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Here’s what you need to know https://thenarwhal.ca/carbon-tax-supreme-court-canada/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:55:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27047 In a 6-3 decision, the country’s highest court has ruled the federal price on carbon, which affects both consumers and large industrial emitters, does not violate the rights of individual provinces and is a critical response to the existential threat of climate change Fatima Syed Explainer News Alberta carbon tax climate change federal politics Justin Trudeau Ontario Saskatchewan Canada Supreme Court building ‘The federal government absolutely needs to do more’: poll finds 41% of British Columbians want Ottawa to step up action on environment https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-poll-bc-ottawa-2020/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:09:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=24092 Survey shows three in five respondents are personally concerned about water pollution, toxic waste and climate change Matt Simmons News B.C. climate change federal politics Justin Trudeau People play in the water in Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver, B.C. Does Trudeau’s net-zero emissions legislation go far enough? Here’s what you need to know https://thenarwhal.ca/net-zero-emissions-legislation/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:02:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=23978 Bill C-12 would make net-zero emissions by 2050 law and require government to legislate climate targets every five years starting in 2030 — but experts are concerned about its shortfalls Ainslie Cruickshank Explainer News climate change emissions federal politics Justin Trudeau oil and gas Justin Trudeau net zero emissions Where new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole stands on climate change, carbon tax, oil and LNG https://thenarwhal.ca/conservative-leader-erin-otoole-climate-change-carbon-tax/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:59:05 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21603 O’Toole has said he would scrap the Liberals’ carbon tax, price pollution from industry alone and promote exports of nuclear technology and liquefied natural gas to reduce global emissions Ainslie Cruickshank Explainer carbon tax climate change Conservative Party of Canada Erin O'Toole Justin Trudeau LNG oilsands Erin O’Toole Canadian oil lobby’s demands to skip environmental monitoring put public health at risk, experts warn https://thenarwhal.ca/capp-oilsands-trudeau-coronavirus-climate-change-response/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:01:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=18316 CAPP asked the federal government to suspend pollution monitoring and methane leak detection — requests that ‘have little to do with the COVID crisis,’ according to critics Ainslie Cruickshank News CAPP climate change coronavirus Indigenous Justin Trudeau oilsands UNDRIP Alberta's oilsands Canada’s fossil fuel subsidies amount to $1,650 per Canadian. It’s got to stop. https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-fossil-fuel-subsidies-amount-to-1650-per-canadian-its-got-to-stop/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:35:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14262 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vow to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies for coal, oil and gas still hasn’t happened — despite the escalating costs of the climate emergency Erin Gray and Calvin Sandborn and Emilie Benoit and Sydney Hamilton Opinion Climate climate change coal Justin Trudeau oil and gas oil and gas subsidies oilsands How Indigenous-led environmental assessments could ease resource, pipeline gridlock https://thenarwhal.ca/how-indigenous-led-environmental-assessments-could-ease-resource-pipeline-gridlock/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:29:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7755 Federal court’s rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion shows a new way of evaluating major industrial projects is not only an essential step toward reconciliation, but necessary for industry Jimmy Thomson Explainer Democracy environmental assessment Indigenous indigenous assessments Justin Trudeau Kinder Morgan oilsands pipelines politics Trans-Mountain This small branch of Trans Mountain could derail Canada’s pipeline purchase https://thenarwhal.ca/this-small-branch-of-trans-mountain-could-derail-canadas-pipeline-purchase/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 20:34:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7523 The vast majority of oilsands crude moving to the West Coast passes through the little regarded Puget Sound Pipeline, which is now heavily entangled in troubled Canada-U.S. relations James Wilt In-Depth jay inslee Justin Trudeau Kinder Morgan oilsands Puget Sound Trans Mountain Pipeline washington state ‘The great Canadian bailout’: Canada’s pipeline purchase clashes with vow to end fossil fuel subsidies https://thenarwhal.ca/the-great-canadian-bailout-canadas-pipeline-purchase-clashes-with-vow-to-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies/ Wed, 30 May 2018 00:28:58 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6213 Trudeau’s $4.5 billion offer for Trans Mountain pipeline falls on two-year anniversary of G7 pledge to end government support of coal, oil and gas Sarah Cox News bitumen Justin Trudeau Kinder Morgan oilsands Trans Mountain Pipeline The Real Reason Canada is in Crisis Over the Kinder Morgan Pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/real-reason-canada-crisis-over-kinder-morgan-pipeline/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:35:46 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/real-reason-canada-crisis-over-kinder-morgan-pipeline/ Emma Gilchrist In-Depth david boyd Elizabeth May environmental law Hans Matthews Jocelyn Stacey Justin Trudeau Kinder Morgan pipelines raincoast conservation trust Trans Mountain Pipeline Trans-Mountain B.C. Is Taking the Kinder Morgan Question to Court. Here’s What you Need to Know. https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-taking-kinder-morgan-question-court-here-s-what-you-need-know/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:25:43 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/b-c-taking-kinder-morgan-question-court-here-s-what-you-need-know/ Emma Gilchrist News environmental law Jack Woodward John Horgan Justin Trudeau Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Rachel Notley Trans Mountain Pipeline