada’s major ports handle more than 300 million tonnes of cargo every year. They’re how we import products like cars and TVs and how we export commodities like grain and…
Canada’s major ports handle more than 300 million tonnes of cargo every year. They’re how we import products like cars and TVs and how we export commodities like grain and…
Oilsands monitoring programs aren’t quite living up to expectations.That was the conclusion presented by a six-person expert panel in Edmonton on February 22.The two organizations that were examined — the…
Oilsands monitoring programs aren’t quite living up to expectations.That was the conclusion presented by a six-person expert panel in Edmonton on February 22.The two organizations that were examined — the…
Only three-and-a-half months have passed since the federal election, but fossil fuel companies and lobby groups haven’t wasted any time in ramping up their lobbying efforts. Suncor, the country’s largest…
Albertans are more politically progressive than assumed, according to findings collected by Ottawa’s Abacus Data and published in a recent report titled “The Quiet Majority.” Commissioned by Progress Alberta —…