Category Archives: Environment
Cleaner LNG one answer to climate change crisis, O’Regan tells investors
OTTAWA — Canadian LNG is the best choice for global energy investors looking for sustainable and competitive natural gas production, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan said Monday. His speech on the opening day of the virtual Gastech 2020 confer...
Feds pushed to abandon trade talks with Brazil over Amazon deforestation
OTTAWA — The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest. New data from Brazil's own space agency show the fire devastation in the rainforest even wo...
Feds pushed to abandon trade talks with Brazil over Amazon deforestation
OTTAWA — The federal government is again being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest. New data from Brazil's own space agency show the fire devastation in the rainforest e...
Anti-carbon tax sticker law unconstitutional, Ontario court finds
TORONTO — Ontario's government had no right to "stick it to" the federal Liberals by forcing gas stations to display anti-carbon tax stickers, a Superior Court judge said Friday as he struck down the law as unconstitutional. Justice Edward Mo...
Canada not on pace to meet target to cut methane emissions by 2025
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is open to imposing tougher regulations to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas sector if that is required to hit a 2025 target to cut them by almost half, his staff said Friday. Canada
Oilsands tailings ponds leaking; federal enforcement unclear: report
An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. "There is strong scientifically valid evidence of ... seepage into near-field groundwater around tailings ponds," says a report ...
B.C. puts delays or put taxes on hold to help on pandemic recovery.
VICTORIA — The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the British Columbia government to delay implementation of several taxes, including increasing the carbon tax. The Ministry of Finance says in a statement this year's planned carbon tax increase from $...
Tech group makes pitch to Liberals as part of wider push to shape recovery plan
OTTAWA — A group of tech companies is making a pitch to the federal government to help startups grow as part of a COVID-19 recovery plan that Liberals are crafting, while some feminist groups are feeling frozen out. The proposal from the
Trudeau makes rounds in B.C.; says safe drug supply key to fighting overdoses
VANCOUER, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is moving forward "aggressively" on ensuring a safe drug supply amid an ongoing overdose crisis that's claimed more than 900 lives in B.C. alone this year. Speaking on CBC Radio in Va...
New Brunswick Liberals promise to eliminate interest on provincial student loans
FREDERICTON — Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers promised Tuesday that if elected, his government would stop collecting its share of interest on New Brunswick student loans for residents who choose to live in the province after graduating. Loan rec...
