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Greenhouse gas concentration reached new record in 2011: WMO
The World Meteorological Organization today reported that greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide -- reached record levels in 2011, with CO2 rising at 2 parts million yearly for the past ten years to 390.9 ppm last year. Read more…
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US envoy tempers Tory optimism on Keystone XL as Obama win stokes hope
OTTAWA -- The Harper government shouldn't be getting its hopes up that Barack Obama's re-election will mean speedy approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, says the U.S. ambassador to Canada. Read more…
Kinder Morgan launches BC consultations on controversial pipeline expansion
Energy giant Kinder Morgan is holding public consultations across the Lower Mainland over the next several weeks, bringing its proposed TransMountain pipeline expansion under public scrutiny. Read more…
Economists mixed on how Obama re-election affects Canadian economy, Keystone XL
TORONTO -- Canadian economists delivered a mixed reaction on Wednesday to the re-election of President Barack Obama and whether the certainty of a leader in the United States would benefit the global economic recovery. Read more…
Donnelly asks Conservatives about Cohen Commission, gets no answer
Fin Donnelly, NDP MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam and Port Moody, rose in Question Period today to ask whether the government would heed the recommendations of the Cohen Commission on protection of fish habitat. He did not get an answer. Read more…
Teck submits remediation plan for groundwater tainted by Trail smelter
Teck Resources has submitted a remediation plan to Environment Canada to deal with toxins that seeped into the groundwater decades ago from its smelter in Trail, B.C. Read more…
Salmon inquiry makes 75 suggestions to protect salmon, finds no 'smoking gun'
VANCOUVER - A public inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run recommends sweeping changes, but didn't come up with a single "smoking gun" that explains the salmon's disappearance. Read more…
Plan now for effective disaster relief: advocates for BC residents with disabilities
With earthquakes shaking B.C.'s north coast and news from the east coast storm catastrophe pouring in this week, an advocacy group for B.C. residents living with disabilities is calling for improved planning for people with mobility issues or disabilities in the case of natural disasters. Read more…
Salmon inquiry final report will be made public Wednesday
VANCOUVER - A report into the 2009 collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run will be made public this week after a public inquiry took two years to study what happened. Read more…
Ocean experiment off BC coast shows need for regulations, Canada tells UN
A controversial ocean fertilization experiment off the British Columbia coast highlights the urgent need for a worldwide regulatory regime to consider such experiments on a case-by-case basis, Canada told delegates Monday at a meeting of countries that have signed onto a moratorium. Read more…
BC Liberals vote to support keeping carbon tax
Delegates to the British Columbia Liberal Party convention in Whistler voted down a motion calling for elimination of the carbon tax. Read more…
Deadline looms for Cohen report on sockeye collapse
VANCOUVER -- A report that's expected to explain why and how millions of sockeye salmon vanished from B.C.'s Fraser River must be handed into the federal government next week, but it's still unclear when, or even if, the public will get to see a copy. Read more…
BC Liberals consider ditching carbon tax
The political party that introduced the carbon tax to British Columbia is considering calling for its elimination. Read more…
Thousands pledged to 'bold action' in demo against pipeline and tankers Monday in Victoria
Declaring "B.C.'s coastline is not for sale," thousands of demonstrators pledged to take what the online statement they have signed calls "bold action" are expected to gather at the legislature building in Victoria on Monday, according to organizers at Defend Our Coast. Read more…
Everything from Indian Act to Canada Labour Code altered in latest omnibus bill
OTTAWA - The latest omnibus budget bill from the Harper government makes changes to everything from the Indian Act and the Canadian Labour Code to the Canada Shipping Act. Read more…
Evan Vokes, subject of Tyee series, central to CBC investigative reports on TransCanada pipeline safety
Evan Vokes, the former TransCanada employee that helped the Tyee investigate rising pipeline incidents and regulatory non-compliance in the industry, is now the subject of a major CBC series investigating the performance of TransCanada Pipelines. Read more…
Shell attempt to bar Greenpeace from oil sands hearing denied
EDMONTON - Shell Canada has failed in an attempt to use the federal government's new environmental assessment rules to try to bar Greenpeace from hearings on the company's proposed Jackpine oilsands mine in northern Alberta . Read more…
Full text of Canada-China FIPA and Explanatory Memorandum
An analysis by Andrew Nikiforuk of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent dealings with China has drawn intense interest, garnering within several days nearly 7,000 Facebook recommends and tweeted over 400 times. Read more…
New York Times reporters handcuffed, detained at Keystone protest
Two reporters for the New York Times were handcuffed and detained by a TransCanada security guard and another policeman at a protest in northeast Texas, the newspaper has confirmed. Read more…
Feds extend review of proposed Chinese takeover of Nexen
The federal government is extending its review period for the proposed takeover of Nexen Inc. by China's state-owned offshore oil company. Read more…
