Environment
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NB Power inks three deals with Quebec for more electricity [UPDATED]
Will help with the refurbishment of the Mactaquac hydroelectric generating station.
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Oil sands producer Cenovus aims for ‘net zero’ GHG emissions by 2050
Statement appears to indicate a reversal in the company’s position to wrap up operations.
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First Nation waits on logging road at centre of BC pipeline dispute
Chiefs say they won’t allow anyone on the First Nation’s traditional territory without their consent.
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Work delay possible, Coastal GasLink seeks meeting over pipeline dispute
Company believes “dialogue is preferable to confrontation” and will delay workers returning to the work site.
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Federal natural disaster bills now average more than $430M a year
Spring flooding and major rainstorms accounted for 80% of the weather events that qualified for disaster funding in the last three years
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Counting whales from space pitched as key to saving them
The work will involve gathering data from sources ranging from European space agencies to amateur radio operators to create a probability map of where in the ocean the whales might be
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Liberals face challenge to climate, economic policies early in 2020
The Trudeau government heads into 2020 promising that within 30 years Canada won’t be adding new greenhouse gas emissions
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Volkswagen, German consumer group in diesel settlement talks
The class-action case brought on behalf of more than 400,000 diesel owners is meant to establish only whether the company acted illegally
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Alberta justice minister says province will ‘fight back’ against carbon tax
A litre of gas is expected to cost about four cents more, with that levy increasing to almost seven cents in April
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Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change
The National Research Council is coming to the end of a five-year research program that has considered how changing weather will change stresses on buildings, roads, wastewater, transit, bridges and other infrastructure
