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Ottawa to consider penning oilsands caribou behind fence
Penning wild caribou in the oilsands region is a recovery option for the species that should be considered, says a federal document that echoes a recent industry-funded study. Read more…
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New data confirms 2012 will be 'warmest' in US history
The year 2012 is set to be the warmest in recorded U.S. history, according to the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. Read more…
Enbridge targets US charities in requests to review panel
Organizations founded by an American oil baron and a Silicon Valley philanthropist are among the foreign charities being targeted by Enbridge in its battle against critics of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Read more…
Enbridge ordered back to Kalamazoo River for more clean-up
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Enbridge back to the site of the largest onshore oil spill in U.S. history to clean up remaining pools of bitumen in the Kalamazoo River. Read more…
AB engineers group wants 'dialogue about how pipeline safety is managed'
The Tyee asked the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, a professional body representing more than 60,000 engineers, specific questions about the rising incidence of pipeline incidents and complaints about industry practice. Here, in part, is the APEGA’s reply. Read more…
Trudeau says Enbridge pipeline not a good idea
The company behind a proposed pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to the port of Kitimat, B.C., must develop a better plan if it wants the project to proceed, Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Read more…
Shell oil sands project violates treaty rights, First Nation argues
A First Nation at the heart of Alberta's oil sands region says it has not been properly consulted by government or industry about Shell's proposed Jackpine Mine expansion. Read more…
Victoria group starts legal fund ahead of pipeline protest
A Victoria environmental group is starting a fund to help activists with legal costs they may face as a result of their actions. Read more…
UBCM should refuse money from big oil companies, says councillor
When the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers hosts a reception for local politicians at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention this week, at least one councillor says he'll be outside protesting instead. Read more…
Climate scientist Andrew Weaver to run for BC Green Party
The British Columbia Green Party is announcing a star candidate this morning who leader Jane Sterk hopes will raise the party's fortunes across the province. Read more…
Sierra Club says BC under reporting pollution; minister says politics at work
VICTORIA - The Sierra Club says B.C. is vastly under reporting is greenhouse gas emissions by not counting pollution from forest and fossil fuel exports, but the province's environment minister says it doesn't need to report emissions it can't control and the club is playing politics with the issue. Read more…
Enviros plan mass sit-in at BC legislature over Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER -- Environmentalists are organizing what they're calling the "largest act of peaceful civil disobedience" in Canada to protest the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast. Read more…
BC's former attorney general to lead grilling of Enbridge
The B.C. government has hired a former attorney general to oversee the province's grilling of Enbridge on its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project. Read more…
Northern Gateway pipeline hearings enter critical Q and A phase in Edmonton
Hearings into the Northern Gateway project enter the critical question-and-answer phase Tuesday, with both builder Enbridge and the Alberta government promising to make their case to build the controversial $6-billion pipeline. Read more…
Canadian scientists worry over loss of Arctic ice
Arctic sea ice has reached its smallest extent since records began, and is expected to shrink still more in September. The data, released by the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the U.S., triggered strong responses from Canadian scientists. Read more…
Tsleil-Waututh nation wants NDP to assess proposed Kinder Morgan expanded pipeline
Tsleil-Waututh Nation is calling on Adrian Dix and the provincial NDP to clarify that a "made in B.C." assessment of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would also apply to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project. The Nation opposes the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which would terminate in the heart of their territory on the shore of Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver. Read more…
Health minister showing criminal negligence on asbestos: activist
Canada’s Minister of Health is guilty of criminal negligence on the asbestos file, says veteran anti-asbestos campaigner Kathleen Ruff. Read more…
Biologist says NL seabirds abandon chicks for cooler waters
Scientists say gannets are flying further north to find food for their young, putting the population in danger, after three-to-four degree temperature change in water. Read more…
Northern development a 'national dream' Harper says
Plumping up the Canadian mining and oil and gas sectors to feed resource-hungry countries the world over has become a singular focus of the Harper government. The prime minister refashioned that priority Monday as one belonging to all Canadians. Read more…
DFO promises pipeline science, but budget 'disembowelled': former officer
While Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the fate of Enbridge's proposed pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to tankers on the British Columbia coast will be based on science and not politics, documents show some of that science isn't forthcoming. Read more…
