On the defensive in Alberta: a closer look at a series of UCP missteps
The United Conservative Party government has been in backtrack city over the past month. In...
Alberta just cancelled 11 controversial coal leases but open-pit mining could still happen. Here’s why
The UCP government’s about-face on coal mining in the Rockies and foothills comes amid a...
Alberta is planning new mountaintop-removal coal mines. Here’s what that looks like
Debate has swirled as Alberta opens up a large swath of the Rocky Mountains' eastern...
Public money ‘helped fund extinction’ of B.C. caribou through mining subsidies: report
The destructive impacts of three coal mines on critical caribou habitat were justified by promised...
The watershed watchers: in conversation with the International Joint Commission
Canada and the U.S. are bound together by waterways that transcend political borders. But what...
Alberta ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to proposed coal mine
Public use of previously protected lands, water quality of Oldman River watershed threatened after Alberta...
B.C. stalling on new rules for selenium pollution from coal mines, environmental groups say
The province, along with U.S. counterparts, agreed to bring in new standards by 2020 but...
Alberta coal miner launches legal challenge against federal environmental assessment
Coalspur says Minister Jonathan Wilkinson acted ‘unlawfully’ when he ordered a federal review of its...
Ottawa to review Teck’s Castle Mountain coal mine in B.C. amid concerns over fish habitat
Federal decision comes on the heels of new research from the U.S. Geological Survey that...
