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...

As the Harper government started rolling out their changes to how resource projects will be reviewed yesterday, the question in my mind was: What won’t this government do to get a tar sands pipeline through BC? To recap the ...

You’ve probably had your planet-loving heart broken before, but this time it truly can be different. Shell wants to build two new massive new open-pit tar sands mines in northern Alberta. Normally the odds of stopping a new...