Category Archives: Environment
Governments to invest in $875-million biofuel plant project southeast of Montreal
MONTREAL — Quebec and federal officials announced an investment Tuesday in a biofuel production facility that will use non-recyclable residual materials, diverting those items from landfills while reducing greenhouse gases in the province. The Varenne...
Enerkem and partners to spend $876 million to build biofuels plant in Quebec
VARENNES, Que. — Enerkem and a group of partners, including Shell, Suncor Energy Inc. and Hydro-Quebec plan to spend $876 million to build a biofuel production plant in Quebec from non-recyclable residual materials and wood waste. Varennes Carbon Recyc...
Future value of Trans Mountain pipeline rests on Liberals’ climate plans, PBO says
OTTAWA — The federal government could end up losing money on the Trans Mountain pipeline if it further tightens its climate policy and ends up decreasing demand for Canadian oil, the parliamentary budget officer says.The federal government bought the p...
Premier Ford under fire over mass resignations at Ontario conservation authority
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said Monday he would not "touch" a protected stretch of land surrounding the Greater Toronto Area, pushing back against criticism over mass resignations at a conservation authority.The chair of Ontario's Greenbelt Council, D...
Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council quits in wake of chair’s protest resignation
Half of the remaining members of Ontario's Greenbelt Council have followed their former chairman's lead by stepping down in protest of pending environmental reforms. Six members, all appointed under the previous Liberal government, resigned from the co...
Former federal cabinet minister leaves Ontario role over proposed environment laws
A former Conservative federal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor has stepped down as head of Ontario's Greenbelt Council in protest over proposed rules he says would gut environmental protections in the province. David Crombie says his resignation, whi...
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
OTTAWA — New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades in the shadow
Anglers seek protection for Alberta river they say is threatened by gravel plan
One of Alberta's largest grassroots conservation groups is to plead this week for the protection of a much-loved river from gravel mines it fears would damage a world-class trout fishery and undo years of work. "We have an environmental marvel of
Alberta offers Rocky Mountain coal leases after rescinding protection policy
EDMONTON — Alberta is offering more of its Rocky Mountain landscapes to coal mining after rescinding a decades-old policy that protected them. In documents released earlier this week, Alberta Energy is giving miners until Dec. 15 to bid on nearly 2,00...
Federal-provincial cost-sharing deal aids B.C. public transit services in pandemic
VANCOUVER — B.C. Transit, TransLink and BC Ferries will get more than $1 billion in pandemic relief funds under details of an agreement that were finalized on Friday by the federal and provincial governments. Joyce Murray, the federal digital governmen...
