Energy

An environmentalist opposes a recommendation that cabinet determine whether a proposed pipeline is in the "national interest" before a technical project review and environmental assessment.

The minority Liberal government and BC Hydro have said they will go ahead with the realignment of Highway 29 at Cache Creek as early as this week.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been given until the end of 2017 to sign on to Ottawa's national climate change agreement to avoid losing out on millions of dollars to help cut emissions.

Ethics watchdog clears hiring as one-year rule has expired.

While there is a lot of talk about national targets, cities are the linchpins in driving down global emissions–including Canada’s urban centres.

As the first digital-only publication to be selected for a Michener citation of merit for public service, National Observer made history this week.

The National Energy Board's top public servant said it was a "good idea" to hire a private security firm to investigate staff to find out who told the media that she made a bad joke.

Market demand for the dirtiest of fossil fuels is plummeting worldwide, according to industry data published on Tues. June 13, 2017.

A Texas-based oil company coughed up an answer on whether oilsands expansion can be squared with Canada's climate commitments.

“We’ve never dealt with anything like this before,” Churchill, Man. resident Joe Stover told National Observer.

Even if the pipeline went ahead, at least they'd make good on an election promise to use "every tool available" to stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.

An Arctic climate change study has been cancelled because warming temperatures have filled the sea off northern Newfoundland with hazardous ice up to eight metres thick.

"Trudeau had apparently changed his approach to Trump and seemed concerned about further provoking his powerful neighbour to the south," Germany's Der Spiegel reported.

The message in China this week was clear and forceful: the transition to clean energy is irreversible.

Energy ministers from around the world gathered in Beijing this week to report increased spending to help counter climate change.