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Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as much as admitted this week that the federal bailout of Kinder Morgan’s troubled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion amounts ... -
McGill Senate Votes to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment
The McGill University senate has voted in favour of dropping the institution’s fossil fuel investments, a decision that puts it at odds with a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Even Brief Exposure to Diluted Bitumen Doesn’t End Well for Sockeye Salmon Eggs
Even brief exposure to diluted bitumen significantly impairs the development and survival of sockeye salmon eggs, according to a new paper in the journal ... -
Marshall: Fossil Lobbyists Tout Job Creation Despite Continuing Quest for Layoffs
As the process of “de-manning” the fossil industry picks up momentum, Environmental Defence National Program Manager Dale Marshall has a question for Canadian policy-makers: ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trudeau Weighs Trans Mountain Legislation While Suncor Delays Tar Sands/Oil Sands Expansion
The federal government is considering new legislation or a Supreme Court of Canada appeal in its efforts to restart construction of the Trans Mountain ... -
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13-Point ‘To-Stop List’ Offers Trudeau a Way Forward After Trans Mountain
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet try to patch together a to-do list to salvage the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in light ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Appeal Court Halts Trans Mountain Pipeline Construction in Scathing Rebuke to NEB
In a scathing rebuke of the National Energy Board’s “unjustified failure” to consider oil tanker risks triggered by expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Notley Yanks Alberta Out of Federal Climate Plan
Hours after a landmark court decision striking down federal approval of the C$13.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced she was ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta, Fossils Mount Public Campaign Against Federal Clean Fuel Standard
The Alberta government and its fossil industry allies have launched a public campaign against one of the cornerstones of the federal climate action plan, ... -
Notley Government Names Veteran Fossil Exec to Chair Emissions Reduction Alberta
The Alberta government has appointed veteran fossil executive David Collyer, former president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and longtime Shell executive, ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Sentencing Should Reflect ‘Real-World Context’ for Pipeline Protests, Doctor Tells TMX Judge
The massive, irrefutable harms to human health already being delivered by climate change demand that courts rule beyond the narrow letter of the law ... -
South Portland, Maine Wins Landmark Case Upholding Local Anti-Pipeline Ordinance
The city of South Portland, Maine and environmental groups are praising a federal court ruling that a local ordinance banning bulk loading of tar ...
