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Inuit Call for Federal Partnership to Address ‘Life and Death’ Climate Impacts
With the Arctic warming at nearly twice the national average rate, Canada’s Inuit are urging the federal government to form a working partnership grounded ... -
Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
String of Cancellations Could Spell the End of New Gas Plants in California
The latest in a string of project cancellations is opening up the possibility that California will never have to build another new natural gas ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited StatesWater
Minnesota Appeals Court Rejects Line 3 Pipeline Approval
Fossils were disappointed and Enbridge saw its share price fall 4.7% Monday, after a Minnesota appeals court ruled a state regulator had failed to ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
MMIWG Inquiry Highlights Connection Between Megaproject Work Camps, Sexual Violence
Natural resource companies and their regulators must factor in the safety and security of Indigenous women and girls at every step in planning and ... -
Mass Puffin Die-Off in 2016 Shows the ‘Ocean is Screaming’
Climate change is being blamed for the starvation deaths of up to 9,000 Alaskan puffins and other seabirds in 2016, and millions in less ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySub-National Governments
Kenney Kills Carbon Tax, Offers ‘Hopes and Prayers’ as Wildfires Rage
With Alberta Premier Jason Kenney helpfully pointing out that carbon taxes don’t prevent forest fires, multiple communities were under evacuation orders and crews across ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Coastal First Nations Demand Senate Passage of B.C. Tanker Ban
A coalition of nine First Nations from coastal British Columbia is demanding that unelected senators endorse the Trudeau government’s bill to ban tanker traffic ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
B.C. Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Judges’ Decision Against Trans Mountain Regulation
British Columbia is on its way to a Supreme Court of Canada appeal, after the provincial Court of Appeal ruled unanimously against its right ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisSub-National Governments
Ford’s Anti-Carbon Tax TV Ad Backfires, But Indigenous Budget Cut Hits Home
The Doug Ford government in Ontario faced widespread ridicule last week for an inept anti-carbon tax video that delivered the opposite of its intended ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
New Federal-Provincial Rules Will Allow ‘Inevitable’ Release of Toxic Tar Sands/Oil Sands Tailings
The federal and Alberta governments are planning to allow tar sands/oil sands companies to release 1.3 trillion litres of liquid waste, currently held in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetySub-National Governments
Wildfire Expert Warns of ‘Nightmare Scenario’ as High Level, Alberta, Bushe River Dene Evacuate
About 4,000 people in and around High Level, Alberta are under an evacuation order as the 60,000-hectare Chuckegg Creek wildfire, one of six burning ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsWater
‘Unprecedented’ Interference by Unelected Senators Puts Environmental Reforms in Jeopardy
Politicians and environmental groups are raising the alarm about political interference after unelected Canadian senators voted down one environmental protection bill in committee and ...
