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The latest multi-billion dollar handout for TMX

08/02/25

Author:

Stefan Labbé

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Business in Vancouver

Early data suggests Canadian crude exports are benefiting from new pipeline capacity. But a recent $20-billion loan has raised new questions over the pipeline's final costs.Trans Mountain

Jan. 31, 2025

The Canadian government has approved a new $20-billion loan to finance the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline two years after the government said it would not provide further money for the project.

The loan to the pipeline project, known as TMX, was provided through Export Development Canada’s Canada Account, which supports transactions when the Crown corporation is unable to back a project because of a combination of financial and market risks.

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British Columbia

Oil - Pipelines

Major B.C. LNG projects won’t have to pay for carbon emissions for 2 years, docs reveal

08/02/25

Author:

Shannon Waters

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The LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be the most emissions-intensive LNG project in the province and stands to reap the biggest benefits from a two-year grace period on paying for carbon emissions. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Feb. 5, 2025

B.C.’s new industrial carbon pricing system gives big emitters a break on paying for emissions. That includes most new LNG export projects

When LNG Canada becomes fully operational this year, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be one of the largest sources of emissions in the province — but it likely won’t pay a cent for its carbon pollution for two full years.

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British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

Author:

Laurie Adkin

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National Observer

When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

British Columbia

Climate Science

Ecology/Environment

Oil - Pipelines

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon

07/02/25

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Brandi Morin

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Juostin Antun goes fishing by hand while wearing traditional Shuar clothing. All photos by Ian Willms

Feb. 6, 2025

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Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Protest - Revolt

Poilievre Promises Cuts. Which Programs Are At Risk?

06/02/25

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Emma Paling

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Screenshot of Pierre Poilievre video via X.

Feb. 4, 2025

The top-line agenda is clear: cut, cut, cut.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is signalling what Canadians can expect if his party forms government later this year.

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Labour - Unions

Why the Law Won't Stop Trump

06/02/25

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Carolyn McGiffert Ekedahl

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JESUS IS MY SAVIOR, TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT - Photograph Source: SWinxy – CC BY 4.0

Feb. 6, 2025

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Inside a BC NDP Grappling with Protests, Police and Public Relations

05/02/25

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Amanda Follett Hosgood

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An FOI request made by The Tyee uncovered more than 100 pages of emails discussing a response to our media request about BC’s secretive plan to tighten protest response. Government emails obtained via FOI. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Feb. 4, 2025

The Tyee’s questions to government sparked dozens of internal emails, now revealed via FOI.

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British Columbia

Indigenous Peoples

Protest - Revolt

Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

05/02/25

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

An old oil pumpjack in Alberta on Dec. 1, 2023. Photo by flickr/Jason Woodhead

Feb. 3, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

British Columbia

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Oil - Pipelines

Whiplash: How Big Swings in Wet and Dry Weather Fuel Infernos

03/02/25

Author:

Elizabeth Kolbert

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Fighting the Pacific Palisades blaze: California is ‘a poster child of what we expect to see more of in the future,’ says Swain. Photo by Ethan Swope, the Associated Press.

Feb. 3, 2025

A global climate trend set the stage for LA’s fires, explains scientist Daniel Swain.

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Climate Science

Ecology/Environment

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency On The U.S.

03/02/25

Author:

Adam D.K. King

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Photo via Justin Trudeau on Twitter.

Feb. 3, 2025

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Labour - Unions

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