Category Archives: Environment
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON — Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction to low oil prices last year, which
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON — Last year's dive in oil prices has caused Alberta to change how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. "The interim solution we're putting in place
More endangered right whales spotted in Canadian waters, some fishing areas closed
FREDERICTON — Two more North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in Canadian waters, prompting the first season-long closure of a specific fishing area. Two of the endangered whales were detected on Tuesday by a Fisheries Department aircraft that w...
Should Canada mandate sales targets for electric vehicles? Report says ‘yes’
OTTAWA — Whether Canada should introduce a national mandate requiring the auto industry to make or sell more zero-emission vehicles is a question facing the Liberal government as it's not on the road to meet its own targets. The vehicles, known
Plan to restart idled Northern Pulp mill in Nova Scotia to be redrafted: company
HALIFAX — The owners of an idled pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia say their plans for a new effluent treatment facility have been withdrawn from the province's environmental assessment process. Northern Pulp issued a statement Wednesday saying the com...
Report finds climate change rarely part of Atlantic Canada’s fisheries management
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Climate change is rarely factored into management decisions for fisheries in Atlantic Canada and the eastern Arctic, according to a report released Wednesday from a national marine conservation group. Report author Daniel Boyce, a re...
Tories vote against bill on net-zero emissions as it clears legislative hurdle
OTTAWA — Proposed legislation to support Canada reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has cleared its first legislative hurdle. Members of Parliament voted 210 to 122 in favour of sending Bill C-12 to a committee to be scrutinized. If pas...
GTA West highway project designated for federal environment review
TORONTO — The federal environment minister says he is designating a controversial highway project in the western Greater Toronto Area for assessment. Jonathan Wilkinson says there are clear areas of federal concern with the project put forward by Ontar...
B.C. First Nation joins calls for Ottawa to step in on review of Alberta coal project
A British Columbia First Nation has joined calls for the federal government to step in on the environmental review of a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The Ktunaxa First Nation, the first group outside Alberta to ask for
Liberal tree-planting pledge still sparse on details after two years: critic
OTTAWA — The Conservatives' environment critic says almost two years after promising to plant two billion trees within a decade, the Liberals have provided little in the way of detail on how that will actually get done. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
