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Oil companies may regret gutting Canada's environmental laws

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | February 20, 2013 2 comments

The Canadian Press is reporting that the Pipeline Industry Pushed Changes to Navigable Waters Protection Act , based on documents obtained by Greenpeace under Access to Information legislation. That is probably not too surprising...

Enbridge lobbied hard to "streamline" eco-laws as pipeline debate heated up

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | March 27, 2012

When federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver first launched his assault on the core elements of Canada’s environmental legislative regime in a January 2012  open letter , everyone knew he was talking about clearing a path...

Tar sands companies need to change what they do, not how they spin it

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | September 9, 2011 1 comment

It’s been a rough few weeks for the tar sands lobby. We’ve just seen the largest act of civil disobedience in the U.S. in decades , and it was calling on President Obama to live up to his commitment to take action on climate change by...

Federal Environment Minister’s door opens wide for Big Oil

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | August 31, 2012 2 comments

I’ve met quite a few Environment Ministers over the last 22 years. Indeed, listening to the concerns and proposed solutions of environmental groups is generally considered part of their job description. But their real job is to...

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