Federal Court dismisses challenge to Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:18:15 +0000

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Four B.C First Nations filed court challenges last year after the federal government approved the project for the second time. The court concluded that there is no basis for interfering with the second authorization of the expansion, and dismissed the challenge. […]

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Plastic Oceans: Unwanted trash and a popular but unproven plan to solve the problem

Credit to Author: J.J. Adams| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:26:51 +0000

Boyan Slat had a vision to scour plastic pollution from the world’s oceans, but is his mega-million dollar project the environmental version of the Fyre Fest?

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Contaminated wastewater from ships harmful to orcas: WWF study

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:56:09 +0000

Several jurisdictions have banned open-looped scrubbers on commercial and cruise ships, including California, China, and Malaysia. Canada allows the open or hybrid scrubbers, which a new report from the WWF claims releases chemicals into the water that may be harmful to endangered orca whales.

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Nearly half of British Columbians want Ottawa to do more for environment: poll

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:22:31 +0000

A new poll suggests that nearly half of British Columbians want the federal government to take more action on environmental issues. The Research Co. poll found 45 per cent of respondents believe that the federal government has not paid enough attention to issues such as the climate crisis. According to the survey, 29 per cent of […]

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