The sixth mass extinction will hit harder than expected, according to a collaborative study between Stanford and the University of Mexico. 32% of all vertebrate […]
Tag: Environment
A New Institute for the Electrification of Transport in Montreal
Montreal will invest $3.6 million over two years in a brand new institute dedicated to developing electric and smart transportation. This investment is part of the […]
Quebec supports Anticosti’s UNESCO Candidacy
The provincial government is officially on board with Anticosti joining UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Although this would permanently ban oil exploitation on the Island, Petrolia’s oil […]
COP 22: Canadian Indigenous People Want a Voice
A young Inuit woman addressed the assembly at the UN Conference on Climate Change on Canada’s behalf this past Wednesday in Marrakesh. Maatalii Okalik, president […]
50 Environmental Groups Urge Trudeau to Overhaul the National Energy Board
The National Energy Board cannot be allowed to review any projects until it’s completely reformed, pleaded 50 organizations in a letter sent to the Prime […]
Energy East Consultations Shut Down by Protests and Suspended Until Further Notice
On Tuesday, the National Energy Board (NEB) announced the suspension of all their consultations on the Energy East Pipeline after opposition to both the pipeline […]
A Committee Will Revisit Canada’s Environmental Assessment Process
A panel of experts has been mandated to review Canada’s environmental assessment process. On Monday, Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna presented the four members […]
If We Can’t Protest, Then the Terrorists Win!
In the days following 9/11, then-US President George W. Bush urged Americans to go out and shop. If not, then the terrorists win. His premise […]
Along the Pipeline: Robert Van Waarden and photographing Trans Canada’s Energy East
You may have heard of the controversies surrounding the Canada-US Keystone XL pipeline which would bring Alberta’s oil all the way down to the Gulf […]
Land: The struggle for all
It was new year’s eve 1994, through the rainforest that covers the majority of the Chiapas region of south western Mexico, a movement under the […]