Time For a Fix: B.C. Looks at Overhaul of Reviews for Mines, Dams and Pipelines
As pipeline politics dominate headlines, British Columbia is poised to overhaul the process that guides...
B.C. Is Taking the Kinder Morgan Question to Court. Here’s What you Need to Know.
With the announcement on Wednesday that the B.C. government will file its reference case on...
‘It’s An Environmental Law-Free Zone’: B.C. Auditor General Asked to Investigate Unregulated Placer Mining
Placer mining kills fish, damages streams, poses a risk to drinking water and jeopardizes Indigenous...
‘They’re not getting how the constitution works’: why Trudeau, Notley can’t steamroll B.C. on Kinder Morgan pipeline
In the fall of 1981, Jack Woodward was a young lawyer in Ottawa when NDP...
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...
Strange bedfellows: Greenpeace, CAPP Team Up in Court Case on Alberta’s Abandoned Wells
The Alberta government and an unlikely crew of allies — including Greenpeace, an oil lobbying...
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...
Three Gaping Holes in Trudeau’s Attempt to Fix Canada’s Environmental Laws
This piece originally appeared on Policy Options. Windows of opportunity for transformative change are rare...
Nova Scotia’s Dirty Secret
Lighthouse Beach, a white sand crescent on the north coast of Nova Scotia, was once...
