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Péloffy: ‘Epic Clash of World Views’ Pits Public Mobilization Against Fossil Lobby
Quebec’s “climate spring” is a cascading grassroot trend that the province’s “powers that be” ignore at their peril, argues Karine Péloffy, legal counsel for ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
News Analyst Hopes for ‘Less Bellicose’ Kenney as Climate Groups Prepare for the Worst [GoFundMe Campaign]
News commentary in the wake of the United Conservative Party’s decisive election win in Alberta last week is skewing in two equal and opposite ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Asadollahi: Kenney Won, But Alberta’s Politics Are Forever Changed
The results of last week’s Alberta elections were disappointing -- the incoming government is largely in denial of anthropogenic climate change and has openly ... -
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Kenney Vows to ‘Stand Up’ for Fossil Jobs, ‘Turn Off the Taps’ to B.C.
With about 55% of the popular vote and 63 out of 87 seats in the next Alberta legislature, premier-designate Jason Kenney used his victory ... -
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Analysis: Alberta Misses Out on Grown-Up Conversation About Fossil Transition
With Albertans voting tomorrow in the province’s 30th general election, most of the punditry and virtually every opinion poll reinforce the popular wisdom that ... -
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‘Built on Quicksand, Clear as Mud’: Trans Mountain Costs Are Impossible to Track, IEEFA Warns
The financial arrangements behind Canadian taxpayers’ involuntary acquisition of the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline are “built on quicksand and clear as mud”, the Institute ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: If Kenney Takes Alberta, Trudeau Finally Gets to Make a Decision
With Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party (UCP) looking virtually certain to win the Alberta provincial election next week, news analysts are beginning to weigh ... -
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Pipeline Opponents File Lawsuit Against Trump’s Latest Keystone XL Permit
Pipeline opponents were back in U.S. federal court last Friday, contending that Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
20 Elected First Nations Councils Seek Stake in Coastal GasLink Pipeline
A group of 20 elected First Nations councils was expected to present a bid this week for a 22.5% share in TransCanada Corporation’s contentious ... -
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Long-Delayed Emergency Warning for Steelhead Trout Has Implications for Trans Mountain Pipeline
The federal government has spent more than year considering an emergency warning from scientists that pits endangered steelhead trout, and their importance to the ... -
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Canadian Organizer Calls for Bank Strike Against Fossil Fuel Investments
Scarcely two weeks after an international study placed five Canadian banks at the centre of financing fossil fuel development, in defiance of the targets ... -
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C-69 Would Deliver More Timely, Credible Decisions, Impact Assessment Specialist Argues
The federal government’s embattled Impact Assessment Act, Bill C-69, would actually deliver more credible project decisions, better consideration of economic factors, and more timely, ... -
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Trump Issues New Keystone Permit in Defiance of Montana Court Ruling
Two major oil pipelines between Canada and the United States are running into renewed legal hurdles, with Donald Trump making what appears to be ...
