Canada's Climate Daily

Senator says Canadians are soured on big oilsands projects

"We saw Alberta drawing a line in the sand with the (Trans Mountain) pipeline. Now there’s another line in the sand," Independent Sen. Mary Coyle said, about the Frontier mine. "And you can’t keep going with those lines in the sand."

The Frontier decision is symbolic, but not in the way you’ve been led to believe

When climate change drove all the men away

Hundreds of thousands of young Indigenous campesinos in Mexico are putting down their farming tools to seek work abroad as harvests continue to drop dramatically. Brutality and loneliness in a village of women in the heat of climate change

B.C. orders further pipeline consultation with Wet’suwet’en

The new twist in the Coastal GasLink saga comes as pressure continues to build on those standing in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en who have blockaded major railway lines in Canada.

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs meet with Mohawks in Quebec

Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation maintained on Saturday, February 22, 2020, that they want to see RCMP gone from their territory and a halt to construction of a natural-gas pipeline on their lands to kickstart talks with the federal government and see a possible end to crippling rail blockades.

Protests spring up, even after Trudeau orders blockades torn down

More protests in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs sprung up on Saturday, February 21, 2020, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pivoted to take a sterner tone with Indigenous leaders he blames for halting train service across much of Canada.

Premier Ford kicks off re-election campaign more than 2 years ahead of the vote

Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday, February 22, 2020, night, a move he makes more than two years ahead of the next provincial election and on the same day union activists vowed to fight his government ahead of that vote.

BC money laundering inquiry to examine hotbeds of dirty money

British Columbia's attorney general hopes an inquiry into money laundering will answer lingering questions about how the criminal activity flourished in the province and identify those who allowed it to happen.

Washington state to restrict companies from bottling local water

State senate passes bill to ban new permits for water bottling operations, calling process ‘detrimental to public welfare’

Trump’s Plan to Plant a Trillion Saplings Misses the Forest for the Trees

As a means to address climate change, it’s a complete cop-out.