Obama’s Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Changes the Game
New on Thursday that U.S. President Barack Obama ordered a second environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is a major victory for environmentalists who for months have been raging...
View ArticleClimate Change Could Trigger Global Unrest
The Alberta-based Pembina Institute, a policy organization that studies energy and the environment, is organizing a gathering next month in Ottawa to trigger discussion of the strategic threats posed...
View ArticleVancouver residents lead Canada in urban bike trips
Vancouverites take more trips by bike than their fellow Canadians in any other major city, and they’re the safest cyclists, too, according to a new study. People living in B.C.’s largest city take...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Site C creeps in as clean solution for LNG
VICTORIA The B.C. Liberal goal of developing a liquefied natural gas industry is not necessarily at odds with targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the recent report from the...
View ArticleOttawa lays out new rules for pipeline, LNG projects
A revamped federal environmental review process aimed at restoring public faith in assessments like the current one involving the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion proposal got a cool reception...
View ArticleOpinion: 5 ways B.C.'s new climate plan comes up short
After much delay, Premier Christy Clark finally released B.C.’s new Climate Leadership Plan (CLP) on Friday. You may recall that, back in May 2015, Clark convened a panel of experts to design a plan to...
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