Bruce Cheadle
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Conservation groups launch suit challenging Trudeau cabinet's pipeline approval
The Liberal government gave the green light to the $6.8−billion pipeline expansion late last month, despite a thicket of existing legal challenges to the regulatory process. → Read More
Trudeau says judge pan-Canadian climate plan on emissions trend line in 2019
In an interview, Justin Trudeau said his pan-Canadian climate plan can be considered a bust if it fails to put Canada on track to meeting its international, 2030 emission-cutting targets → Read More
Ship noise on government's radar amid dispute over pipeline's impact on whales
The federal government is seeking a way to regulate underwater shipping noise as part of its plan to protect an endangered group of killer whales from increased oil tanker traffic off Vancouver. → Read More
Oil industry says carbon pricing coming, pump revenues back into cleaner tech
CAPP told the federal government this summer that carbon tax revenues from oil and gas should be pumped back into the industry in order to "not only preserve, but enhance" the sector. → Read More
Canada's stagnant, slipping national wealth overly reliant on oil and gas: study
"What we’re saying is this is a roller−coaster; we know it’s a roller−coaster," said IISD president Scott Vaughan on Thursday. → Read More
New pipeline approvals complicate math of cutting Canada's GHG emissions
Prime Minister Trudeau has two major oil pipeline expansions, insisting all the while that the new fossil fuel infrastructure fits within his government's plan to reduce emissions. → Read More
Pipeline pronouncement: Liberals to pass judgment on Line 3, Northern Gateway
OTTAWA - Months of government messaging on balancing economic growth with environmental stewardship will be put to the test Tuesday afternoon when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clears the air on at least two major pipeline proposals. → Read More
Business executives urge 'bold leadership' on climate policy from PM, premiers
Canadian corporate executives whose companies together employ more than a million people are urging Prime Minister Trudeau and the premiers to press ahead with climate action and carbon pricing. → Read More
Liberals table bill to roll back Harper's changes to Canadian voting process
The Liberal government is throwing open the doors to voting in federal elections, including expanding the franchise to more than a million Canadians living abroad. → Read More
Globe and Mail publisher joins Rebel Media in criticizing CBC digital news
The bastion of Canadian establishment journalism and a pugnacious media upstart took turns ripping into the publicly funded CBC in testimony Tuesday to the Commons Heritage committee. → Read More
Liberals name five-person panel to overhaul mandate of National Energy Board
The panel is to report to Carr by March 31 — not by the Jan. 1 deadline initially announced by the government back in June when it made public the draft mandate for the NEB review. → Read More
CPC leadership candidate Michael Chong pitches tax overhaul based on carbon tax
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong is proposing a dramatic overhaul of the tax system based on new revenues from taxing carbon. → Read More
Carr tells climate forum fossil fuel wealth can't be left in the ground
Prime Minister Trudeau also found himself on the receiving end of some energy−policy indignation in Hamilton, Ont., where an anti−pipeline protester showered him with pumpkin seeds. → Read More
UN monitoring mission eyes Site C dam impact of Wood Buffalo National Park
The park review opens a new front in the battle over Site C, which is already being challenged in Federal Court by two B.C. First Nations. → Read More
Federal government sends mixed messages on how provinces can price carbon
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to leave the door open to a broader interpretation of carbon pricing in an interview two days earlier. → Read More
China cap-and-trade market gives carbon pricing opponents 'nowhere to hide': UN
China is moving ahead with a cap-and-trade market that some believe could transform the dynamics of the international climate change battle. → Read More
Carbon pricing fight at the forefront as Commons returns
Five different Conservatives pounded away at the carbon tax theme during Monday’s question period as Parliament returns after a three-month break. → Read More
Canada to ratify Paris climate deal while working on national plan
The Liberal government will ratify the international Paris climate accord this fall even before it reaches a deal with the provinces and territories on how to meet the country's 2030 emissions target. → Read More
'Tireless MP and brave fighter': PM announces Mauril Bélanger's death at 61
Mauril Bélanger, a Liberal MP and lifelong advocate for francophone rights in English Canada, has died after a very public battle with an incurable neurodegenerative disease. → Read More
Wind, tide or hydro, clean energy projects are not immune from local opposition
A dam project in Almonte, O.N. has divided the community, even as the country moves toward an increased focus on renewable energy. → Read More