The fate of a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia is in limbo after its environmental assessment certificate expired on Nov. 25.
The province must decide whether to greenlight the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by either making its decade-old certificate permanent or sending the entire project back to the drawing board for a new environmental assessment.
Canada Promises Climate Reparations at COP29 While Courting Big Oil at Home
With spotlight on politicians and their pledges in Baku, fossil fuel lobbyists are racking up private meetings with Trudeau’s government.
Steven Guilbeault came to the COP29 climate change negotiations in Azerbaijan ready to make what the federal Liberal government deemed a “major” announcement.
Canada is out of excuses. Europe slashes climate pollution while we flounder
To avoid a dystopian future for our climate, the world’s most advanced economies must lead the way. These are the nations with the necessary money, talent and capacity to transition to safer energy sources first. And their high per-capita emissions mean these nations are disproportionally responsible for creating the crisis.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the coal, oil and gas that Canada exports to other countries surpassed a billion tonnes last year — more than double the country’s total emissions, according to newly uncovered federal data.
British Columbia's next government must take real action on the climate emergency
On October 19, British Columbians will head to the polls.
Far too often, election debates pit climate action and affordability solutions against each other. But nothing could be further from the truth – the climate crisis is an affordability issue, and the failure to act on climate is costing us dearly. Taking action now to confront the climate crisis can simultaneously improve people’s economic and employment security.
