Burning the coal, oil and gas from these 14 projects would significantly push emissions over what climate scientists have identified as the “carbon budget,” the amount of additional CO2 that must not be exceeded in order to keep climate change […]
Royal Bank of Canada and the Pembina Institute’s Home Location Study released last year found that over 80 per cent of Greater Toronto Area residents would give up a large home and yard to live in a “location-efficient” neighbourhood that […]
In August 2013, TransCanada announced its intention to build a pipeline and export terminal project called Energy East. The proposed route would run from Alberta to New Brunswick, and the pipeline would have the capacity to transport 1.1 million barrels […]
By Max Paris The greenhouse gas emissions from oil flowing through TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed Energy East project would be equivalent to putting seven million new cars a year on Canadian roads, according to a report from an environmental think-tank released today. The Pembina […]
The Canadian Press The Conservative government is spending $40 million this year to advertise Canada’s natural resource sector — principally oil and gas — at home and abroad. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver revealed the figure Wednesday as his department […]
By Jeffrey Simpson The U.S. State Department gives green light to the Keystone XL pipeline. That was the tenor of the media coverage and headlines after the department’s report was released last week. Read one way, that interpretation was plausible. […]
By Lee Fang Before the State Department released its controversial Environmental Impact Study last week, a consulting firm called IHS CERA primed the news media by releasing its own study last year claiming that the Keystone XL wouldn’t make a […]
By John Cotter EDMONTON – A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta’s Athabasca region have probably been underestimated. Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done before […]
By Andrew Freedman The California drought, now reaching into its 13th month, grows more devastating with each passing day and there is no sign of significant relief in sight. More than halfway through the state’s wet season and the Sierra […]
BC’s LNG Boom could Rival Tarsands’ Carbon Pollution It’s a strange time in British Columbia. Just a short while ago, BC was well on its way to becoming Canada’s greenest province. A revenue neutral carbon tax applied in 2008 led […]
By Ryan Grim WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency monitored the communications of other governments ahead of and during the 2009 United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the latest document from whistleblower Edward Snowden. The document, with […]
By Amel Ahmed A prominent climatologist at the center of a libel battle with deniers of man-made global warming said Sunday that he was being targeted as part of a “well-funded” campaign to silence and discredit the “entire environmental movement.” […]
Climate Action Network Canada’s Executive Director, Christian Holz, delivered the Keynote address to the Annual Conference of The Sustainability and Education Policy Network on January 30, 2014. He spoke on the urgency and moral imperative to act on climate change and […]
By Lauren Strapagiel Put this in your pipe and smoke it until it turns into carbon emissions, climate change deniers. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released a report and stunning visualization last week that demonstrates how warm our […]
By Mike De Souza OTTAWA – Lobby groups representing Canadian and U.S. oil producers are asking regulators in North America not to rush into new rail safety rules that could affect the “competitiveness” of shipping products by rail. Responding to […]
