VANCOUVER—The promised economic benefits from coal mines in northeastern British Columbia (BC) are wildly overstated, while mining company pledges to protect vulnerable wildlife species are rarely met, a team of researchers concludes in a new report that has implications for natural resource management across Canada.
Environment and sustainability
In late August, What The Frack Manitoba, along with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and the Manitoba Metis Federation, submitted formal requests to the federal minister of the environment and climate change, for designation of the proposed CanWhite Sands silica sand development as a federal project for the purpose of applying the Federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA).
As energy and climate issues dominate political debate in Saskatchewan, we often lose sight of where the public actually stands on many of these issues. Transition Time? Energy Attitudes in Southern Saskatchewan by Andrea Oilve, Emily Eaton, Randy Besco, Nathan Olmstead, and Catherine Moez surveys 502 Saskatchewan residents, from Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Kindersely, Shaunavon, Weyburn, Estevan, and Lloydminster on questions about climate change, energy transition, SaskPower and Indigenous revenue-sharing.
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Illustration by Remie Geoffroi
Even before the ravages of a global pandemic, America’s body politic looked dangerously ill. On this sentiment, at least, there is probably still widespread agreement. But, as with any diagnosis, the devil is in the details.
Donald Trump makes people sick, himself and his entourage included. Given the U.S. president's shameful, almost criminally negligent record on COVID-19, it will be surprising if he is re-elected on November 3. A sizeable expat community aside, most Canadians will not have a say in that race but its outcome will be felt globally.
The way long-term, large-scale forest management planning is approved by the Pallister government is about to change. And not for the better, I might add.
In the spring of 2020, the Manitoba Minister of the Conservation and Climate (Sarah Guillemard) issued a mandate letter to the Chair of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) The Minister requested that the CEC provide the Minister with a report that “reviews the existing approvals process for Forest Management Plans (FMP) in this province.”