New regulations in effect to improve spill response – Government of BC
Press Release October 13, 2017 VICTORIA – Transporters of liquid petroleum products in British Columbia now will need to have provincial plans in place to manage a spill. The new…
New water investments for Canada
Press Release Funding in hydrography, charting for safer navigation in British Columbia ports, and wastewater science to protect our marine environment October 12, 2017 Vancouver Mariners, Indigenous peoples and…
Québec Native Women: TransCanada Announcement Cancellation of Energy East project
Press Release Kahnawake, October 6 2017 – Québec Native Women is greatly pleased with the decision by TransCanada to abandon the Energy East pipeline project. We are especially relieved that…
MAC adds new actions to address climate change
Press Release October 02, 2017 MAC and its members adopt recommendations from advisory body To further enhance its climate change efforts, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and its members…
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia’s Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Press Release New research from POLIS Water Sustainability Project and Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Collaborative consent provides a powerful way to tackle difficult questions about how Indigenous and non-Indigenous…
Water and environment will be the focus of a public conference at LAC
Press Release Almost everywhere in North America, water is in crisis: drought across the West, and floods in parts of the U.S. More importantly, water is fundamentally tied to some…
NunatuKavut files application to amend Muskrat Falls injunction
Press Release HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR, September 22, 2017 – NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) President Todd Russell today issued the following statement: “Today, NCC filed an application in the Supreme…
RMWB releases Conference Board of Canada wildfire economic impact assessment and five-year regional outlook
Press Release (Fort McMurray, AB – September 19, 2017) – The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released a Conference Board of Canada report that studies both the economic impact…
Top Sustainability Leaders Across Canada Honoured at Clean50 Summit 7.0
Press Release Toronto, September 20, 2017 – The release of the 2018 “Canada’s Clean50” list celebrates the accomplishments of 50 sustainability leaders in 16 widely different categories. The Lifetime Achievement…
AER responding to bird fatalities in oil sands area
Press Release Calgary, Alberta (Sep 19, 2017)… The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is responding to a report of bird fatalities at the Fort Hills Energy oil sands mine north of…
