By Mia Rabson in Ottawa Canada will take a “hard long look” at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday. But he...
By Bob Weber Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has repeated his call for a stronger federal presence when it comes to environmental monitoring and communications in the oilsands, following a pair of wastewater releases from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine...
By Bob Weber in Edmonton The Alberta government is taking steps to force oilpatch companies to make good on their unpaid municipal taxes, including sending reminders from provincial cabinet ministers to those in arrears. “Our goal is to reduce unpaid taxes...
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Party government passed The Saskatchewan First Act on March 16. Its stated intentions are to re-assert provincial jurisdiction on resources, greenhouse gas emissions on power production, and fertilizer usage for farmers. The Act will...
By Amanda Stephenson in Calgary REGINA – On a wintry day last November, Daphne Kay looked up at an expanse of gleaming solar panels located on Cowessess First Nation reserve land just east of Regina and cried. It was the mix of past and present that moved her,...
By Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor on Friday signed legislation aimed at keeping spent nuclear fuel produced by commercial U.S. nuclear power plants from being shipped to the state, just hours after the measure...
