The Toronto Star The optics are awful. Whatever the reason for the Canada Revenue Agency’s sudden interest in some of the country’s best-known environmental groups, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s energy-friendly Conservative government can’t escape the suspicion that it is harassing […]
By Cameron Fenton National Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition On Feb. 11, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the 2014 federal budget. An early budget with little expected in the manner of new commitments or funding, this budget is being […]
By Gillian McEachern, Environmental Defence Today, CBC’s Power and Politics released a list of environmental charities being audited by the Canada Revenue Agency. We were on it, along with several other prominent Canadian environmental groups. We keep good company it […]
By Raveena Aulakh Don’t talk about Alberta’s oilsands and how their development may aggravate climate change. That’s the clear message from Ottawa to environmental charities being extensively audited by the Canada Revenue Agency to determine if they have crossed the […]
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 […]
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 […]
