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John Ivison writes in the National Post that the documents that accompanied the new environmental assessment policy show that even the new minimum assessment means little, because that can be ignored or overruled by the cabinet.
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ShareTories stick to their secretive ways in trying to bury major policy shift | Full Comment | National Post
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Enbridge tells Canadian Press capping environmental reviews at two years and having one project undergo only one review “makes great sense.”
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Overhauling (or gutting?) environmental review
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ShareOttawa elbows regulators in quest for final word on pipeline approvals
The federal government is asserting its control over pipelines – including the proposed Northern Gateway oil-sands project – taking from … -
ShareIndustries hail Ottawa’s environmental oversight overhaul
The energy and mining industries are applauding the Harper government’s plan to dramatically shrink the federal oversight of proposed nat… -
ShareWho decides which resource projects are ‘national’ in scope?
The federal budget promised a streamlined review of pipelines, mines and other resource projects. And now Natural Resource Minister Joe O… -
ShareEnvironmental-review proposal met with western praise, eastern caution
Ottawa’s plan to streamline the environmental review system is being welcomed in western provinces, where economic growth hinges on natur… -
ShareUPDATE 3-Canada to cut back on environmental reviews | ReutersTue Apr 17, 2012 10:40pm BST * New rules will speed approval of pipelines, mines * Canada keen to quicken development of oil-rich tar san…
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ShareWhy Tory decision to shrink environmental role is no surprise
The Harper Conservatives were shifting the way the government approaches environmental issues even before Tuesday’s announcement. Three r… -
ShareAlarm raised over streamlined reviews of oil, gas and mining projects
B.C. environmentalists are accusing the federal government of abdicating its responsibility to protect the environment by letting the pro… -
ShareConservatives to consolidate, speed environmental reviews: videoConservatives to consolidate, speed environmental reviews OTTAWA – The Conservative government will significantly reduce federal environm…
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ShareHarper adopts the ‘Might Makes Right’ approach to tar sands, pipelinesAs the Harper government started rolling out their changes to how resource projects will be reviewed yesterday, the question in my mind w…
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Oil response cuts at Environment Canada
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ShareCuts at Environment Canada mean fewer left to clean up oil-spill mess
The unit at Environment Canada that responds to oil-spill emergencies will be dramatically scaled back and most of its regional offices w… -
ShareFeds relocate oil spill response jobs from Vancouver to QuebecJobs for emergency oil spill responders in Vancouver have been relocated to a central office in Eastern Canada, says the federal governme…
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Green groups split activism and charitable work
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ShareCanadian green group splits, thumbs nose at Ottawa
Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:48pm EDT * Officials say government crackdown forced split * Lawyer Clayton Ruby is a director of advocacy group * Ott… -
ShareDavid Suzuki laments Tory-imposed ‘chill’ on green groups
Canada’s most famous environmentalist, David Suzuki, says he left the board of his charitable foundation to avoid being a lightning rod f… -
Al Jazeera investigates the state of the Gulf fishery after the BP spill
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ShareGulf seafood deformities alarm scientists
New Orleans, LA – “The fishermen have never seen anything like this,” Dr Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera. “And in my 20 years working on red sn…