Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and his Alberta counterpart Diana McQueen announced a new on-line portal for tar sands monitoring data today. As the Canadian Press story notes , this announcement is “part of an...

Greenpeace activists sent a clear message today to the European Union officials attending a speech by Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent: Climate leaders don’t buy tar sands. We undertook this action to show support for...

Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent says he's going to the  United Nations climate conference that opens tomorrow in Durban, South Africa to promote oil exports from the tar sands . I was trying to think of an analogy (“like...

Update: Based on subsequent media reports, it now appears that tar sands emissions were up 21 per cent from what was reported last year, but this year they have re-stated the 2008 emissions (increasing them from the previous estimate...

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...

Environment Minister Peter Kent is being urged by his department to avoid “distractions” (like misleading media reports on science articles) and focus on “essential” regulations for oilsands companies and other large polluters.  ...

Environment Minister Peter Kent is still refusing to issue an emergency order to protect Alberta’s woodland caribou, despite a court order last July asking him to in light of scientific evidence. Kent has suggested that the existing...