‘Later is too late’: seniors show up for climate across Canada
Seniors across Canada attended “rocking chair rallies,” marches, movie nights, town halls and other protests Monday to stress the importance of fighting climate change.
What it takes to get heat pumps into apartment buildings
Heat pumps are a relatively easy way to shift home heating for single-family homes away from planet-heating fossil fuels. But it's not so straightforward to make the switch for large buildings, particularly residential properties like apartments and condos.
Understanding hearts and minds is key to buy-in for federal climate policy
Surveys and studies are being done to understand where Canadians are on a slew of climate issues, including electric vehicles and heat pumps.
TMX in the crosshairs on MPs' first day back in Ottawa
Canadian MPs are back in the capital and kicked off day one by digging into the climate and financial impacts of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX).
Bloc Québécois backs First Nation fighting nuclear waste site
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is throwing his weight behind a First Nation fighting a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River, calling on the federal government to immediately suspend the project.
Fireball, spill, explosion? Preparing for possible TMX disasters
The City of Burnaby is preparing for a series of unlikely but potentially disastrous accidents stemming from the Trans Mountain pipeline system.
'Ludicrous' to subject environmental groups to greenwashing rules, says MP
One of Canada’s most powerful oil lobby groups wants environmental organizations to be bound by a new federal anti-greenwashing competition law. NDP MP Charlie Angus says thew lobby group's proposal is "ludicrous."
New ad campaign takes aim at B.C. LNG
Environmental groups launched an ad campaign to counter pro-LNG advertisements that were deemed to create an "overall misleading impression" that LNG is climate-friendly, according to the advertising industry regulator Ad Standards.
B.C. gets new earthquake alert system
British Columbians will receive warning up to 10 seconds before an earthquake strikes, allowing them time to take vital safety measures, thanks to a new early warning system.
Tailings spill fine not even close to maximum allowed, despite regulator's claims
When the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) announced Imperial Oil had to pay a $50,000 administrative penalty, it said this was the maximum base amount allowed under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. This is "absolutely not" accurate, according to experts.
Liberals just buying time with ocean noise strategy: advocates
A long-overdue federal strategy to tackle ocean noise is here at last — but some advocates say it falls short of what’s needed to protect species from the ever-increasing shipping traffic in Canadian waters.
‘A rounding error’: critics lambast regulator's response to Kearl tailings leak
The Alberta Energy Regulator's $50,000 fine for Imperial Oil for tailings leaks at one of its oilsands facilities is a paltry measure in the face of its massive profits, according to several critics.
Ottawa pledges $16 million for wildfire equipment in Yukon
The territory will add $5 million of its own to the investment, intended to help it acquire firefighting equipment as wildfires trigger evacuations in the north.
An endangered minnow lives in the path of Ford's Highway 413 — and it just got federal protection
Following 15 years of delays, the federal government has released a strategy that should preserve critical habitat for the redside dace — a small, but important, freshwater fish.