Canada Moving to Exempt Majority of New Oilsands Projects From Federal Assessments
After more than a year of public hearings, the federal government unveiled its new and...
Stories by James Wilt
Why Don’t Governments Limit Oil Production to Meet Climate Targets?
The climate change component of Canada’s oil pipeline debate largely revolves around two big questions:...
Canada’s Commitment of $220 Million to Transition Remote Communities Off Diesel a Mere ‘Drop in the Bucket’
There have been delays, exemptions, backtracking and threats of lawsuits — but the Pan-Canadian Framework...
‘By That Logic, We All Go to Hell Together’: Mark Jaccard on Trudeau’s Pipeline Talking Points
Mark Jaccard has seen it all before. Over the decades, the leading energy economist from...
New Legislation Shows Cracks in Trudeau’s First Nations Promises
When it comes to the rights of Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks a...
Canada Is Replacing Coal With Natural Gas — And That’s A Huge Problem
On Friday, the federal government released its long-awaited draft regulations for the phase-out of coal-fired...
New Fisheries Act Reverses Harper-era ‘Gutting’
Canada’s fishery laws are back — well, on the first step to being back, at...
‘We’re Under Assault’: Feds Quietly Approve Deepwater Oil Drilling Off Nova Scotia
While much of the country’s attention was focused on the rapidly escalating stand-off online pharmacy...
‘This Might Get Nasty’: Why The Kinder Morgan Stand-Off Between Alberta and B.C. is a Zero-Sum Game
The stand-off between Alberta and British Columbia over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline seems...
