Energy

The federal government is shopping around for a retired federal judge to help guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

A senior federal source says the Liberals are considering hiring a former top judge to guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The Ontario government has filed its argument in the Court of Appeal challenging federal carbon pricing as unconstitutional.

When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund which has even secured contracts with the Canadian government.

If some governments won’t yet play ball, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna suggested there are plenty of other players.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard accused Coalition Avenue Quebec Leader François Legault of scaring people with his immigration policies in Quebec’s first leadership debate Thursday evening in Montreal, calling out his political rival for proposing an “expulsion test” on new arrivals.

“We used to talk about the freedom of the high seas. That freedom we don’t want, we want the high seas to be legally regulated," says Karmenu Vella.

Forty-two Order of Canada recipients are urging the federal government to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and instead focus on the transition to a clean energy economy. 

Premier Doug Ford's government has decided to consult Ontarians about its climate change policies, one day after it was taken to court for "unlawfully" scrapping action to reduce carbon pollution.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante wants her city to be carbon neutral by 2050, making the pledge on the first day of a global summit promoting action on climate change in San Francisco.

Greenpeace is suing the premier for “unlawfully” neglecting to consult the people of Ontario when he tabled legislation to formally repeal the province’s carbon emission rules.

The Trump administration's move is the latest effort to undo much of Barack Obama’s work to address climate change.

The bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the second U.S. state to make such a bold pledge.

Statistics Canada said Friday that the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector made up the largest share of Canada's carbon pollution, at 22.5 per cent in 2016.

Elected representatives from Salish Sea communities have urged the prime minister to reconsider the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, citing the orca Tahlequah as "our canary in a coal mine."