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Law Profs See Environmental Racism Bill as ‘Catalyst for Transformative Change’
This past winter, COVID-19 outbreaks at two Coastal GasLink work camps in northern British Columbia spilled over into neighbouring Wet’suwet’en communities, according to media ... -
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Dakota Access Pipeline Won’t Shut Down During Environmental Review
The Dakota Access Pipeline will be allowed to operate without a key federal permit while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a new ... -
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Line 5 Pipeline Battle Intensifies as May 12 Closure Date Looms
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is less than 10 days away from implementing a momentous decision to shut down a 68-year-old, underwater pipeline that her ... -
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‘These Insurers Can’t Hide’, Campaigner Says, After Regulator Allows Trans Mountain to Keep Identities Secret
The Canada Energy Regulator has decided to grant a request by the operator of the Trans Mountain pipeline to protect the identity of its ... -
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Judge Denies Wet’suwet’en Challenge to Coastal GasLink Permit
The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected a bid to quash the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the ... -
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Nesting Hummingbirds Pause Trans Mountain Pipeline Construction through Mid-August
Environment and Climate Change Canada has ordered a halt to construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline through a forest in Burnaby, British Columbia until ... -
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Think Tank Mulls Looser Rules for Transferring Abandoned Wells to New Owners
A western Canada think tank is calling on Alberta to lower regulatory barriers that it says discourage businesses from reusing abandoned and unreclaimed oil ... -
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Campaigners Scorch BlackRock for Backing Fossil-Heavy Leadership at Wells Fargo Bank
Investment giant BlackRock failed the first test of its promise to hold companies responsible for addressing the climate crisis through their business plans when ... -
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Enbridge Social Responsibility Pitch Rings Hollow with Indigenous Communities
Enbridge’s newly-minted enthusiasm for asserting a warm and fuzzy intersection between its activities and the spiritual and cultural practices of Indigenous Peoples is merely ... -
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U.S. Army Corps Declines to Close Dakota Access Pipeline Despite Missing Permit
Indigenous leaders and progressive Democrats are urging the Biden administration to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ... -
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Prepare to Lose 450,000 Fossil Jobs in Transition Off Carbon, TD Warns
As many as 450,000 of the 600,000 people now employed directly or indirectly by the Canadian fossil industry could be looking for new jobs ... -
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Canadian Fossils Predict Long Future for Oil and Gas, Look to Carbon Capture to Cut Emissions
Canada’s biggest fossils aren’t considering a sudden pivot to renewable energy, but pipeline companies have no major expansion plans in the offing, judging by ... -
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Pre-Budget Opinion Snapshot Shows Jobs, Climate Action Among Canadians’ Top Priorities
A new public opinion snapshot shows job creation, climate action, and income inequalities among Canadians’ top priorities ahead of this month’s federal budget. -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Alberta Job Posting for ESG Czar More Talk than Action, Observers Say
The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about ...
