Energy

Standing side-by-side with his long-time colleague, Sidney Ribaux mischievously threw a light jab at a gaggle of journalists and TV cameras deployed for a Friday morning news conference. He didn't expect to see so much interest for a briefing about pesticides, he said with a smile.

The Site C dam construction is just one kilometre away from an unpredictable landslide that has forced about 200 residents from their homes in Northern B.C., near the Peace River.

Equality, freedom and independence are words that inspired humanity's great social movements. Are there similar powerful words for today's environmental movement? Graham Saul interviewed 116 leading environmentalists and examines his findings here.

Carbon pollution would have to be cut by 45 per cent by 2030 – compared with a 20 per cent cut under the 2C pathway – and come down to zero by 2050, compared with 2075 for 2C. This would require carbon prices that are three to four times higher than for a 2C target. But the costs of doing nothing would be far higher.

What led to the failure of the Energy East pipeline, the largest oil pipeline project ever proposed in Canada? Journalist Jacques Poitras set out to chronicle the story of the Energy East project several years ago, but by the time he finished his book, the pipeline had been terminated by its proponent, Calgary-based energy company, TransCanada. It turned his book into a political whodunit.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do.

As Ontarians prepare to go to the polls to elect their municipal representatives on Oct. 22, voters should pay particular attention to candidates who propose concrete measures to protect the environment, advocate for sustainable development policies and equip our cities with green infrastructure in an effort to flight climate change, writes Ottawa candidate Anthony Carricato

The Trudeau government says it won't appeal an Aug. 30 Federal Court of Appeal ruling that quashed its approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, instead choosing to appoint a former Supreme Court justice to oversee new Indigenous consultations.

Quebec's new premier designate, François Legault, says he told Ontario Premier Doug Ford he wanted to chat with him soon about selling some of the French-speaking Canadian province's hydroelectric power as part of its efforts to take care of the environment.

Investors have given final approval for a massive liquefied national gas project in northern British Columbia.

Canada says it is still committed to addressing climate change in its trade relations with the United States through “ongoing negotiations” of a separate environmental agreement.

A new $40-billion investment in a fossil fuel plant in B.C. is expected to be formally announced this week, according to reports. 

The new trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico does not appear to explicitly mention the terms "climate change" or "global warming." But the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), meant to replace NAFTA, does contain an "environment" chapter.

A positive final investment decision for LNG Canada could eventually encourage other projects to follow suit, creating demand needed to soak up Western Canada's glut of natural gas, producers say.

After following the evolution of the Energy East pipeline project proposal for years, I thought I had documented a large part of this epic political saga, writes National Observer managing editor Mike De Souza. But then I read Jacques Poitras’s riveting account of the story in his new book, Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada's Energy Future.