Ecojustice

“When you’re with government, you need to have a much more balanced perspective.”

The Liberal government gave the green light to the $6.8−billion pipeline expansion late last month, despite a thicket of existing legal challenges to the regulatory process.

Surface water collected near four fissures in the ground continues to show an oily sheen.

Ten environmental groups have urged Environment and Climate Change Minister McKenna to use her existing powers to assess "many environmentally harmful projects" before approval.

A lawyer who challenged two federal officials to recuse themselves from a review of a major Canadian pipeline project for showing bias is pleased that the NEB is entertaining his motion.

In a new letter sent on Tuesday, the NEB said it would proceed with the hearings in Montreal, but would only allow people to submit comments in writing about explosive allegations of bias.

A new legal challenge raises questions about whether Gauthier used a personal email account to conduct official business of the NEB. The challenge could disrupt the ongoing review of Energy East.

According to the court documents, dangerous pesticides have been unlawfully registered in Canada for more than a decade.

A Canadian climate change denial group was owed money by the largest private-sector coal company in the world, according to documents filed in the bankruptcy of U.S.-based Peabody Energy.

While the southern New England lobster fishery has all but collapsed, fishers in Maine, Prince Edward Island and even further north are benefiting from the crustaceans’ movement.

Opponents of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are confident the project will fall, despite an NEB recommendation of approval on Thursday.

Environmentalists have asked a court to declare invalid a group of Arctic offshore energy exploration permits that are delaying the creation of Canada's third national marine protected area.

Staff at Canada's nuclear watchdog were developing strategic plans for management to review its oversight role based on the "political environment" in 2015, says an internal federal document.

A number of leading Canadians have called on the Competition Bureau of investigate the claims of climate change denial groups

A controversial genetically-modified salmon designed to grow faster received FDA approval Thursday, becoming the first approved GM food animal.