Canada won’t perform an environmental review of most new oilsands projects. Here’s why.
The future of development in Alberta’s oilsands lies in underground, steam-assisted operations that represent some...
B.C. launches first ever rules to regulate fossils
From dinosaur bones to ancient plant life, hundreds of thousands of fossils have been taken...
B.C. environmental assessment overhaul marred by deficiencies, scientists say
Nearly 180 scientists say impending legislation leaves the task of collecting evidence for major project...
The problem with exempting major projects from environmental assessment
The province’s little-known Environmental Assessment Office has broad discretionary powers, including the authority to select...
The story of Alberta’s $100-billion well liability problem. How did we get here?
Landowners once promised a fair share for hosting oil and gas infrastructure on their properties...
Canada’s northern ‘zombie mines’ are a lingering multi-billion dollar problem
Experts examine subterranean snot, philosophize about how to warn future civilizations away from buried arsenic...
Lake interrupted
Four years after the Mount Polley mine first spilled contaminated waste into a once-cherished body...
How B.C. proposes to roll back industry self-regulation
Province takes first steps to improve system that makes industry consultants responsible for environmental monitoring
How international gold mining companies are getting their way in Nova Scotia
With the reappearance of gold mines in the province comes an all-too-familiar playbook: international extractive...
