Canada

11/11/18
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Marco Chown Oved Investigative reporter Toby A.A. Heaps Corporate Knights Michael YowData analyst, Corporate Knights
11/11/18
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Annabelle Olivier
Thousands gathered in Montreal to demand the government take action to tackle climate issues. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018.

Thousands gathered in Montreal to demand the government take action to tackle climate issues. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018.

Quebec celebrities, politicians and citizens joined forces in Montreal Saturday afternoon by the thousands, taking part in a march to draw attention to climate issues.

09/11/18
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Federal Green Party of Canada

 Nov 8, 2018

Watch press conference with Elizabeth May here .

09/11/18
Author: 
Timonthy Cama
Protest against Keystone XL pipeline

A federal judge blocked the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline Thursday, saying the Trump administration’s justification for approving it last year was incomplete.

In a major victory for environmentalists and indigenous rights groups, Judge Brian Morris of the District Court for the District of Montana overturned President Trump’s permit for the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which the president signed shortly after taking office last year.

09/11/18
Author: 
M.V. Ramana
November 7, 2018

Ottawa is pushing a new smaller, modular nuclear plant that could only pay off if mass produced.

M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC, and the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India, Penguin Books, New Delhi (2012).
 
09/11/18
Author: 
Jim Bronskill

The federal government has lost in a bid to go behind closed doors in a prominent court case about allegations of spying on anti-pipeline activists.

09/11/18
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Associated Press
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked in the White House on March 24, 2017 by pipeline supporters, including TransCanada chief executive Russ Girling, announces he has approved the Keystone XL pipeline. Twitter photo posted by Trump

November 9th 2018

TransCanada's $10-billion Keystone XL pipeline project has suffered another setback after a U.S. federal judge blocked its construction to allow more time to study the potential environmental impact.

The Great Falls Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Brian Morris' order on Thursday came as the Calgary-based energy giant was preparing to build the first stages of the oil pipeline in northern Montana.

08/11/18
Author: 
SUSAN CAKE , EMMA JACKSON , ERIC PINEAULT , IAN HUSSEY

Nov 8, 2018 -  This report analyzes the economics of the five largest bitumen-extractive corporations in Canada. The “Big Five” are Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), Cenovus Energy, Imperial Oil, and Husky Energy. We examine the key features of the five firms and analyze their accumulation dynamics in the context of the latest commodity cycle: boom (2004–2014), bust (2014–2016), and restructuring and consolidation (2015 onward).

02/11/18
Author: 
Emma McIntosh, Steph Wechsler, Carolyn Jarvis & Mike De Souza

November 1st 2018

The Price of Oil

The Alberta Energy Regulator is apologizing for a “staggering” presentation, made last February by one of its highest-ranking officials, warning the province’s oilpatch that it could be sitting on an estimated $260 billion in financial liabilities.

02/11/18
Author: 
Margaret Mcgregor, Courtney Howard & Melissa Lem
Image of gas well flare by World Bank

In October, the B.C. government celebrated a decision by private-sector investors to proceed with LNG Canada, a $40 billion infrastructure project in Kitimat to export “natural” gas. Yet somehow much of the media coverage neglects to mention that this gas is extracted by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is now the primary method for natural gas production in Canada. Why are so many media and government announcements studiously avoiding the “F” word?

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