Jun 06, 2019
In April 2018, the NDP government of British Columbia introduced Bill 15: Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2018, which, among other things...
May 20, 2019
Ontario’s Proposed Excess Soil Regulations: Effects & Benefits
Where do the soils excavated from our basements go? Our backyards, neighbors’ backyards or into our drinking water?
May 17, 2019
This Photographer Shows Us the Pollution We Can’t See for Ourselves
Trash-covered beaches, turtles asphyxiated by fluorescent pink drinking straws, and thick grey smog—these are the kinds of images we typically associate with pollution around the world.
May 17, 2019
Senate committee approves dozens of amendments to C-69
A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. The federal government says that Bill C-69 is supposed to improve the way the environmental impact...
May 08, 2019
U.S. says it will complete Keystone XL environmental review
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. government attorneys say the Trump administration plans to finish a new environmental review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada even if a federal appeals court throws out a lawsuit that blocked the project.
May 03, 2019
New excess soil rules take a big step forward in Ontario
By Mark Sabourin: Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has released a plan to make it less costly for builders to reuse excess soil, more costly for builders and haulers who break soil management rules, and easier for developers to redevelop some brownfield sites.
Apr 18, 2019
Big Brother’s watching: Quebec calls on technology to track contaminated soil
By Mark Sabourin; Quebec will soon release a draft regulation that will require the real-time tracking of contaminated soil movement in the province, from excavation to final disposal...
Mar 08, 2019
Bill C-69 faces election deadline
By Mark Sabourin: The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources is taking Bill C-69 on the road...
Feb 27, 2019
B.C. faces possible $90 million tab for one company’s orphan wells
An energy company operating in B.C.’s northeast and now in receivership has left 300 to 500 wells facing possible designation as orphan – or abandoned – at a potential cost of $40 million to $90 million to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC).
Jan 31, 2019
Supreme Court to rule on Redwater abandoned wells case
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule today on whether oil and gas companies can walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up behind them.