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Oh Frack, B.C.'s Carbon Footprint Likely Greater Than Reported

DeSmog Canada | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia
DeSmog Canada

The province's legislated climate plan is to reduce CO2 equivalent emissions 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020 may be jeopardized by the booming natural gas industry. About half of B.C. gas is obtained by fracking and the province's gas exports to Alberta and the U.S. may make its CO2 targets an impossibility.

Canada Is Ready For a Transformative Energy Experience

David Suzuki | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Impact
David Suzuki

Some people think a widespread shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources is not practical or even possible. And so we carry on, rushing to squeeze every last drop of oil and gas from the ground using increasingly difficult and destructive methods like fracking, deep-sea drilling and oil sands extraction, with seemingly little concern for what we'll do after we've burned it all.

NDP Would Kill LNG: B.C. Liberals

CP | Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - An NDP candidate's comments and Liberal attempts to use them to suggest an Adrian Dix government would scupper the province's sprint towar...

Environmental Threats Beyond Pipelines and Mega Quarrys

David Suzuki | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada
David Suzuki

Although industrial projects like the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline or the recently defeated mega-quarry in Ontario typically grab the headlines and bring out public opposition, it's often the combined impacts of a range of human activities on the same land base that threaten to drive nature beyond critical tipping points.

Sustainable Economic Development in New Brunswick

Hassan Arif | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

Last Wednesday I gave a talk in Taymouth, the first in a speakers series on charting a sustainable course for economic development in New Brunswick. ...

Concerned About The Water In Alberta? Have Your Say

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Albertans wanting to have their say on water and other topics related to it are getting their chance this month.Starting on Feb.19, the pro...

'If You're Going To Fight, Fight To Win': Fracking Film Subject

The Huffington Post B.C. | Zi-Ann Lum | Posted 01.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Far from the province's coastal cities, there's a remote part of northeastern British Columbia that most city dwellers don't know is responsible for g...

'Promised Land' Portrays Farmers as Dupes

Michael Binnion | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Alberta
Michael Binnion

Farmers are good stewards of the land and portraying them like cartoons in Hollywood films without evidence is not respectful.

Sacred Headwaters Is Real Life Promised Land

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 03.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Summer Rayne Oakes

2013-01-03-ScreenShot20130103at5.06.45PM.pngIt is hard to express the beauty of this great expanse of wilderness. Situated in some of the most magnificent mountains and valleys on the alpine-arctic border, the Sacred Headwaters has truly earned its name.

Energy Regulator Wants Feedback On Controversial Extraction Method

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - A growing use of fracking in the oilpatch has Alberta's energy regulator looking for public input on new rules that could require companies ...

Are We Trading Away Our Rights and Environment?

David Suzuki | Posted 02.04.2013 | Canada
David Suzuki

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade. Canada has signed numerous deals. Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favour the interests of business over citizens.

How Fracking Could Ruin New Brunswick

Hassan Arif | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

The massive industrial operations associated with fracking would fundamentally change the character of New Brunswick's rural and natural landscapes. These landscapes are an attraction for tourism and (potentially) for new residents, as well as a being an important part of our province's identity as a smaller province of pristine natural and rural landscapes.

No Fracking Water, Says B.C. First Nation

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Fracking in B.C. has hit another hurdle as a First Nation has gathered thousands of supporters for a petition calling for a halt to the natural gas in...

Fracking Approvals Anger First Nation

CBC | Posted 01.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia

A First Nation in northeastern B.C. is demanding the provincial government take more precautions before awarding water licences to companies for natur...

Tsunami of Industrial Development Threatens B.C.'s Sacred Headwaters

Wade Davis | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Wade Davis

This is not a story of Tibet or the Amazon. It is a story of my own backyard, a land known to the Tahltan people and all the First Nations of British Columbia as the Sacred Headwaters. Through time, isolation has been the area's saving grace; now this very isolation could be its doom.

Natural Gas Lobbyist Rush In British Columbia

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Kevin Grandia

According to lobbyist registry data, there are currently 57 lobbyists representing the natural gas industry to elected officials and government agencies in the province of British Columbia. This is a pretty astounding number when you consider that the provincial government only consists of 85 elected representatives.

Canada Eyes Asia For B.C. Natural Gas Exports

CBC | Posted 11.20.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Canada could some day export nine billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas to Asia through five proposed plants on the West Coast, Natural ...

Our Home and Troubled Land

Cameron Fenton | Posted 11.18.2012 | Canada
Cameron Fenton

This fall, hundreds of youth will come together in Ottawa for a weekend of education, training, networking and more to empower our generation to build the movement we need for a just and sustainable future. Called PowerShift, this is both a gathering but also a call for what Canada desperately needs. We need to shift the way we power our society and give people the power to build the future they want. Don't believe me? Here are 10 reasons Canada is in desperate need of a PowerShift.

What's the Fracking Problem with Natural Gas?

David Suzuki | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada
David Suzuki

Some people have argued that natural gas could be a "bridging" fuel while we work on expanding renewable energy development. If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Energy Company Explores Potentially Huge Shale Oil Find

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.09.2012 | Canada Politics

CALGARY - A long, narrow stretch of shale rock that runs along western Newfoundland's coastline might be home to North America's next big oil find.So ...

Fracking Earthquakes Shake B.C.

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 09.06.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Several minor earthquakes in British Columbia’s Horn River Basin were caused by a controversial drilling process for natural gas known as fracking, ...

Water: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

David Suzuki | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada
David Suzuki

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle. Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas. When we use so much that the system can't renew itself, we create shortages and drought. When we pollute it, we make matters worse.

Alberta NDP Call For Fracking Review

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.21.2012 | Canada Alberta

LETHBRIDGE - The Alberta New Democrats are renewing a call for the provincial government to undertake an independent scientific review of hydraulic fr...

Little-Known Pipeline Paves Way For Enbridge Under Radar Of British Columbians

Laila Yuile | Posted 10.21.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Laila Yuile

If there is one thing that can be said about all the attention directed to Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project, it is that it's provided ample distraction for other projects and issues to move along without getting the same ass-kicking Enbridge is. Take for example, the Pacific Trails Pipeline project ( also referred to as the KSL line). With minimal media coverage during the approval process, it has by and large flown completely under the radar of most British Columbians. That's a damn shame in my opinion, and I'm going to tell you why.

Why You Should Choose New Brunswick

Hassan Arif | Posted 10.13.2012 | Canada Travel
Hassan Arif

Our province offers the advantage of city and town centres in close proximity to forests and rural areas. Smaller cities and municipalities can offer a strong sense of community as well as shorter commute times and a less hectic pace of life than in centres like Toronto and Montreal -- these can be attractions to potential migrants and immigrants seeking an alternative to the big-city lifestyle.