by Mike De Souza OTTAWA — More than $100 million in cuts are underway at the federal department in charge of protecting Canada’s water and oceans, despite recommendations from top bureaucrats that it needs to increase spending for both environmental […]
By Bill McKibben, December 17, 2013 9:00 AM ET Two years ago, on a gorgeous November day, 12,000 activists surrounded the White House to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Signs we carried featured quotes from Barack Obama in 2008: […]
by John Mashey Drexel University sociologist Robert Brulle’s long-awaited, peer-reviewed study “Institutionalizing delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations” was published Dec. 20 in the journal Climatic Change. The Drexel press release, “Not Just the […]
On Thursday China began trading in Guangdong’s carbon permit market, which is expected to be the world’s second-largest market after the European Union in terms of carbon dioxide emissions covered. It is far larger than either the Australian or Californian […]
An independent three-member panel from the National Energy Board is set to hand down its final report today on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, a decision that will include recommendations to the federal government on whether the project should be […]
By James Wood, Calgary Herald December 17, 2013 Premier Alison Redford said Tuesday she’s hoping the province will release its new climate change plan in 2014, but admitted to frustration with Ottawa over the lack of progress on regulating greenhouse […]
by Erika Thorkelson There will be no fracking near Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Newfoundland. Shoal Point Energy has lost its exploration license for an area near the park as well as its $1 million […]
By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News The heat is on for the world’s caribou with a new study warning the creatures could lose as much as 60 per cent of their range within 60 years. Caribou, often called reindeer, are among […]
by Mike De Souza OTTAWA — Environment Canada has spent at least $331,389 to develop long-awaited oil and gas regulations that are still under development, said Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in a newly-released document tabled in Parliament. The spending includes […]
New research by Kevin Trenberth and John Fasullo of the National Center for Atmospheric Research investigates how the warming of the Earth’s climate has behaved over the past 15 years compared with the previous few decades. They conclude that while […]
by Andy Rowell For years the Canadian government has been lobbying governments across Europe not to “discriminate against the tar sands” as the EU implements its ground-breaking climate legislation called the Fuel Quality Directive. The Canadians have argued that the […]
BRAD WHEELER The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Dec. 09 2013, 12:38 PM EST Neil Young, the often antagonizing singer-songwriter who wrote the surreal ballad Pocahontas and who named one of his bands after an iconic Native American warrior, has […]
by William Rees Posted: Dec 7th, 2013 It was several days before media reports and commentary on the havoc caused by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines finally began to acknowledge a possible connection to anthropogenic climate change. While no single […]
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 12/07/2013 1:11 pm EST | Updated: 12/07/2013 1:16 pm EST A strategic analysis carried out in 2010 for the oilsands identifies a “worst-case scenario” for the industry that appears to have come to pass. […]
by Emma Gilchrist Wed, 2013-11-20 Nov. 19th, 2013. A Tuesday. The day started out sunny, but hail fell out of the sky in the afternoon. It was a Victoria day like any other until I found out the Canadian government […]
