LOWER POST, B.C. - First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation area to protect major watersheds and sensitive species. The proposal would cover the ancestral areas of three Kaska Dena First Nations and would be larger than Vancouver Island, taking up a massive section of north-central B.C. Premier John Horgan's government hasn't said whether it supports or opposes [Read more]
Environmentalists: Offshore drilling rule changes dangerous
NEW ORLEANS - Ten environmental groups are suing to challenge what they view as the Trump administration's decision to weaken critical safety rules created after the nation's worst offshore drilling disaster. The rule changes announced in March will make oil and gas exploration and development off the Pacific, Atlantic, Alaska, and Gulf coasts "significantly more dangerous," according to the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by national groups including the Sierra Club and Defenders of [Read more]
Thousands hear anti-Ottawa messages at pro-pipeline rally in Calgary
CALGARY - Western alienation bubbled up Tuesday as thousands of oil and gas industry supporters gathered on the Calgary Stampede grounds to hear speakers take turns blasting the federal Liberal government and its energy policies. Organizers estimate 4,000 people, many wearing black T-shirts reading "The world needs more Canadian energy," came for the rally which featured a bluegrass band, free hot dogs and admission to the annual Global Petroleum Show trade show. The crowd cheered and [Read more]
Court to consider continuing injunction against LNG pipeline opponents in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Coastal GasLink and opponents of the company's natural gas pipeline are set to make arguments in British Columbia's Supreme Court over whether an interim injunction should continue. The natural gas company is building a pipeline from northeastern B.C. to LNG Canada's export terminal in Kitimat on the coast. Coastal GasLink says it has signed agreements with all 20 elected First Nations councils along the 670-kilometres route but hereditary chiefs in the Wet'suwet'en [Read more]
Alberta to bring in bill in fall to help First Nations invest in energy projects
EDMONTON - Alberta will bring in legislation this fall to create a Crown corporation backstopped by $1 billion to help First Nations invest in major energy projects like pipelines. Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement after meeting with chiefs from across Alberta at Government House in Edmonton. The legislation, following up on an election campaign promise, will create the Indigenous Opportunities Corporation. On the campaign trail, Kenney promised his government would fund the [Read more]
Rules for new corporate ombud criticized for deferring to companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly targeted by abuse allegations. Advocates for stronger oversight say they're stunned by a proposed federal regulation that gives companies the right to file complaints against groups they believe have subjected them to unfounded allegations of abusing human rights. Emily Dwyer, who heads [Read more]
Kenney: higher risk tolerance, ability to act quickly key for energy ‘war room’
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says staff in the province's so-called energy "war room" will be able to quickly take on industry foes without government bureaucracy holding them back. The office — to be based in Calgary with a $30 million budget — is meant to take on critics of Alberta's oil and gas industry in real time. Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage were meeting with industry players on Friday to get advice on how the war room should work. He says he hopes to [Read more]
McKenna considering Senate changes to environmental-assessment bill
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she is carefully considering the amendments the Senate has made to the Liberal government's environmental-assessment bill. McKenna says she is pleased Bill C-69 made it through the Senate Thursday night despite attempts by the Conservatives to delay or weaken the bill. Senators made more than 180 changes to the government bill, which creates a new agency and process for assessing the environmental, health, social and economic [Read more]
Senators reject chance to immediately kill tanker ban but bill not safe yet
OTTAWA - The Senate passed up a chance Thursday to kill the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off northern British Columbia. Senators voted 53-38 to reject a committee report that recommended that Bill C-48 be scrapped; one senator abstained. But that's not a guarantee the bill will survive. A number of Independent senators are opposed to C-48 but nevertheless voted against the Conservative-written report of the Senate's [Read more]
Controversial bill on energy project assessment passes Senate heavily amended
OTTAWA - Legislation overhauling Canada's assessment of major energy projects is back in the hands of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, albeit looking a lot different than when she introduced it. The Senate passed the Impact Assessment Act late Thursday with more than 180 amendments. The changes take power away from the environment minister to intervene in or slow the assessment process, reduces the ability for legal challenges of project approvals and adds more emphasis on [Read more]
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