Soaring Transportation Emissions Preventing Ontario From Meeting Climate Targets: Environment Watchdog
Ontario may have shut down its last coal plant earlier this year, but the province...
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New Centre Releases First Ever Report on Canada’s Growing Renewable Energy Sector
Renewable energy — energy from natural sources that replenish themselves at the same rate they...
Ecologically Unique ‘Ring of Fire’ Needs More Study Before Development, Groups Say
Two Ontario-based environmental organizations are calling on the recently reelected Ontario Liberal government to assess...
Energy East, Line 9 Pipelines Will Have “Insignificant” Economic Impact on Quebec, Says Report
Quebec will gain “minimal economic benefits” from west-to-east oil pipeline projects such as TransCanada’s Energy...
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Granted Leave By Federal Court to Appeal Line 9 Approval
Yesterday (June 11th) the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal granted the Chippewas of the Thames...
Oilsands in the EU: European Union Receives its First Bitumen Shipment Today
Today an oil tanker carrying between 500,000 and 600,000 barrels of western Canadian oilsands (also...
Ontario Election: Power Bills, Not Pipelines, Are the Hot Issue
With two weeks to go until Ontarians vote in a new government, it appears proposed...
June 28th: Final “Tar Sands Healing Walk” Simply a New Beginning, Say Organizers
Organizers of the Tar Sands Healing Walk, a 14-kilometre spiritual walk through lands impacted by...
Federal Regulator Acting “Impermissibly in Favour” of TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline, Says Lawyer
The National Energy Board (NEB), the federal regulator responsible for inter-provincial pipelines, appears to have...
