Canada

29/05/17
Author: 
Cara McKenna
CARA MCKENNA/METRO  People demonstrate against the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in Burnaby on Sunday, May 28, 2017 following a four-day march from Victoria to the Kinder Morgan terminal in Burnaby.

Four-day walk against Trans Mountain expansion finishes in Burnaby.

Several hundred people rallied at the gates of Kinder Morgan’s terminal in Burnaby on Sunday at the conclusion of four-day walk against fossil fuel expansion.

Some of the marchers, including federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, embarked on a full 75-km journey from Victoria, while others joined at various stops along the way.

23/05/17
Author: 
The Real News

May 22, 2017

Dimitri Lascaris, says Trudeau's pricing schemes is defective and not even close to what is necessary to enforce reductions

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19/05/17
Author: 
Bruce Livesey

This is the second installment of a two-part investigative series on government, spies and the oil industry

In the fall of 2013, Jason Augustine was in the thick of one of the most important standoffs First Nations activists have ever had with energy companies.

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.

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