Kinder Morgan opponents say Canada's going backwards on climate
As Trans Mountain details its next six months of pipeline construction, Oil Change International states that we must stop extracting more oil.
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Feds reviewing transfer payments to Ontario
About $420 million in federal funding is on the line after Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that his government was beginning an "orderly wind-down" of the province's green programs.
Scorching heat wave keeps Canada Day crowds low on Parliament Hill
A scorching heat wave has kept crowds on Parliament Hill smaller than usual for Canada Day festivities in the nation's capital.
Fedeli says quitting carbon market shows Ontario is 'open for business'
Ontario’s new finance minister Vic Fedeli says he believes that withdrawing the province from the cap-and-trade carbon market signals that Ontario is open for business.
Trudeau promotes public servant following Trans Mountain controversy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will promote a high-ranking public servant who helped oversee consultations with First Nations prior to the government's 2016 approval of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
Canada's goal is to become world's cleanest producer of LNG: Carr
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says Canada's pathway to a clean energy future includes not only transitioning to renewable sources of energy but also technology that makes traditional fossil fuels cleaner to produce and burn.
Minnesota approves Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline project
Minnesota regulators on Thursday28, 2018, June approved Enbridge Energy's proposal to replace its aging Line 3 oil pipeline, angering opponents who say the project threatens pristine areas and have vowed Standing Rock-style protests if needed to block it.
Provinces and territories agree to protect more land and water, McKenna says
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna couldn’t provide specific details about how Canada intends to add an area roughly the size of Saskatchewan to its protected jurisdiction, within 18 months.
Mike Schreiner wants to help Doug Ford save money in Ontario
Hours before Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford was to be sworn in, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said the new premier should make sure he has an alternate plan in place so that Ontario residents don't wind up paying for the changes in government policy.
Canadian high-speed hyperloop transit company threatens to move to Europe
A Canadian hyperloop company is threatening to relocate its headquarters to Europe unless it secures political support at home for its technology that would transport goods and passengers through tubes at airplane speeds.
Big Oil won a battle in court this week, but the war is far from over
A San Francisco federal judge ruled in favor of Big Oil, throwing out a prominent lawsuit brought by two California cities, Oakland and San Francisco, over the fossil fuel industry’s responsibility in dealing with climate change.
America's new climate champion
The progressive newcomer and avowed Democratic Socialist is likely to win in November on the most ambitious climate platform of anyone in her party.
More than $1 billion will go through seldom-used Canadian account to buy pipeline
The federal government ordered the Export Development Corporation to carry out the transaction through a directive tabled in Parliament.
BP Canada spews toxic mud near Halifax
BP Canada has reported spilling about 136,000 litres of toxic drilling mud from a pipe about 30 metres below sea level, a federal regulator said in a news bulletin.
An illuminating look at what Doug Ford just did to Ontarians' energy bills
The implications for the Conservatives are serious. Scrapping Ontario’s cap and trade system will be “messy and costly”