Days before the federal government is set to make a decision on a $6.8-billion oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, environmentalists are poking holes in the company's environmental claims and urging Ottawa to reject the proposal.
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"We pride ourselves on being climate leaders, yet we have been highly resistant to tackling our role as global producers of fossil fuels," writes Seth Klein.
With a federal environmental assessment off the table, the contentious project is set to become an election issue with the Ford government strongly in favour and other parties opposed or lukewarm.
David Holland is set to reach the Thwaites Glacier in the coming days, one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica, where he will set up a base for a month-long research project.
Alexander Reford has directed the Les Jardins de Métis (Reford Gardens), a 100-acre property nestled on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Grand-Métis, since the 1990s.
On Wednesday, Verena Tunnicliffe, professor emeritus at the University of Victoria’s biology and earth and ocean sciences departments, was among 134 others appointed to the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon.
