Category Archives: Environment
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description of committee members as provided by the Alberta Ener...
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a "fiercely independent" five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the committee is expected to report by mid-November. Coal...
Nova Scotia premier defends extensive changes proposed for Biodiversity Act
HALIFAX — Changes that would eliminate more than half of a 20-page bill aimed at protecting Nova Scotia's biodiversity are being defended by Premier Iain Rankin. Proposed changes to the Biodiversity Act, tabled Monday before the legislature's law amend...
Observers question new Alberta environment, social, governance job posting
EDMONTON — The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers say. "My impression is that it is about communicating...
‘It’s silly:’ Director of Bigfoot movie thanks Alberta energy centre for controversy
EDMONTON — The director of a children's movie about Bigfoot wants to thank the Alberta government's energy centre for starting a "ludicrous" fight over the film. Ben Stassen laughed several times as he told The Canadian Press that the animated "Bigfoot...
B.C. mining laws raise questions as province looks to implement UN declaration
VANCOUVER — The relationships between Indigenous nations and British Columbia's mining sector are set to change as the province works to match its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Mining Minister Bruce Ralst...
Mapping project illuminates links between poor environment, historical racism
A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada — and maps it out in colour — illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment scores, neighbourhoods that are often home
Mapping project illuminates links between poor environment, historical racism
A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada — and maps it out in colour — illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment scores, neighbourhoods that are often home
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA — British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says in a news release B.C. is the first provin...
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA — British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says in a news release B.C. is the first provin...
