This B.C. First Nation is Harnessing Small-Scale Hydro to Get off Diesel
The rain comes down in a dense mist as John Ebell shows off the construction site of the Nicknaqueet River Hydro project, high on a hillside above the Wannock River…
Jimmy Thomson
‘No World-Class Spill Response Here’: Heiltsuk First Nation Pursues Lawsuit One Year After Tug Disaster
Kelly Brown was awoken at 4:30 a.m. on October 13, 2016, by the kind of phone call nobody ever wants to receive : an environmental catastrophe was unfolding a 20-minute…
Christy Clark’s Answer to B.C.’s Early Forest Fires? Burn More Fossil Fuels
Christy Clark is our province’s very own natural gas salmon, swimming gamely upstream against the advice of evidence and experts from multiple fields, determined to spawn B.C.’s LNG business in…
Does National Unity Have to be a Casualty of Canada’s Energy Debate?
Workers are laying down their tools across the Canadian oilpatch as the price slump draws on. Alberta had a net loss of nearly 20,000 jobs in 2015, with skilled workers…
The Unsexy Climate Solution That’s a Total No-Brainer
There’s a new kind of building going up in an old East Vancouver neighbourhood. An eight-storey, 85-unit rental housing development is nothing new for a city that is constantly being…
Low Expectations for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s High Emissions
The summer of 2010 was a bad year for Saskatchewan. Record floods, winds, and hailstorms led to 175 communities declaring states of emergency, and costing the province over $100 million.…
Low Expectations for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s High Emissions
The summer of 2010 was a bad year for Saskatchewan. Record floods, winds and hailstorms led to 175 communities declaring states of emergency, and costing the province over $100 million.…
Should Taxpayers Be On The Hook For Cleaning Up Saskatchewan’s Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells?
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announced Monday he asked the federal government for $156 million to help fund oil and gas well cleanup efforts. In a press release he said the…
Should Taxpayers Be On The Hook For Cleaning Up Saskatchewan’s Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells?
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announced Monday he asked the federal government for $156 million to help fund oil and gas well cleanup efforts. In a press release he said the…