Shell Canada

The Canadian affiliate of one of the world's largest oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell, is releasing 50,000 square kilometres of offshore exploration permits off the coast of British Columbia and promoting conservation.

Municipalities and residents in British Columbia are set to argue that the proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would damage sensitive ecosystems, harm public parks and trails and adversely impact homeowners.

Federal officials raised the possibility of relaxing competition and fuel quality rules to ensure a stable supply of fuel while the Fort McMurray wildfire raged.

Canadian corporate executives whose companies together employ more than a million people are urging Prime Minister Trudeau and the premiers to press ahead with climate action and carbon pricing.

The three Montreal-area women said they were taking matters into their own hands to protect the public from the risk of a spill that could contaminate drinking water for the entire region.

Shell Canada was cleared to resume drilling one of two exploration wells off Nova Scotia after an accident in March that saw two kilometres of pipe break off a wellhead and sink to the ocean floor.

The announcement could prove to be a major win for Arctic conservation, ending long-standing delays in efforts to protect Lancaster Sound, home to narwhals, beluga whales and polar bears.

"A senior executive at Shell... told me directly that the company is monitoring the university divestment movement closely and would look unfavorably on any university that divested," - science dean.

On the eve of a national showdown over a Canada-wide carbon tax, more than two dozen business and environmental leaders have offered ammunition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The CNSOPB isn’t the only regulatory board facing questions over conflict of interest.

University of Calgary researchers focused on nanotechnology say they have developed a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to create liquefied natural gas.