Energy

For the second time this week, the government used its majority on a House of Commons committee to shut down opposition attempts to call ministers responsible for Trans Mountain to appear before them.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants urgent federal action to stop a "regulatory merry-go-round" and get the Trans Mountain pipeline built.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew some laughter from a crowd of journalists and staffers as he gestured to the premier of B.C. in the middle of a news conference. “Stay here,” Trudeau said as B.C. Premier John Horgan walked away from the podium.

The Apuiat wind project may be making progress on paper after drafting a deal with Hydro-Québec, but the proposed wind farm's troubles are not over as the clock ticks down on Quebec's election.

French president accused of doing too little, as he appoints new environment minister

Representatives of Canada’s oil and gas industry like to talk about jobs and all the people they employ. In particular, Tim McMillan, who represents all the oil and gas industry as CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, seems to talk about jobs at every opportunity.

Tens of trillions of dollars in economic gains lie in wait as the ultimate prize for nations that can successfully put a price on pollution, kill fossil fuel subsidies and take other steps to tackle climate change — but time is running out.

Federal Conservatives denied responsibility on Tuesday for a critical mistake made under their watch, which resulted in a damaging blow delivered by the Federal Court of Appeal to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline and tanker expansion project.

Take a behind-the-scenes peek at the investigation by Mike De Souza and National Observer's team into the Kinder Morgan saga.

The leader of Canada’s official Opposition party on Friday appeared to walk back an erroneous tweet that describes oil as the cleanest form of energy available.

Canada is fortunate indeed to have a court system that produces rulings of the depth and quality of the Federal Court of Appeal’s judgment on the Trans Mountain Project.

When I wrote to Justin Trudeau on October 25, 2015—almost three years ago—I warned him that it was critical to implement his promise to redo Trans Mountain’s review and fix the industry-captured National Energy Board as soon as possible.  

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation and other First Nations spokespersons expressed their surprise and elation at a press conference following the groundbreaking Trans Mountain decision by the Federal Court of Appeal, calling it a "paradigm shift in the acknowledgment of Indigenous rights."

Kinder Morgan shareholders voted almost unanimously to sell the Trans Mountain project to the federal government within an hour of the Federal Court of Appeal pulling the plug on the pipeline expansion - at least temporarily.

Vancouver and Burnaby Mayors expressed triumph after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled to quash Ottawa’s approval of the troubled Trans Mountain expansion project on Thursday.