Trans Mountain critics say regulatory filings confirm earlier fears about billions in unrecovered costs
The government-owned firm has laid out how much it wants to charge customers to send oil from Edmonton to Burnaby, but it’s getting pushback both from oil companies and pipeline opponents.
Why New Brunswick’s Indigenous leaders support nuclear energy development
Nuclear’s focus on the future and on building something to benefit future generations aligns with traditional First Nation values and wisdom.
Guyana’s oil boom has an expiry date
The South American country’s fledgling offshore oil industry is on track to overtake Norway’s within a decade, but what will the world look like then?
Ontario government locking in long-term dependence on gas plants despite federal clean electricity timelines
The province’s energy plan does not set a timeline for phasing out fossil fuels from its electricity grid, says one environmental advocate.
Saskatchewan First Nations challenging provincial control of natural resources
Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the treaties First Nations signed with the Crown in the 1870s are pieces of international law that supersede later federal and provincial legislation.
Cast a critical eye to attempts to link fossil fuel expansion to Indigenous well-being
Some Indigenous people with previous grassroots legitimacy have become unwitting spokespersons for the extractive economy, contrary to their peoples’ responsibilities to the lands, waters, and the future.
Freeland’s meeting with Alberta Premier Smith a continuation of fraught relationship on energy and climate
Danielle Smith has opposed the federal government’s plans on net-zero electricity grids, an emissions cap on oil and gas, and the growth of renewable energy.
Myth-busting nuclear energy
Without nuclear energy, we would be dependent on much dirtier energy sources, like coal or natural gas.
Making carbon capture and storage work for the net-zero economy
Carbon capture and storage has the potential to accelerate or hinder the emergence of a thriving net-zero economy, and instead of debating whether it is intrinsically good or bad, it is time to discuss how to advance the technology productively in Canada.
Deluge underlines importance of final hearing for nuclear waste dump
It’s long past time that the government dealt with this environmental catastrophe in the making, a serious problem that will worsen the longer it’s ignored.
