Canada bans deep-sea mining, oil and gas drilling in marine protected areas
The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to...
About five percent of Canada’s oil production and one per cent of gas production happens offshore of Newfound and Labrador and Nova Scotia.
Offshore projects produce an estimated 220,000 barrels of oil and one trillion cubic feet of natural gas every day in Atlantic Canada and there is currently pressure for increased offshore drilling.
The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to...
The largest oil spill in the province’s history has researchers calling for stronger oversight while...
Despite not yet receiving a final approval for drilling, BP Canada is in the process...
While much of the country’s attention was focused on the rapidly escalating stand-off between Alberta...
Rumoured changes to the way the federal government makes decisions about offshore oil and gas...
Sharks, sea turtles, corals, wolffish — the 1,200 kilometre Laurentian Channel off the southwest coast...
BP Canada plans to drill up to seven exploratory wells off the southeast coast of...
If an ocean valley becomes federally protected but seismic work and offshore drilling is allowed...
The Arctic’s Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar...
As scientists at the forefront of endangered species research, we are concerned that government backpedaling on endangered species legislation will be a major setback for...
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