Energy

The BC NDP's plan was leaked by the BC Liberals in advance, but environmentalists say it's a good one nevertheless.

Facebook is apologizing for suspending the account of award−winning Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq after she posted a photo of a sealskin coat.

A researcher says the agency that monitors Alberta's energy industry has underestimated the impact of tens of thousands of spills going back decades.

As the Greenpeace USA banner hung in sight of the White House said: Resist.

The public energy company is researching how to integrate solar energy and consumer-generated electricity into Quebec's mostly hydroelectric network.

Big moves by the Canadian and U.S. governments on oil pipelines in recent months are threatening the long-term future of the main alternative: crude shipped by rail.

Two B.C. First Nations have agreed to be members of a new environmental monitoring committee for the proposed $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project.

Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake said job cuts won't be easy after all her staff have been through: "It hurts."

Experts say the real cost of raising, shielding or evacuating vulnerable spots, which include mass−transit systems, power plants and sewage plants, could be very high.

In the past three years, human errors — which covers everything from failing to follow procedures to using equipment improperly — has caused an average of 20 pipeline leaks per year.

l’Office national de l’énergie vient d’annoncer que toutes les décisions prisent par le comité original d’évaluation d’Énergie Est sont officiellement annulées.

The centre will explore renewable sources like solar power and the best ways to integrate them, Emera president Chris Huskilson said.

So far, 174,000 litres of oil have been recovered and 185 cubic metres of contaminated soil removed from the spill in southeastern Saskatchewan, the provincial government said.

“I think it would be fair to say starting from scratch almost, because they’re really restarting from the beginning," said National Energy Board communications officer Marc Drolet.

Myron Ebell suggested it was reasonable to expect the president to seek a cut of about US$1 billion from the EPA’s roughly US$8 billion annual budget.