environmental racism

What often gets drowned out in technical climate debates is the socio-economic relationship between fossil fuel projects and self-directed development opportunities for First Nations.

The Liberals are again pushing for changes to Canada's cornerstone environmental law, as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that a bill seeking to update the legislation was introduced in the Senate.

Elizabeth May is taking the fight to address environmental racism back to the House after a Liberal MP’s bill died on the order paper last fall.

According to a recent report, the federal government is in the process of developing regulations to allow oil producers to treat and release the water in those ponds, which contain toxic chemicals like mercury, ammonia and naphthenic acids.

More than 20 environmental organizations are calling on the government to reintroduce and prioritize a bill that would address environmental racism in Canada when Parliament reconvenes on Nov. 22.

ExxonMobil and other oil companies got negative scores for polluting non-white communities.

A private member’s bill aiming to address environmental racism successfully passed through committee Monday and will be reported to the House of Commons this week.

A strong legislative and regulatory framework will be the backbone of Canada’s green transition, write UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd, Lisa Gue of the David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice Canada's Elaine MacDonald.

Academic research on community benefit agreements between Barrick Gold and locals around the Pueblo Viejo mine was well-received by government officials in the Dominican Republic at first, but then quashed shortly after.

​​​​​​​Racism is at the core of the extractive, exploitative and inequitable economic system we live under — a system that, if unchanged, is incompatible with a just transition to a clean energy future, writes Janelle Lapointe.

It is time to stop worrying about the impacts of climate change on health and start creating a healthy future for ourselves and our communities, write Dr. Courtney Howard and Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions president Linda Silas.

A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada — and maps it out in colour — illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment scores, neighbourhoods that are often home to racialized communities.

Bill C-230 would require the federal government to collect data on locations affected by environmental hazards, and to examine their connections to race, socioeconomic status and health.

Nova Scotia says it will spend $19 million to clean up sludge in Boat Harbour created by effluent from the Northern Pulp mill, after the company missed deadlines to submit a plan for its portion of the remediation.