LNG - Fracking

23/05/25
Author: 
Darius Snieckus
John Graham, President & CEO, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board speaks at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's Annual General Meeting & Convention in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Photo by: Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press

May 21, 2025

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) has been lambasted by industry watchdog Shift Action for dropping its 2022 commitment to invest in line with the country’s net-zero action targets.

23/05/25
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Pick a Path installation - Common Horizon

May  22, 2025

Ahead of next week’s Speech from the Throne, four national climate groups mounted a 95-metre fabric installation in Ottawa’s Major’s Hill Park on Wednesday, urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to “pick a path” between new oil and gas pipelines and climate action.

13/05/25
Author: 
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Dr. Melissa Lem, Kai Nagata, Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby, Kiki Wood
Piping on the top of a receiving platform for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS
May 12, 2025

For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

02/05/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

May 2, 2025

If Prime Minister Mark Carney intends to transition the country’s economy off fossil fuels to respond to the climate crisis, he will have to navigate complex political terrain and avoid the pitfalls of his predecessor, experts say.

29/04/25
Author: 
David Gelles and Claire Brown
President Trump held up an executive order at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office this month.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times

Apr. 29, 2025

In just a few months, President Trump’s moves have exceeded the worst fears of climate activists.

Before President Trump returned to office, it was widely expected that his administration would again reduce support for clean energy, promote fossil fuels and disengage from global efforts to combat climate change.

12/04/25
Author: 
Verity Stevenson
Over one hundred municipal leaders representing millions of Canadians have published an open letter to federal parties called ‘Elbows Up for Climate Change. It urges a national electric grid, a high-speed railway, two million affordable green homes, and a climate disaster strategy.

Apr. 11, 2025

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

Watch Canada votes: Municipal leaders demand climate action from parties:  https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6721598

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities. 

05/04/25
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (LNG Canada

Apr. 3, 2025

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

A 204-metre tanker ship has arrived on B.C.'s North Coast, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to arrive in Kitimat, as a major energy export project prepares to come online.

The Maran Gas Roxana, sailing under the flag of Greece, made its way through the Douglas Channel Wednesday, carrying a load of LNG that will be used for equipment testing at the LNG Canada site.

17/03/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC’s budget documents show the province anticipates a 60 per cent revenue jump from gas, thanks to rising prices and an 11 per cent increase in fracking due to demand from LNG Canada’s anticipated start this year. Photo via LNG Canada.

Mar. 11, 2025

As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.

16/03/25
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Building pipelines - Trade war a ‘great opportunity’ to talk about pipelines, says CNRL president

 Mar. 8, 2025

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump’s threats.

16/03/25
Author: 
Primary Author: Gaye Taylor
gas burner

Mar. 13, 2025

As gas prices rise again in Ontario and British Columbia, leaving millions of Canadians at the mercy of volatile markets—and Wall Street—health and climate experts say it’s time for policymakers to break free from fossil fuels.

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