Canada

16/05/17
Author: 
Kevin Washbrook

After four and half years of advocacy and three years of case preparation, this Wednesday we take the Port Authority to court to challenge their approval of a new coal terminal on the Fraser River. This video helps explain why this case is so important. Thanks to Ecojustice for taking this on!

16/05/17
Author: 
West Coast Environmental Law

For Immediate Release - May 15, 2017

NEB Modernization Panel report: The good, the workable and the ugly

16/05/17
Author: 
Discourse Media

Feb 10, 2017 - Earl Muldon sits at his kitchen table surrounded by family, sipping coffee. His wife Shirley brings over a plate of cream cake topped with huckleberries.

15/05/17
Author: 
Shawn McCarthy

May 15, 2017 - The federal government will unveil a carbon-tax plan this week that would provide breaks for major industrial emitters, while ensuring most Canadians families get rebates to offset higher energy bills.

12/05/17
Author: 
Giuseppe Valiante
The Department of National Defence said on Sunday that 1,200 troops had been deployed in Quebec to help residents cope with the flooding emergency. Photo - The Canadian Press
[Editor's Note: "unusually persistent rainfall!" = climate change.  And the threat of flooding has since increased in the BC interior. Ralph Goodale sees a pattern after series of disasters !!  http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/05/10/news/ralph-goodale-sees-pattern-after-series-disasters ]
12/05/17
Author: 
Bruce Livesey
Both the RCMP (left) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency (right) have been caught spying on environmentalists, writes investigative reporter Bruce Livesey. File photos by The Canadian Press

This is the first installment in a two-part investigative series on governments, spies, and the oil and gas industry

“Mr. Tremblay, do you remember me?”

12/05/17
Author: 
Elizabeth McSheffrey
Members of the Haida Nation gather for a historic potlatch ceremony in Haida Gwaii, B.C. on Aug. 13, 2016. Photo courtesy of Trevor Jang, Discourse Media

The federal government has been caught making false statements about how oilpatch partners tried to hijack its efforts to consult First Nations in British Columbia on marine protection in their territory.

09/05/17
Author: 
GIUSEPPE VALIANTE

May 3, 2017 - California’s Senate proposed a new and more ambitious carbon credit cap-and-trade system this week, challenging Ontario and Quebec to do the same or get left behind.

03/05/17
Author: 
Carl Meyer
A section of Boulevard Hurtubise in Gatineau, Quebec, is submerged, April 21, 2017. This compact car's driver took a chance and made it through. Photo by Alex Tétreault

People who live along the coast of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River system should prepare for “major coastal flooding,” as high water levels not seen since 1993 are unlikely to recede anytime soon, warns a joint Canada-U.S. board.

01/05/17
Author: 
Bill McKibben
‘But when it comes to the defining issue of our day, climate change, he’s a brother to the fat old guy in DC.’ Photograph: Sean Kilpatrick/AP

Donald Trump is a creep and unpleasant to look at, but at least he’s not a stunning hypocrite when it comes to climate change

Donald Trump is so spectacularly horrible that it’s hard to look away – especially now that he’s discovered bombs. But precisely because everyone’s staring gape-mouthed in his direction, other world leaders are able to get away with almost anything. Don’t believe me? Look one country north, at Justin Trudeau.

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