The B.C. government announced new oil spill regulations Tuesday, among them restrictions on transportation until "the behaviour of spilled bitumen can be better understood."
British Columbia's new NDP government may have given the green light to the Site C Dam through gritted teeth, but that doesn't mean they're going to add new environmental conditions to make it safer.
B.C. Premier John Horgan announced that his government will continue construction of the controversial Site C Dam on Monday, sparking outrage from the hydro project's opponents.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provoked outrage as well as glowing praise when he first announced that the free ride for climate polluting industries would end. Today, as the deadline looms, the office of Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna says the government is ready to take action.
The National Energy Board has rejected a requested deadline proposed by pipeline giant Kinder Morgan to limit debate about its request to short-circuit provincial and municipal laws standing in the way of its Trans Mountain expansion project.
B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman said that Kinder Morgan's recent behaviour requires federal and provincial authorities to place more scrutiny on the company. “I think it’s reprehensible that Kinder Morgan acts as if they don’t have to follow the conditions in the permit that they received."
Robyn Allan expresses alarm at what she views as B.C.'s weak response to the pipeline company's apparent violation of conditions required to build the project.
Canada's environment minister says climate change is still a priority in talks with U.S. officials on NAFTA, despite President Donald Trump's recent threat to scrap the pact altogether.