A court case against offshore oil project Bay du Nord has been dismissed
A case arguing that Bay du Nord, Canada’s first deepwater offshore oil project, was unlawfully approved was dismissed by the Federal Court last week.
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Canada's oil output would drop like a stone by 2050 in a net-zero world
The regulator says if emissions regulations successfully limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, fossil fuel use will drop by 65 per cent from 2021 to 2050.
Ottawa went to Alberta to talk oil, gas, jobs and climate. Here's how it went
There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Monday, June 19, 2023.
Prime Minister Trudeau endorses hydro loop connecting Quebec, Atlantic region
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, June 19, 2023, he remains confident his government will eventually support a connected loop of Atlantic and Quebec electricity, allowing the Maritimes to end its reliance on coal.
Liberals, Conservatives hang onto their seats in four byelections
Four byelections have returned seats back to the Liberals and Conservatives in strongholds many observers expected to remain status quo.
Canada must speed decarbonizing ports to slash rising shipping emissions
Canada urgently needs to chart a course of action to drastically reduce the shipping sector’s surging greenhouse gas emissions, says an International coalition working to decarbonize the maritime industry.
Bringing education back to the land
Throughout colonization, attending school has meant a loss of language, cultural practices and connection to the land. But what if school could also mean a return to the language, culture and territory that has been stripped away?
Stand.earth ‘names and shames’ Cargill and its heirs to keep deforestation promises
The activist group alleges that Cargill, the nation’s largest privately-held company and the world’s largest agribusiness company, has failed to keep pledges on eliminating deforestation from its supply chains.
Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards
Climate change does not recognize borders. Proof can be found in the smoke from Canadian fires that recently fouled the air in the United States and the catastrophic flooding of B.C.’s Sumas Prairie when the Nooksack River in the U.S. burst its banks in 2021.
High-tech Pentagon program from U.S. helps Canada detect, suppress new wildfires
The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.
Trudeau calls byelection in Calgary Heritage for July 24
Voters in the federal riding of Calgary Heritage will go to the polls late next month.
What to watch for in today's four federal byelections
Four new MPs are set to be elected to the House of Commons on Monday in a handful of byelections that political watchers say could expose rifts within the Conservative party and bring a new Liberal cabinet hopeful into the fold.
Does high government spending mean more inflation? It's complicated
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's attempt to block the federal government's budget bill from passing earlier this month is the latest example of government spending coming under scrutiny amid high inflation.
Donnie Creek wildfire is now the largest in B.C.’s history
The fire, which is burning south of Fort Nelson in northeastern B.C., is now estimated at more than 5,343 square kilometres in size.
Toronto votes to delay — but not dismiss — possibility of burning trash
Toronto has too much garbage and not enough places to put it.