The Ford government is rushing to pass legislation that would strip cities of one of their most effective tools to confront climate threats: green building standards.
For decades, a natural gas pipeline has cut through the territories of dozens of First Nations in BC — moving billions of dollars’ worth of gas with zero ownership and little return to the communities. Now, 36 First Nations have bought in.
The nearly $30 billion in financial support could have been used to build much-needed interprovincial electricity grid connection infrastructure, said Julia Levin, associate director of national climate for Environmental Defence and author of the report.
Oil and gas executives in Canada are calling on Canadian federal leaders to take their cues from U.S. President Donald Trump — they’re asking the government to declare a national energy crisis to fast-track expensive fossil fuel infrastructure that would increase production and export capacity.
Some political leaders in Canada want to rekindle pipeline projects in the face of U.S. tariffs threatening the country’s energy security. Pipeline companies say they’ve moved on.
To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and industries is needed.
Northern Gateway is a dead letter being written to a past that no longer exists, one that trades on a vision of the future in which global demand for fossil fuels will grow without end and supplies are constrained by geology or geopolitics.
An analysis of the delegate list conducted by Canada's National Observer shows Big Oil lobbyists from Canada are out in full force to influence the annual UN climate change summit in their favour. After years of derailing negotiations, climate advocates say it's time to bar fossil fuel companies from the meetings for good.
Fossil fuel companies are pressuring the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board to weaken proposed rules to report on greenhouse gas emissions, threatening the country's ability to attract investment as the energy transition unfolds.
Oil and gas companies are making record breaking profits, but failing to invest in meaningful decarbonization. On Thursday, the House of Commons environment committee took their executives to task.
To help Enbridge lock gas customers in for decades to come, Premier Doug Ford's government on Wednesday overrode Ontario’s independent energy regulator and passed the Keeping Energy Costs Down Act.
The Ontario Green Party and environmental groups are calling for an investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s government’s decision to override an independent regulator to help Enbridge lock-in gas customers for decades to come.