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The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pie...

On September 3, the federal government quietly made one of the most consequential environmental deregulation decisions in recent Canadian history.

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Every time there’s a mass shooting in the U.S., pro-gun politicians, backed by the National Rifle Association, take a moment to send “thoughts and prayers” to the victims. And then do nothing to curta...

In the immediate wake of Canada Day and in the middle of another summer of wildfires, on July 2 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new bitumen pipeline project to the BC coast that would run t...

In the 1960s, the federal Department of Fisheries (DFO) met with fishers in the Campbell River area to talk about what to do about the prevalence of orca whales who were viewed as a hindrance to the s...

How can a community turn a polluted metropolitan waterway into a vibrant and thriving urban ecosystem? This loaded question may have a relatively simple answer. Make it swimmable.

We spoke to Melanie Mercier and Nils French from Save Record Ridge Action Committee to learn more about their concerns about the mine, their hopes for the upcoming BC Supreme Court appeal, and what th...

Two years after British Columbia released a long-awaited strategy for its coastal waters, the ministry responsible says Donald Trump’s trade war is forcing it to rethink what it can accomplish.

Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 25 August 2026: In response to the collapse of the U.S.-Canada trade negotiations over the weekend, Caroline Brouillette, Executive Director of Climate Ac...

The B.C. government says it took down its public employee directory due to cybersecurity and privacy concerns, but now some are worried the restricted access amounts to a loss of transparency.

Wildfire is a public cost of climate change yet there's no provincial acknowledgment they're exacerbated by domestic fossil fuel production

The former chairs of a panel that advises the federal government on endangered wildlife have published an open letter highlighting concerns over proposed changes to the Species At Risk Act, which they...

Province cites cybersecurity, privacy risks

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In 2015, when Mark Carney was Governor of the Bank of England, and had not yet ascended to the role of Canada’s Prime Minister, he gave a massively influential speech to insurance companies in which h...

The deal would leave the public on the hook for more of the TMX megaproject’s cost overruns.

Scrubbers allow ships to continue burning the dirtiest marine fuels by ‘scrubbing out’ the sulphur dioxide from its exhaust. However, that scrubbed out sulphur has to go somewhere — and the wastewater...

With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.

August 1, 2026, Part 1, Volume 160, Number 31, Canada Gazette

Environment and Climate Change Canada is accepting public comments on the draft National Environmental Justice Strategy until August 10, 2026. In this blog, we discuss the draft Strategy in more detai...

Biodiversity policies fail because governments lack the safeguards, accountability mechanisms and political commitment needed to implement them consistently.

The Crown of Canada can bestow on worthy Canadians the Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada au français), which has the motto “ Desiderantes meliorem patriam” or “They desire a better country.” I think this motto exemplifies the Canadian plaintiffs in La Rose v. His Majesty the King . The La Rose pl

One year after the world's highest court ruled that countries have a legal duty to fight climate change, Canada's federal and provincial governments are expanding fossil fuels anyway, a move that coul...

One year after the world's highest court ruled that countries have a legal duty to fight climate change, Canada's federal and provincial governments are expanding fossil fuels anyway, a move that coul...

Many climate monitors have been predicting an extra-strong El Niño this year that's expected to peak in the winter. But the summer season has already brought weather-related chaos and even devastation...

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