Feds scale back carbon price rebates for small businesses
Dan Kelly, the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says businesses were already getting far less back from carbon pricing than they pay, and this will make that even worse.
Manitoba chooses safe drinking water over sand extraction project
Premier Wab Kinew and Tracy Schmidt, Manitoba’s environment minister, announced Friday the province decided not to grant an environmental licence to the Vivian project.
Energy goes nuclear ... solar and wind in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government has released its strategy to become carbon neutral within 12 years through the use of nuclear, wind and solar energy.
N.L. wants details on environmental impact before huge hydrogen project can go ahead
World Energy GH2 must include more details in its environmental assessment of the massive development, called Project Nujio’qonik, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said.
Chrystia Freeland to meet with provinces over Alberta’s possible CPP pullout
A letter from Freeland to her counterparts says she is convening the virtual meeting on Friday to speak to what she calls flaws underlying Alberta's proposed exit formula.
Four firms inch closer to realizing wind, hydrogen plans in Newfoundland and Labrador
The successful bidders include the Newfoundland and Labrador arm of EverWind Fuels, based in Nova Scotia, and World Energy GH2, a company whose directors include seafood billionaire John Risley and Brendan Paddick, a friend of Premier Andrew Furey.
‘Planting two billion trees is a marathon, it is not a sprint’
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government's plan to plant two billion trees by 2030 is on track, but focusing on adapting to climate change is more important than ever.
Divers run into deepwater shark in shallow Vancouver Island waters
Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site of a shipwreck in Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island last month when he spotted something in the corner of his eye.
Northern Alberta residents stay back to save their community from wildfire
Mike Mercredi, a volunteer firefighter from Fort Chipewyan, Alta., says he is among a group of community members on standby who have been setting up sprinklers on neighbourhood streets as crews work to contain the flames north of the hamlet.
Guilbeault calls Saskatchewan premier’s comments on clean electricity standards ‘untrue’ and ‘irresponsible’
The federal environment minister says Scott Moe promoting fear about the effect on rates is irresponsible because the regulations haven’t even been developed.