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Safe injection sites for oil: Why doesn’t Canada’s harm reduction philosophy...
Toronto city council voted in favour of a supervised injection site during the summer. Alberta is building a plan to introduce safe injection to combat the fentanyl crisis. Hamilton is looking for a...
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McKenna unmuzzles Ed Fast but opposition critic still isn’t going to COP22...
As this blog noted Friday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was forced to overrule her bureaucrats who seemed to be trying to put a muzzle on any MPs, First Nations leaders, NGO representatives...
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McKenna and her critics now haggling over the bill to attend Marrakech...
When last we left Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and her official opposition critic, Conservative MP Ed Fast, they were at odds over McKenna’s insistence that Fast sign a “Delegate...
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Economic boon or environmental disaster? How to navigate Canada’s murky...
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline has generated praise from the energy sector and business groups, but sparked outrage from climate campaigners,...
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Federal government should overhaul pipeline review and approval process:...
OTTAWA – The process for reviewing and approving energy projects in Canada desperately needs an overhaul to help resolve the “pipeline paralysis” currently plaguing the country and to bring more...
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Dubai firm dreams of importing icebergs from Antarctica to melt for water...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Dubai firm’s dream of towing icebergs from the Antarctic to the Arabian Peninsula could face some titanic obstacles. Where many see the crumbling polar ice caps as a...
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Canadian pension fund steps into the muck of British sewage-treatment scandal
For a water and sewage company, it is the stuff of public-relations nightmares — feces spewing into rivers; a flotilla of used tampons, condoms, diapers and dental floss gathering around boats;...
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Drill, baby, drill — Part II: Trump will lift 40-year ban on oil exploration...
Drilling for crude in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may be just the start as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to revive Alaska’s beleaguered oil industry. Republicans in Congress handed the...
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‘We’re all in’: Environment minister says Canada will meet Paris climate...
EDMONTON — Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada is committed to meeting its climate change targets despite a growing gap between promises and emissions projections. “We’re...
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As Conservatives call for more carbon tax data, Ottawa delivers analyses —...
OTTAWA — Amid criticism from the Conservatives that it has failed to provide enough information about the possible impacts of a price on carbon, the federal government has prepared analyses of how much...
View ArticleFederal environment minister Catherine McKenna defends BP Canada’s plans to...
HALIFAX — Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending BP Canada’s plans to drill a deep-water exploration well roughly 330 kilometres off the coast of Halifax. This...
View ArticleGlobal warming means trapped microplastics will be released from Arctic sea ice
Huge amounts of microplastics trapped within Arctic sea ice will be released into the world’s oceans with global warming, researchers have warned. The Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany found 12,000...
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Teen who started Oregon wildfire ordered to pay $37 million restitution by judge
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — A teenager who started a major wildfire in the scenic Columbia River Gorge in Oregon has been ordered to pay restitution for at least the next decade, though it’s unlikely the boy...
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Federal carbon tax could ‘degrade’ Canadian fishing industry’s...
OTTAWA — The federal government’s carbon tax could take a toll on Canada’s fishing industry, causing its competitiveness to “degrade relative to other nations,” according to an analysis from the...
View ArticleEvacuation alerts issued for 51 B.C. residents as two wildfires burn out of...
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — More than a dozen residents in British Columbia’s southern Interior have been asked to evacuate their homes, as the 2018 wildfire season makes an aggressive start with two large...
View ArticleThis is one reason why an unconditional ban on plastic straws could be a problem
The worldwide movement to ban single-use plastics is picking up momentum as a growing number of bars and restaurants have pledged to #StopSucking plastic straws. In November 2019, Vancouver will become...
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Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade. If that continues, we are in...
Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting at rapidly increasing rate, now pouring more than 200 billion tons of ice into the ocean annually and raising sea levels a half millimeter every year, a team of 80...
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Researchers deliberately spill oil into lakes to study impact on ecosystem
KENORA, Ont. — Researchers were in northwestern Ontario over the weekend spilling diluted oilsands bitumen and crude oil into a lake to study how the ecosystem, from microbes to fish, responds. The...
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John Muir’s ‘forest masterpiece’ is back on display as Yosemite opens doors...
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — John Muir, the naturalist who was most at home sleeping outdoors on a bed of pine needles in the Sierra Nevada, called giant sequoias the “noblest of God’s trees.” For...
View ArticleFederal environment minister Catherine McKenna defends BP Canada’s plans to...
HALIFAX — Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending BP Canada’s plans to drill a deep-water exploration well roughly 330 kilometres off the coast of Halifax. This...
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