Erin Flegg
Erin Flegg is a freelance writer and journalist, and her work appears in the Vancouver Observer, Xtra West and This Magazine. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia.
Stories by Erin Flegg
Government of Alberta Loses 75 Environment Regulators to Oil Industry-Funded Alberta Energy Regulator
2 min. readAt least 75 environment department officers have taken on positions with an oil and gas...
Port Metro Vancouver Hires Disgraced Edelman PR Firm, American Lobby Group to Push Coal Exports
When it comes to shipping coal, it looks like the Vancouver Port Authority is taking...
Industry Should Cover Social Cost of Oilsands, Experts Say
It was less than six months ago that a handful of energy companies resorted to...
Tar Sands In Situ Projects Excluded From Federal Environmental Assessment
The latest in a series of moves clearing the way for major tar sands expansion,...
Internal Documents Reveal Internal Disorder More Than A Year After Implementation of Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program
More than a year after the program's supposed implementation, negotiations over the Alberta-Canada Joint Oil...
New Spill Response Study Finds Tanker Owners Not Financially Responsible for Damage Caused By Spills
A new independent report has revealed that there's nothing on the books in Canada to...
Idle No More Global Day of Action Inspires Solidarity Across Canada and Around the World
From blockades in New Brunswick to highway slow-downs in Quebec to hundreds of youth marching...
Court Overturns Alberta’s Decision to Deny Pembina Institute Standing at Regulatory Hearings
In a case that featured what Justice R.P. Marceau called “direct apprehension of bias” on...
Traveling Totem Pole Forges Unity Among First Nations Fighting Industrialization
Jewell James began studying carving in 1972 so he could work with his younger brother,...
