Environment

news

Albertans Get Bum Deal from Oil Industry: Report

Low royalties deprive province of 'significant, increasing amounts of potential revenue.'

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 5 Apr 2012

opinion

Five Paradigm Shifts to Enhance a City

Vancouver's progressive planners, designers, and architects, on images inspiring their worldview.

By  Various Contributors, 4 Apr 2012

news

Don't Gut Fisheries Act, Plead 625 Scientists

Tories plan to stop protecting waterways with fish deemed to lack 'economic, cultural or ecological value.'

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 24 Mar 2012

opinion

Lake Killing Made Easy

How healthy wild lakes are being reclassified as 'tailings impoundment areas.'

By Allan Casey, 23 Mar 2012

news

Report from the Texas Energy Boom

Fracking is wrapped in the flag of patriotism, but Asian exports and higher prices also loom large.

By Dawn Paley, 19 Mar 2012

opinion

Whither the Yellow Cedar?

The sad irony of a tree freezing to death in a warming climate. How to stop it.

By Jens Wieting, 16 Mar 2012

opinion

Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap

K-Mart and Easy-E drop some oil sands science. Your Friday satire.

By Various Contributors, 16 Mar 2012

news

Scientists Doubt Fix to Wetlands Damaged by Oil Sands

Current reclamation efforts fail to replace valuable carbon-storing landscapes, study finds.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 14 Mar 2012

news

Paying Too Much for Carbon Offsets?

Enviro minister says BC's deciding what to do about excess cash collected from schools, hospitals.

By Andrew MacLeod, 13 Mar 2012

opinion

My Cage Fight in Fort McMurray

Alberta invited me to give a talk. Next thing I know, I'm duking it out with the VP of Enbridge Northern Gateway.

By Michael Byers, 9 Mar 2012

opinion

'Dutch Disease': McGuinty Was Right the First Time

Evidence Alberta premier cites to support industry expansion based on dubious energy economics.

By Robyn Allan, 6 Mar 2012

news

Spill from Hell: Diluted Bitumen

Poisoned air. Sunken gunk. A clean-up nightmare. What we're learning from the oil sands 'DilBit' dump into the Kalamazoo River.

By Mitchell Anderson, 5 Mar 2012

opinion

A Tyee Series

A City that Runs on Itself

Cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically? UBC students envision building this into Vancouver's future.

By Patrick M. Condon, 1 Mar 2012

opinion

Finally, Canada Goes to School on Dutch Disease

Ontario-Alberta premier spat over oil sands expansion highlights symptoms of growing petro-fever.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 29 Feb 2012

news

Alberta Plays Catch-up on Frack Front

Regulator acknowledges water risks, says hydraulic fluids disclosure will be required.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 23 Feb 2012

opinion

Dispatch from Alberta's War in the Woods

They call us 'obstructors' for trying to save the forest they named a 'Special Place.'

By Sid Marty, 21 Feb 2012

news

Why It's Better to Be a Sea Lion in BC, Not Alaska

Farther north, crashing population barely gets by on lean nutrition, finds BC researcher.

By Jude Isabella, 20 Feb 2012

opinion

Here Comes the Bribe

As opposition mounts to Northern Gateway, backers will promise big bucks for BC.

By Rafe Mair, 20 Feb 2012

news

BC Government Killing Forest Industry: Auditor General

Scathing report says failure to replant enough trees puts future harvests at risk.

By Andrew MacLeod, 17 Feb 2012

opinion

A Tyee Series

Making Vancouver Work for Everyone

How 17 landscape architecture and planning students at UBC envision a sustainable city by 2050. First in a series.

By Patrick M. Condon, 15 Feb 2012