Rumoured changes to the way the federal government makes decisions about offshore oil and gas projects have fishermen and environmentalists crying foul on Canada’s East Coast. The changes would give…
Alberta oil and gas companies are wasting so much natural gas each year that Albertans are losing out on up to $21 million a year in provincial natural gas royalties.…
Sharks, sea turtles, corals, wolffish — the 1,200 kilometre Laurentian Channel off the southwest coast of Newfoundland is home to tremendous biodiversity. And that’s the reason it’s set to become…
Nobody could ever accuse Chief Jim Boucher of being anti-oilsands. First elected to lead Fort McKay First Nation in northeast Alberta more than three decades ago, Boucher has made a…
BP Canada plans to drill up to seven exploratory wells off the southeast coast of Nova Scotia that are at least 3.5 times the distance from land and up to…
The cancellation of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline in early October had major consequences for a rather unexpected player: Manitoba Hydro. The company had been counting on the energy demand from…
In 2015, seven young people died in Beaver Lake Cree Nation — a tiny community in northeast Alberta with an on-reserve population of only 345 people. “We started to lose…
Image by Disney This article contains spoilers. The Last Jedi, the eighth episode of the legendary Star Wars series, has been out for less than 10 days but already boasts…
First opposed, then endorsed. It’s now pledged, but called “unworkable.” In Canada the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is not ratified, nor from a legal…
The long-awaited Supreme Court verdict on the Peel Watershed case is finally here. In a unanimous ruling, the highest court in the country decided that three Yukon First Nations and…
Photo from Public Domain Canada’s punditry just created the world’s newest alt-right folk hero. And it only took them 10 days. That has to be a record for them, really…
The fate of the Yukon’s Peel Watershed — one of the most pristine wilderness areas in Canada and home to four First Nations — will be decided by the Supreme…
Photo by kermitfrosch A few weeks ago, at 3:30 in the morning, the Manitoba government froze public transit funding to Winnipeg, equivalent to a $10 million cut. It was a…
There’s no telling if the 220 square-kilometres of unlined tailings ponds in the Alberta oilsands are leaking contaminated waste into nearby water sources, according to the government of Canada. That…
Eleven of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies have dozens of subsidiaries and related companies in known tax haven jurisdictions, according to a new report from the Ottawa-based non-profit Canadians…
In recent months, there’s been a re-emergence of one of the oil industry’s most adored tropes: that without new pipelines, companies will ship oil by rail and threaten entire communities…
A new poll on Canadian attitudes on climate change reveals some pretty stunning numbers about public desire for politicians to act. The poll by Abacus Data found 85 per cent…
It just might be the best climate policy you’ve never heard of. It’s called the Clean Fuel Standard. Proposed back in December 2016 when the landmark Pan-Canadian Framework was signed…
It’s been a busy year of municipalities suing fossil fuel companies. In July, three Californian communities filed a lawsuit against 37 oil and gas companies for their contribution to climate…
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved a tailings management plan from oilsands giant Suncor, despite the plan relying on “newly patented, unproven technology” that will require decades of monitoring.…
