Climate and Energy

Author(s): Andrew MacLeod

Media Outlet: TheTyee 

An environmental law group is launching a campaign to press municipal governments in British Columbia to force fossil fuel companies to help pay for the impacts of climate change.

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Author(s): Aurora Tejeida 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

On October 13, just after 1 a.m, and only eight months after British Columbia signed the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements — set in place to protect the world’s largest coastal temperate rainforest — the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat ran aground near Bella Bella.

Even though the 10,000-tonne fuel barge the tugboat was pushing was empty, the wreck managed to release more than 100,000 litres of diesel into the heart of the Heiltsuk First Nation’s traditional territory.

Author(s): MIA RABSON

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

OTTAWA — New legislation introduced by the federal government will bar most oil tankers from operating along the coast of northern British Columbia.

It will ban tankers carrying crude oil and so-called persistent oils from stopping, loading or unloading at any ports or marine installations from the northern tip of Vancouver Island all the way to the B.C.-Alaska border, including Haida Gwaii.

Author(s): Carol Linnitt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

A bill to restrict the movement of oil off the north coast of British Columbia has been formally tabled by the federal government in the House of Commons, according to a statement released by Transport Canada Friday.

The proposed legislation, which would restrict tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil from entering or exiting north coast ports, must now make its way through Parliament.

Author(s):  James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

After six months of consultations, the National Energy Board (NEB) Modernization Expert Panel has delivered its long-awaited report.

The results are damning.

“In our consultations we heard of a National Energy Board that has fundamentally lost the  confidence of many Canadians,” the five-member panel wrote. “We heard that Canadians have serious concerns that the NEB has been ‘captured’ by the oil and gas industry.”

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

The prospect of a new provincial government in B.C. has sparked fresh political debate about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which is opposed by B.C.’s NDP and Green Party, despite already receiving provincial and federal approval.

“There are no tools available for a province to overturn or otherwise block a federal government decision,” stated Alberta Premier Rachel Notley this week.

But is that really the case?

The short answer is no.

Author(s): Nelson Bennett 

Media Outlet: Business Vancouver 

In its recent first-quarter financials, Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) revealed plans for a $1 billion expansion to its B.C. natural gas mainline, which runs from northeastern B.C. to Huntington-Sumas in Washington state.

But is the plan in Canada’s best interests? And by how much would it increase Canada’s carbon emissions?

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: TheTyee

The prospect of a new provincial government in B.C. has sparked fresh political debate about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which is opposed by the province’s NDP and Green Party, despite already receiving provincial and federal approval. 

“There are no tools available for a province to overturn or otherwise block a federal government decision,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said last week.

But is that really the case?

The short answer is no. 

Author(s): Tiphanie Roquette

Media Outlet: Ici.Radio - Canada  

1- Ralentir la délivrance de permis

Selon Eugene Kung, avocat-conseil à West Coast Environmental Law, le gouvernement britanno-colombien doit délivrer des dizaines de permis de construction à Kinder Morgan pour que l’entreprise débute la construction du projet. Le gouvernement pourrait choisir de ralentir cette délivrance pour prendre le temps de mieux consulter les Premières Nations.

2- Demander une évaluation environnementale provinciale

Author(s): Hilary Beaumont 

Media Outlet: Vice

Anti-pipeline activists are celebrating an agreement between the Green and NDP parties in British Columbia, calling the partnership a potential death blow to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project, even as Canada’s Prime Minister stood by his decision to build it.

The TransMountain expansion project would pump nearly three times as much oil to storage facilities like this one on the BC coast.